General Trials Talk

i need to know how to fit a front sprocket like what way do i unscrew it?

Hello gyus especially in Canada and Scotland. In Finland we have nice winter weather, it means snow everywhere and minus degrees (centigrade). No trial at all. Only training methods jumping in garage with your bike or riding figure eights on driveway. Figure eights on hard snow are very good training with Michelin, when there are some

Hi, I am slowly, actually very very slowly making progress with my Tiger cub rebuild and wondered what is the best paint to use for the frame, hubs etc....? I have a spray gun but no fancy booth, just the garage. The other consideration is cost, so any suggestions where to buy at the best price would be helpfull. Steve

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 know where you can get any indoor trials dvd's from ? i've asked duke but they reckon no

OK...how do you guys/gals do this? Back in days of yore, we could either sight down the chain or spin the wheel and make sure the sprocket was centered in the chain. But now that there's so much slack and the chain is rubbing on wear blocks and tensioners, this doesn't work anymore. I wish I thought that everything was so perfectly manufactured that I could just line up the little numbers on the snails, but...well...you know.

I've been thinking about getting a compressor, but have no idea what sort of spec., I'd need. There seem to be plenty available for the amateur mechanic, for about

Anyone have experience with Cheng Shin C186 trials tires? At a local store these are available for $15 to $25 depending on size. I'm trying one out on the front of my trail bike (Honda XR250), but only have a few miles so far. These appear to run small. The 3.00 on my XR is narrower than the 2.75 Michelins on my Scorpas. But I haven't looked at it closely - could be the rim is a different width. I don't have any accurate way of comparing the hardness of the rubber, but by feel it is similar to Michelin. The Cheng Shin's have about the same knob pattern as Michelin. However, each knob has one, two or three cuts in the direction of travel. The local shop has a…

This is the 1st time ever that the colonial entries have been published before the event , so make the most of it, you lot. You even have a small write up , to read!! Have a nosey , at it on the front page!! ps. Yes it is in microslop excel , as most from our club stuff is , so until i get round to converting it into pdf, install it !! If not be patient while i convert via pigeon !!

How about Ice Trails!!

Anyone else going to Bangor in April. Booked up on Easyjet from Newcastle the other day only

Did you guys see that 75 TY250 on e-bay? http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAP...item=2454626310 I haven't seen one that looks like that since I bought mine brand new in 1975. Wonder where he's been hiding it? It's over $1200 now. I paid $700 for mine in 75. How high do you think it will it go? There's still 10 days left!

Has any one got a November 1983 Dirt Bike Rider Magazine. It has a test on Cagiva trials bike which hopefully has information and specifications etc of my bike.

A while a go on TA I repied to a message asking about putting old engine oil on boots to keep them waterproofed and protected. Not wanting to distroy the 'expensive clothing' topic with a reply to bikespaces message, I decided to put a new topic up. What are your suggestions, recommendations and opinions on oiling the boots. I have red hebo technicals...would you suggest it? Reguards, Matt.

Received the Duke/ Octagon DVD for xmas. Very disappointed due to far to much pics of locality of each round and rider interviews. I would guess that only 50% of the whole vid is actually film of riding. Any suggestions for alternatives??

Going to barcelona for a few days mid Feb is there any trials bike trials gear shops near the centre of the city worth visiting. Won't have any transport other than taxi and stuff staying just of the Rambles.Going to miss the Indoor trial unfortunatley.

Trying to contact someone called sven and clive taylor, used to live in germany but know have moved to toulouse, france. Rides a beta. Need to organise some trials with them , got their e mail address at the TDN but have since lost it anyone got any ideas? if so please send to wholdsworth@QinetiQ.com

My front wheel spindel is seized in solid, the Sherco spindles are alloy and I guess the last owner hasn't greased it!. I've snapped one 10mm Allen key off already!, it looks like the spindel is probably stuck in the inner race of the wheel bearings, I've used the hot air gun to no affect and I've given the axle/bearings a good soak in releasing oil but still stuck fast!!. Any tips?? mark

A pair of pants here in the UK are priced at around

Can any one give me a ball park idea on how much weight should be added to a little motor that revs more like a MX bike than a trials bike?