General Trials Talk

Shoei RJ-101V Iv'e had this helmet some years now and the foam in the top of the helmet, is disentegrating everytime I remove the helmet I have all these bits of the old foam in my hair looked on the Shoei website but can't see any spares, just wondering if any one has had this problem or I just stick some more foam in there or is this a no no as regards safety. I don't really want to renew the helmet as its as good as new!

heres a question i was asked by an mxer i work with that i couldnt answer. Why are trials bikes all conventional front forks these days whereas mx bikes are upside down. And as i thought up a creative answer, i realized that trials and mx have gone the opposite way. There used to be upside down forks on trials bikes (betas) and now there arent, whereas mx bikes have all gone the other way. Can anyone give me a good answer to give this guy on tuesday (Yes, long weekend here in Canada!! Too bad all the riding areas around here are shut down due to fire hazards!!) Thanks

Hello lads, I am trying to find a 42th rear sprocket for my scorpa sy, and was wondering if anybody here could point me in the right direction. I was hoping for something with a cool design like a supersprox, and I dont want a standard sprock off a beta, gasser or sherco. Being in Australia renthal, talon and supersrox trials sprockets are not imported and was hoping someone could get me some contact details for a shop anywhere overseas that might have some. If someone has a part number for a talon or supersprox, that would be cool too. Cheers, ben r

Scorpa 2005 photos are out as well now so with Sherco and GG it really is a case of spot the difference in the 2 strokes, exclude the cosmetic colour changes and they are pretty much the same as 04. No mention of a Scorpa 4t so it looks like a Sherco mont race to get the 4 strokes out to the Public, who will be first???

Hi all, Just interested to know other people's opinions regarding the progress of trials bikes in the past 4 years in comparison to the 4 years previous. Is the difference between the 1996 model bikes and the 2000 model bikes the same as the 2000 to 2004 ? Is progress slowing down, speeding up, the same ? Ian.

Hi people does anyone have any information or pictures of the aprilia climbers? Especially the 1996 model. Can you still get the parts for them? What were they like? Are there any well known faults with them? Thanks In Advance Rich

hey im new to trials, i had a little mx bike, for a a few weeks, then i got a gas gas 250 contact, i rode it for the 1st time last nite and did pretty well, just how do you lift the front wheel what gear. do you do it with the clutch or just the accelearator? thanks

What does everyone think about using a synthetic like Mobile 1 in a gearbox as opposed to Hypone, Elf, or other "motorcycle gear box" oils? I tried Mobile 1 and found no difference in performance than the Hypone. Mobile one is also a lot cheaper and more readily available. When I changed oil on the from the Mobile 1 the first time I notice the particulates stuck to the drain plug magnet were much finer than when I changed oil after using Hypone. Hypone seem to produce large chuncks. The clutch seem less grabby as I let it out, but this could just be my imagination. I one of those people who thinks my bike/car runs better after I wash it. I don't know what do you exert…

Being a member of the Green Mountain Plonkers Trials Club in Vermont, I have often been asked what does "plonkers" mean. Growing up as a kid in the late 60s and 70s I always understood plonkers to mean one of two things. 1) How a trials bike sounded as it crawled over rocks and obstacles and 2) The act of crawling or plonking over rocks and obstacles. Can anyone elaborate where the word derived from? Is it Spanish as in the Ossa Plonker?

Years ago, for the young ones out there, Castrol used to have a great library of movies (16mm) of events including the Scottish, Scott, TT and all the other great events. All you had to to do was walk into a Castrol distributorship, show that you belonged to a valid club and you could borrow it. What happened to it?

I am about to start juggling suspension setting's etc. on my sons new Sherco 80. I will probably end up making more changes at once than I should, and have to retrace my steps to get back to a reasonable point along the way, but heck, it is all for fun anyway. So, thinking aloud,, If I raise (have more fork sticking out the top towards the handlebar) the forks in the triple trees, this will make it steer tighter, and the front end feel heavier and less likely to wheelie. It will also lower seat height and skid pan height. Roll the bars back, it turns slower, is more stable, maybe a bit easier to wheelie??? Roll the bars forward, quicker steering more weight on the f…

I'm not a metallurgist, but I do play one on TV... I was trying to bend the brake pedal on my kid's GG, so he could get his foot on it and learn how to use it properly, and....what the heck is that thing made of? It wouldn't bend with a 2# hammer! An experience similar to one I had trying to drill a simple (?!) hole in his skidplate. Hard stuff! Anyway...I annealed the pedal and presto! I could bend it any way I wanted. Despite the fact that I probably wouldn't bother hardening it again, I don't know how? Just out of curiosity, does anybody? I guess you'd have to usa an oven, because you cant see colored oxides like with steel.

http://miarroba.com/foros/ver.php?temaid=2...73&foroid=59927 My mate went to a gasgas shop today in spain and there was a fresh from the factory gasgas 05 300cc The pics are pretty bad quality, but beat the press to the chase hehe

Anyone else think this would hurt?

Hey, Was cleaning the bike earlier, and I have justed a new (to me) chain lube called PJ1 Black Label, It applys well...and attracts more dirt then little. Anyway, trying to clean the chain but the oil WILL NOT move. Any suggestions as to getting it off? Its all over my chain, and the remaining oil (after application) has gone all down my rear (and front) sproket...which is all black with dirt. Also it has dripped onto my rear wheel rim... Many thanks in Advance.

Hey Guys: After riding Ishy's little Scorpa 4 banger a week ago, I got to thinking about how impressed I was with it! What a fun little bike. It also made me think that for once it would be cool to have a displacement class (125) or, some sort of a IROC serie's format at the Nationals or in some of the regional serie's. A class where everyone is riding the same displacement of bike. Obviously at this point, Scorpa would have the 4s 125 market cornered, but if some of the other manufacturers got into making affordable entry level 4s bikes that would be competitive also, would sure make for some good fun, and open up a whole new market for people who want to ride and compe…

Hi all...... I found these exaust pipes. What kind of a differnce would one make to a '99 montesa's power? Danny

I'll be in the South of France from 11th September for 2 weeks, anybody know if there are any trials worth going to in that area? Cheers

can be found here: http://perso.wanadoo.fr/enduro/ Many English riders present, some did not go the full course. Why? Too hot? Too hard?

I think the one thing that I truly hate to do on a modern Trials bike is too bleed the rear brakes. It is one of those things that I was told, 9 out of 10 men have troubles occasionaly and the tenth is a liar,,,,,,,,, OOOhhhh wrong board. Anyway, so after a really long day at work with not a lot going right, I go by the powdercoat shop to pick up a mower flywheel that my wife wants fixed NOW, not yesterday, or tomorrow, but NOW. Andddddd, of course, he jobbed it out to someone else...... UURRRGGHHHHh. Come home and watch Dean ride some on the new bike, and that was pretty cool, he is getting the hang of it and after that decide to go ahead and hang the rear wheel / …