Pre-65 Bikes

Anyone know the number for Anne bates to get some regs for the Experts trial on 11th Nov. The one in T&MX is a fax line

Just a quick note to let you all know that the entries for the Kinlochleven Pre-65 in May are now open...you'll find the forms on the SSDT website if you're interested. Update : The website address is www.ssdt.org!

I have acquired an Otter (Faber) framed B40 with Betor rear units. They measure up at 13.4 inches between bush centres. The bike seems low at the back and could do with more ground clearance. I disconnected the rear units and jacked the bike up under the bash plate and it looks better with about 14.75 inches between the bush mounts, giving about 12.5 inches of ground clearance. Any suggestions please? Sherpatensing.

Very sorry to say i have been forced to face facts that i may not in the coming years find time to build any further Mick Andrews James trials frames, thus i have desided to place the frame jig and all fittings up for sale and i felt that there was no better place than to advertise the kit here first. If any body is interested please contact me on the works number Bristol 01179868844. Sorry James Holland www.jhsracing.co.uk

About 2 or 3 weeks ago I saw an advert somewhere from someone selling B40/C15 trials gears for

Does anyone know the jet sizes, slide cutaway etc that best suit a 199c trials cub fitted with a Del-Orto carb. PVL ignition will be fitted what is the best timing position to start with.

who won the inter centre team trial today?

Here are a couple of pics of the b40 i bought last week

Hi guys. Well after a long week it looks as if my brother as bought two bikes off of a e-site that should be Ok for the pre 65 Scottish but do you think we will get an entry.The Ariel Ht 5 comes from Scotland, in the same spec as it left the factory. And the B40 as every thing BSA on it .So give us a clue or should our name be Miller or Andrews.or even "Bultaco Banbury Dan".

A letter has been sent out with regulations for the next events in the above series. Its from the ACU Trials and Enduro Commitee. Basically it says a protest has been received regarding eligibility of certain bikes which have been competing in the series. It goes on to say that at future events there will be strict machine examination for compliance with the regulations especially in regard to class eligibility. Sounds like a good idea, although a shame if things have been allowed to get out of hand in the first place. Maybe it will encourage more to have a ride in this excellent series.

Can anyone tell me the best compression ratio to run on a Cub?

For once, everything organised for the Manx Classic- ferry booked months ago. Had a letter this morning- Steam Packet Co has 'revised' our sailng times due to 'ongoing technical problems with the vessel'(really inspires confidence about even going!) Now we arrive just in time for signing on - providing the boat's not delayed/breaks down, effectively losing nearly a day. If thats not bad enough, try contacting them, you just sit in a queue for hours, on a national rate call, adding to their profits. E mails ignored of course. Has anyone got any sense out of these cowboys?

hi all, having obtained a b40 to convert into trials mode and starting to checkout other photos it looks like people change the wheel hubs or can standard road going hubs be used,also can the hubs be laced up to have a 18" rear and a 21" front wheel?.

Anybody know where I can get a frame nickel plated? Thanks in anticipation.

Anyone interested Martyn Adams has his website up & running http://serco.uk.com/default.asp

Has anyone tried or any knowledge of these http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/TIGER-CUB-BANTAM-OVE...6QQcmdZViewItem As it would be good to have a rear brake that works on my Cub! Or is it me can't seem to get the same purchase with my left foot brake, Iv'e tried getting new linings fitted oversize different compound etc, but rather than ordering these shoes from the UK getting them sent to NZ only to find they don't work either.

Can anyone tell me how I can get in touch with Serco or how to use modern fork tubes and yokes /modify Tri Cub Sports 1.375" fork sliders ?

Assuming there is an alignment of the planets sometime in the near future and my new James frame materializes then i will need to get some wheels built so i'm gathering bits as i go along ready for if it arrives. So guys i've been offered alloy rims in both WM2 and WM3 but i dont know which to choose In the past i've never given it a thought and just used what was fitted, mostly WM2 i think, as std. I assume that WM2 being slightly narrower would give a rounder tread profile to the tyre and WM3 being slightly wider would give a more square or flatter tread profile. Would the WM3 however close the treads up and the WM2 open them slightly ? Which would give better gr…

Anyone got any picture's/information on the dot trial's bike's between 1950--1960. Been offered one but know nothing about them. cheer's.

After todays outing and after letting someone else try the B40, who at least knows what they are doing, it transpires that as i felt the rear shocks on the B40 need sorting. The ones fitted are "Mick Andrews Classic" ones with the black springs and either the spring rate is too heavy or the damping rate is. So do i put them on E bay and fit something else if so what? I was thinking either Betor, heard you can specify the spring rate, Rock Shocks, hear they are around again but dont know where to get them, NJB Trick Shocks , again allegedly you can specify length spring rate etc. Anybody used them on a Pre 65 B40 ? Alternatively should i try to get some lighter spri…