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Betas with rotten cases? This is a new one on me, what with stators packing up cracking frames, kickstart on the wrong side, I would buy a Gas Gas TLTEL

I have the 350 version of this bike that I ride all the time. And yes it is big and heavy but I love it. so reliable, but there must be something wrong with it because it wont do what his does!!!!! TLTEL

My mate had ty 50 on the road back in the late 70's, that had lights fitted, bit hard to find one now though.

Do you never try another position?

Not sure about Fat bars but I bought my son mini Renthals for his TL125 when he was having the same reach problems a few years ago. TLTEL

Hi Ben hopefully you have fixed this by now. But I have used a torx (star shaped) bit as suggested by neilh, make sure there is not any dirt left in the bolt head and GENTLY tap in a torx bit of about the same size as the allen key. This will usually work on small bolts. I take it that you never replaced them all with Bling then ! TLTEL

Have you got free play at the brake pedal? there should be a couple of mm free play on lever, you can adjust it on the push rod attatched to the pedal. If the rod is touching the piston the pads may not move back easily. TLTEL

Sorry for not getting back on this Copemech. I tried it with the wire not connected and no spark. Ran the wire to earth and it worked, Thanks I was a bit worried I might blow the CDI if it was wrong. TLTEL

Hi Matt Good to see you're taking it to the next level, as said you will need to have propper boots but the helmet should be ok to start with if its road legal,trial ones tend to be lighter with air flow, your head can get very sweaty. Do you know about Hook Woods trials park, not far from you,(they have a webbsite i think) they have practice days quite often and its a great way to get used to doing sections without any pressure. Goog luck TLTEL

Hi Matt Interesting reading, nice looking bike. I am not familiar with these carbs, but have you checked that the float hieght is set right, you should be able to get the infomation on here or google it. It usually involves bending the tab on the float that shuts off the fuel flow, i see from your picture that the carb is tilted down towards the engine, so if fuel level is slightly too high then it could be flooding the engine but not coming out of the carb overflow. Also what fuel oil mix are you using? not sure whats recomended for these bikes but its worth checking your not putting too much oil in! I would also be checking head bolts are tight, (can need tightening after a rebuild) and take off exhaust and shine a light in the port have a look at piston and bore, you dont know that the rebuild was done by someone that knew what they were doing. ( i bought a bike and found that it had only one piston ring in it once) did you check out the crank seal when you took the flywheel off? good luck TLTEL

Hi Ben If you havent already sorted the brake problem. I would say that it is probably not air in system, but the pads are too far away from the disc. When you put the wheel back on, you have forced the pads back into the calipers, which has pushed fluid back into the reservoir. If you use the brake leverl normally it only moves a small amount of fliud so the pads are not foced tight against the disc, when you release the brake the pads move back again. I find the best way to get the pressure back is to use your hand on the lever and pump it quickly several times, this moves more fliud and the pads settle to where they should be. Bleeding the back brake is not usually a fun job and I wouldnt recomend doing it unless its absolutely essential. It can be frustrating and messy. Good luck TLTEL

I could never see the point in sidecar trials untill about two years ago at hook woods,I watched a couple of sidecar lads practiceing on the rocks and slabs in the main arena, They were amazing! TLTEL

Hi fingers and welcome to Trials. Assuming you mean the clock on the tank cover, it needs a battery, I think it was the same as a door bell button, about the size of a penny. I think the wires are to make the speedo work, but not sure where they go, but probably to the cdi. TLTEL

did you check the squish clearance when you put it back together? If you fitted new gaskets did you check piston / head clearance? Not sure it would give your symtems but it is quite importantant. Probably should be between 1.5 and 2.0 mm. If not enough it will probably knock. TLTEL

glad it is sorted, how did you do in the trial? On a Saturday?? TLTEL

hi btomo No not normal behaviour. Does it run ok when it does start? Is piston in back to front? TLTEL

Could be an old clock spring! Deffinately a wind up !!!!! TLTEL

Hi Handmadematt, and welcome. I like the Bullet, I let one of these slip through my fingers earlier in the year, my mate sold it on ebay for next to nothing andI regret not buying it. Like the video too. I don't know anything about Bultacos but that one looks like a good starting point as long as it doesnt go for silly money. Even so you cant really loose money on the olld bikes. TLTEL

Now you Know why it had socks on! TLTEL

You are probably right, I came away from a very muddy trial last weekend with my highest score ever (101). Would I ride the same trial again this weekend if I could ? Of coarse I would it was great fun. TLTEL

Sting32 and JSE I was'nt disputing your senario's, you would have to be pretty unlucky to have head O ring failure and a crimped over flow hose,but it could happen if the bike was put back together in a rush or by someone not used to working on these bikes. Unfortunately it does look like the head needs to come off to check the seals. TLTEL

Rabie great picture of Mr Strank at the Simmons on the cover of TSM, shows the mud dripping off his bike. Is he smiling for the camra? No maybe not ! . TLTEL

gasgasjamie good post and I agree with every thing you said, as a 50 + novice that doesnt take the sport too seriously I thought NO stop would be better, but I have noticed that after the first few trials the stop for a 5 penalty is not given out as much as it probably should be. I think this is partly due to section setters not really setting sections for no stop riding, so OBSERVERS have to decide weather to be leaniant or give everyone a 5. Sectionone. I think club trials must be a bit different over here! A time limit would be great. But as Rabie said quite often the observers are picked at the last minute, often an unsuspecting spouse that thought they would just come along and see what the fascination is with this Trialing lark, only to be given a clip board and very brief instruction of the rules, Most observers (my self included) dont know what an APP is. No Disrespect to observers intended! TLTEL

Sting32. Not a bad answer,to my question, Thanks! But I was thinking that surely the rad cap is designed to release pressure, before the seals let go, otherwise any time the engine got too hot you would end up with water in your gearbox. But I suppose if the seals were worn anyway, it could finish them off! Shercoben Have you got it sorted yet? You said in another post that you have been working on a 98 gasser, water pump seals should be easy enough for you to do. You can get the kit which includes the shaft from gas gas uk next day delivery. Its a good way to learn mechanics, there are loads of help videos on youtube. It seems you and your mates have quite a few bikes between you, it helps to know how they work. Good luck TLTEL

Yes but how could water get to the gearbox?? TLTEL