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I started wondering is putting the bar more forward going to put more weight on hands? or the opposite? I think the bars will be more to the back, the less weight there will be on hands, am I right?

I have no pain, not during riding not afterwards, I only get numb hands mostly in the mornings. I use several trial techniques to practice for enduro, I mostly train balance and low speed control, I do not jump at all and I do not do dropoffs - my training mostly consists of a very steep ascents from almost a standstill (and descends the same way but riding down, not dropping off) and very little space turns (without hopping at all). When riding around I feel there is no big pressure on my hands and I do not feel like I am putting much weight on my hands either. I would say that the most weight is on my hands when I am riding steep descends even though I try to offset this with my legs. I have an OEM Beta bar, not sure what exactly the sweep is but the shape seems to be very similar to trials renthal bar, also the forward/front position was set up for my with a help of a professional trials rider and the position is pretty comfortable so I do not believe there could be a problem here I forgot to add that I am quite fit, 85kgs at 182cm of height

I wasn't fully accurate in my response, I wrote that I have a carpal tunnel syndrome confirmed, but in fact I think (my personal opinion) that trials riding are causing symptoms IDENTICAL to carpal tunnel syndrome - which is the hand nerve irritation without actually being caused by a tight wrist tunnel. I had the EMG (this electrical stuff you mentioned) done which confirmed that nerve is irritated. I think the nerve irritation is caused by severe pressure from the handlebar in an improper hand position, a pressure that in my case continues for several weeks a couple hours a day when I am riding trials. In my case the symptoms were very severe, in the same strength in both hands, I woke up in the morning with both hands completely dead from elbow to the end of fingertips, I got anti inflammation drugs and stopped riding for about 10 days, afterwards I rode enduro bike only, which in my opinion puts less pressure on the wrists due to rider position. Some of the symptoms returned a little bit (I would say 2% of what was there before) and they are not getting any worse than that, I can live with that, also I am trying to slowly go back to riding trials bike now. I use specialized stretches to my arms after reach ride, also almost everyday I go to chiropractor for a massage and I hope somehow I will not need a surgery, because I want to continue riding bike like I used to

The location you have marked in the first post is definitely a nerve location, the same nerve that gets irritated when you have a carpal tunnel syndrome. I have a confirmed carpal tunnel syndrome in both of my hands, sickness that definitely was caused by me riding trials bike It was so bad that I had to stop riding trials bike for several weeks. I think the cause is that in regular trials position - standing, I put more weight on my hands which leads to pressure on the palm of hand where the nerve is located, several hours a day for several weeks got my nerve irritated - also the hand is not always straight in the wrist, it is often bend. Try to get your handlebar positioned so that you put less weight on your hands, think about your technique and work with your legs to take weight away from your hands, use padded gloves and check your levers position if they are not set up too high forcing your wrist into unnaturally bend position, hope that helps

I installed the fork leg and everything seems to be working correctly, I will open the cap now for the air pressure to equalize, thank you for all hints

alright so I separated top cap from the rod, and at the fork fully compressed (and the cartridge all the way in) I measured the oil level to be 65mm from the edge of the black stanchion (65mm according to the manual). Then I fully extended the fork and I threaded the top cap. But now it feels like the fork action is funny, please look at the attached video, if I slightly put pressure on the fork leg it does not rebound back (this is rebound leg), if I put a lot of pressure it will rebound but not to the fully extended state. I am not sure maybe that is correct behavior, please advise . https://vid.me/Tzfa

you are correct, I have not separated the top cap from the cartridge rod ( I suppose this is what you mean by damping rod). I read two tutorials about the assembly process and surprisingly this was not mentioned anywhere, I will try and do that now

Thanks to people on this forum I purchased a brand new 2015 beta evo 2t 300, I am very happy with the bike but I quickly developed an oil leak from the right hand fork leg. Cleaning "under the seal" with a photographic film did not help, therefore I had to replace the faulty seal. Dealer is too far away so I had to do the work myself. Now this is first time I ever opened up the motorcycle fork even though I do a lot of work on my bikes myself, beforehand I read several forum threads about the topic to familiarize myself with the work to be done. I strongly believe I made the assembly correctly after replacing the seal. My question is regarding the measuring oil level, I searched google and several forums and could not find answers to my questions. So I put the right fork leg into the vice, holding at the fork leg, fully compressed, the cartridge is already installed and I moved it several times to remove any air from the cartridge. The manual says to fill the oil at 65mm from the edge, but the problem with measurement I am seeing is that depending on the position of the top cap ( if the cartridge is extended or not) the oil level changes dramatically - should I measure the oil level with cartridge rod extended or compressed? I obviously cannot fully compress it because that way there will be no possibility to fill the oil as top cap will be closed Second, after filling oil to the proper level with the cartridge almost "fully compressed" do I have to extend the fork leg before threading on the top cap? If I thread the top cap with the fork compressed I am unable to extend the fork leg to the "normal" fully extended position by hand. If I fully extend the fork leg before threading on the top cap the fork works but feels kind of funny, on compression (by hand) it immediately pops back up (like it is supposed to), but not to the full extended position, I would say that the beginning of the rebound works pretty normal but the other half of the stroke is very very slow and takes probably several seconds until the fork comes back to the fully extended position. any advice would be appreciated

Enduro might be a little offtopic for this forum, so I will only ask about trials I am looking for a trials school, preferably in Spain, I am total novice to trials and would like to start with some experienced teacher, I am looking for a place where I could go for a week or two to learn the basics. My goal is to improve my enduro skills. I searched google and have not found much information, I hope someone here might have more information, thank you

I had my mind set on a 4 stroke, but after reading some of your answers I am not so sure anymore - especially if 2 stroke will be easier to ride, I have absolutely no way of test riding ANY trials bike. I was planning on buying a brand new one from the dealer. I am really used to 4 stroke power on my enduro bike, but I am guessing the trials gearing and powerband will still be much more different to my enduro?

a low end torque? I always thought 2stroke needs to be revved high to get high torque

I would prefer a lighter 2 stroke, but I am afraid feeling will be much different to my 4stroke enduro bike, and as I plan to switch between enduro and trial bikes a lot this is kind of a concern to me. Also I never rode 2stroke before, all my enduro bikes were 4 stroke Honda is out of the question, I do not even think I could buy this bike in my country, not to mention it is considerably much more expensive as you said

Hello, I ride enduro, especially I like tight technical terrain in the steep woods. I thought it would be fun to get myself a trials bike to train some moves. my enduro bike is a ktm 250 4stroke. Out of all trial motorbike manufactures the Beta dealer is the closest, therefore I am considering buying a beta unless someone here will tell me this is not a good bike and I should get another brand. Now I mostly write here to ask if I should buy 2 stroke or 4 stroke. As I said before I normally ride a 4 stroke and I love it but maybe the 2stroke is better for trials I have no idea, please advise on this, I was thinking of buying beta evo 250 4stroke please keep in mind that I am not posting this in Beta forum because I am sure there are mostly beta lovers posting there, and I would like to get independent answers, not biased