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When I bought my rev 3 from gordon farley, pro cool is what they gave me to put in mine. Rob

Just changed the fork oil seal (spring side) Left the required 120mm air gap. Question is...are you supposed to purge that air out or leave it in ???? Rob

Cheers for the replies, will try the esso, followed by whipping the head off, and if its still doing it after that, i'll start on the carb! Rob

I would go direct to beta (John Lampkin). Very helpfull and I'm sure they will tell you what bits you will need.

A couple of weeks ago the engine developed a knocking during the afternoon session after a fill up. I put it down to dodgy fuel so drained it all out and changed the plug. Next trial no knocking and allseemed well. Yesterday it started to do it again... after lunch, it also seemed to be hunting a bit on tickover, which I thought could mean she's running a bit lean, but it does seem to be one of the more 'smokey' bikes despite being run on EXACTLY 70:1 (use syringe to measure) Any thoughts guys ? Rob

Having sold the road bike due to lack of use (the beta seems to have taken over!) I fancy a little off/on road jobby to play with on those trialless weekends. Quite fancy a tt or xt 350 cos they dont seem too expensive (compared to xr400 ) Anyone got any experience with either, whats the difference, the tt looks a bit more off roady to me. Any knowledge greatly appreciated Rob

Sounds like it wants bleeding??

Did my 1st "proper" trial this sunday, came 11th out of 14 in the novice group and loved every minute.....well almost.... was total pants on the 1st round of sections (sorry dont know what you call it) mainly cos I was almost in a state of panic!!! This happened on the weavers and wobblers I've done too. After going round once I calmed down and really started to enjoy myself and not doing too bad (my opinion only!). Anyone else experienced this? Is there a quick fix?? Cant afford to accumulate so many points on the 1st round!!! Cheers Rob

Thanks for all of the replies chaps So if I've got it right, having joined worthing I can turn up and ride in any other of the amca clubs trials and, possibly acu clubs trials on the day by getting the acu membership there and then. That said is there any advantage in joining more than one club ? At this point I would like to say what a friendly and helpfull lot you all are Rob

Thought some more practice was in order so spent the day piling up tree buts and working out how best to get over them. Only fell of three times and feeling much more confident now ! My mate, whose taking up trials with me fell off, engine still running, back wheel spinning, got in a bit of a kerfuffle, picked his little beta, and managed to screw the throttle open and got dragged 20 yards untill he and bike landed in the hedge ... Funny ? ...I'm still laughing now as I type this ! Still, a valuable lesson has been learnt ! Rob

Can you just go to any club trial then? doyou not have to be a member? Excuse the stupid questions but totally new to this . Also whats the difference between a club and group trial ? Oh and what does it mean when you see "closed for club trial" ? Rob (totally green!)

Next question.... does anyone know of anywhere else thats open for practice (maybe during the week) in the sussex area... I need all the help I can get ! Rob

Have sent off my application for the worthing club....will deffo be at the w and w on the 1st ...cant wait ! Have to say after years of road bikes this little 2 stroke has rekindled all the excitement and got the old juices flowing again

Definately dont just use water. If you want to be really good, collect rain water in a plastic bucket to mix with the a/freeze. Sorry I think I've just entered the world of a sad muppet with that one !

Welcome Rob,go on www.brdmcc.org/ all you need to know is on there,cheers Mick Thanks Mick... looks like its open on the third sunday then