General Trials Talk

I live in Highland of scotland, mainly rocks with muddy blasts!!, banks, which tyre give the best grip in these types of sections and has the longest life(tread)?? cheers chris

Just finished watching the Barcelona round on M&M and watching Adam Raga's celebration at the end of sticking a rocket to the fender and wheelieing it around the arena...and then he just jumps off the bike and lets it crash. How come none of them ever fail when celebrating? I've never seen any rider flip it or anything when pulling a massive wheelie around the arena...have you? HRC

I ran my bike down the road about a mile at 25 mph (~40.234 kph) and back to warm it up before changing the oil. By the time I got back the front brakes had heated up and nearly brought the bike to a stop. The brake lever would not compress and the disk had started to turn blue. These are one year old APJ's. I loosened the lever to make sure that the piston had full range. I changed the brake fluid after the brakes cooled and things went back to working. The shoes are not worn. This may have happened before as I smelled something getting hot after riding the trail to a new section. The bike sat long enough for the brakes to cool before riding the section. I didn…

Saw a pair of `Pow-a-stop` brake pads for sale....anybody heard of them or used them before Are they worth the

I thought it was interesting that the counter registered almost 1600 views when I checked it out. I didn't think there were that many trials riders on Earth.

I had "slight" play, up and down ,(none noticeable side to side)on my swinging arm and it looked like the swinging arm bearings had worn on my 98 Techno I stripped all the swinging arm and linkage down ,cleaned the bearings and bushes.They looked a little worn (not excesively though) especially the bushes. Do I really need to get new bearings and bushes for the small amount of play that there is. Or is it false economy ,and going to cause more problems somewhere else like chain/sprocket wear(which I`ve just had new) At

After trying to find some hebo prices in the UK, I came across GasGasUK, which I have visited on many occasions, but have never looked around. I came across this which is an online parts manual, you can easily, by the movement of a mouse, get the part number and discription of the part you are looking for/at. Very handy, and good if you are stripping something down. I have also noticed the Sherco do this also, and maybe Beta/Scorpa etc etc? Why not Montesa? With a company in trials as big as they are, I would have thought they would have dished out for an online manual of some sort... As on RYP (www.rypusa.com) ryan has a download of sherco service manuals, maybe sim…

i have just got a used sherco 04 250 and the tank is leaking on the tap and where the plastic comes out and further on the tap/plastic join any ideas what it is or what i should do?

I've been racking my brains all morning on this one. On a Gas Gas 280 pro raga replica, there is just too much top end power, what i mean is from nothing to 2/3 throttle the power is fine, nice and linear, offering plenty of manageable grip, the problem starts when using the top end, last 3rd of the throttle, the power seems very lumpy, it tends to come in all of a sudden, very good for dry conditions but not good for slippery english sections. I am running out of ideas, we dont want to alter the bottom end at all, but there seems to be no way of softening the top end without the bottom. ANY IDEAS? lowering compression, reed valve, carburation is good, base gasket/head…

Can someone tell me the difference between trials and mx or enduro clothing. Does anyone use mx pants and if not why.

Any one tried the new Domino's yet?

has anyone had any problems with there dvd's mine jump and skip all over the place i'm playing them on a multi-region player they're the 2003 us national indoor, 2003 world indoor,2002 wtc rounds 13&14 i wasnt going to post this on the board, but they don't seem to want to answer my e-mails cheers mick.

Anyone know the guys at the show that were selling that old kt250? Didn't have a piston, looked quite tatty. Wished I'd bought it now!

Hello all Looking to get a trials bike to give me more ride opportunities. I've located an 01 Sherco 2.5, 01 & 02 Scorpa's, and a Gasser TXT280 Pro. All in good condition. All for around the same dollars plus or minus a few hundred. Don't know enough about any of them to make a decision. Some are from private parties, others from dealers. I'm stuck in Analysis Paralysis Heard the GG pro's have some clutch Trans issues. I've heard Scorpa's are reliable with the yamaha eng. And they really look industrial too. Any help would be welcome!

Hi all i was just wondering if any of you can (honestly) say that your riding or results have improved following the purchase of a newer bike, I dont mean between an old bultaco sherpa and a 2004 model but say within 5 years of each other?? Any comments

Hi Just thinking about fantic coming back, Why did companys like Fantic,swm,Yamaha stop building trials bikes? Danny

Just link to the pics. http://www.traumrouten.com/afm/allradwr/index.html Seems they might have used this setup in the Paris Dakar Rally this year? Sure it would be a few pounds of weight, but can you imagine getting 'limited slip' type of front assist on that rock ledge? The nice part is the "gearing" is set such, that w/o wheel spin the rear wheel provides all thrust as usual, only when a certain amount of slip occurs, the front starts pulling. The edit was because I forgot the link LOL!

is there any tips for handleing deep mud about 90cm?

is there an oil you soak your airfilter in, as i just took my filter out of my rev '3, and it feels oily ? uptil now on my old bike i just washed it through with petrol Thanks in advance.

anyone got any suggestions where i might get a decent petrol can from. the plastic green and red ones are hopeless. keep leaking and the spout is never at the right angle especially in the middle of a trial when it's raining