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You can get em rewound for a lot less, i was gonna ask if you ruled out the kill switch, was out with a friend on his Beta on the weekend and he had problems as you describe we disconnected the Kill and problem gone.

Hi I currently have a Beta rev 3 and I am looking to upgrade a year or 6. I have identified a Scorpa 250 near to me which from the pictures looks v clean (I know that they sometimes Lie) . What type of money should I be looking at and what niggles should I be aware of and checking for when I view. If it were another Beta I would know!! Thanks in Advance

I would check your timing and the woodruff key, heat is a strange thing, could be that the flywheel is twisting a bit and putting your timing out...Worth a try

You know how upset you would be if I bought a better bike...you would'nt have anything to repair, about time you sold the KTM, bought yourself a nice shiny evo and sold me yours!! Bubba Gumps rules

Thanks for the replies, me and simmsy or should say simmsy whipped the forks of today as after a good ride I was getting no rebound!! Up to Barry at AB they are going as work is getting in the way of our Hobby!! That cannot be right!!

Is it kicking back on start, if so check the woodruff key?

Hi I am going to overhaul my Upside down forks on my 00 Rev 3. Any tips greatly appreciated. They are weeping slightly so seals are going to be replaced but would like info on set up.I have the levels from the Beta site. One area of confusion (it does'nt take much) for me is which fork is classed as the left one, looking at the bike from the front or looking at the bike from ride position. Also tips on the rear paoli suspension set up adjustments would be good if anyone has info.

IF THE FUEL HAS BEEN SITTING STAGNANT FOR A LONG WHILE AND GETTING HEATED THEN COOLING IT WILL BE BACTERIA, BOATS THAT STAND IDLE FOR A LONG WHILE USE A FUEL POLISHER!!(I KID YOU NOT) WHICH CIRCULATES THE FUEL AT A VERY LOW FLOW. DOUBT YOU WANT TO GO TO THESE EXTREMES!!! A WEALTH OF USELESS INFO NO DOUBT!!

You do not need to use distilled water in Wales, we got the pure stuff, we send the chlorine chemical filled stuff over the border Neath does have a club I believe and you will find info on welsh trials. I believe also Merthyr has one which meets at the imperial hotel 2nd tuesday of the month, not to far from neath. Dextron ATF is good, I use it in mine rather than the light gear oil, gives a responsive feel and grabs quickly but clutch makes a bit more noise. Have fun!!

Wrong Air Filter. Sheared Key. She now runs Loverly Thanks to My mate Simmsy and Barry AB motorcycles Merthyr for the advise and tools

Jim I investigated a possible stator problem the other way around, bike runs but no fan..Apparently the stator has 2 circuits one for each function. Because the bike would run I had nno problem establishing feed for the lighting and fan circuits. I do not know how you would check the other way but would presume another feed goes from the stator to the CDI circuit, do not know if it is a similar check for what you are looking for but got to be worth a look. My problem was the good old voltage regulator.

Thanks It did have a BP5 I have changed to a BP7 I got from a Beta dealer, what gap do you use? One step at a time on this I think. Also for info, the rattle seems to have appeared & got worse after I freed of a stuck on clutch (held lever in and ran hot for 20 mins or so), the bike had stood for 3 years and only been started a handfull of times, I did not strip the clutch out and do the plate mod but changed the oil to ATF. She still drags a little but nothing that effects my riding i will carry the plate mod out soon.

Hi All, Thanks for the replies to my recent posts. I am getting somewhere to getting her running well. Rectifier replaced fan, and cooling system now all good. Starting!! She kicks back like a mule on occasions. When I looked at the Bike it was advertised as a 2003...It was clearly a 2000 Rev 3. The guy I bought her from said he had relpaced the plug, changed oil and replaced filter...He had. The only thing is that it looks as if he has installed a 2003 filter rather than a 2000. When I inspected it, clearly it is not a good fit, it looks as if a bit of sponge has been stuffed in the airbox and clearly clogging the air intake!! I have ordered a new one to suit the year from trials Bits. Now do you think that besides this helping cure the oily plug and exhaust, it will take away some of the Kick back i am getting. Or do I need to look elswhere for possible problems, and as a matter of precaution do you think I need to de-coke. I also am encountering a very high pitched pinging at the top end of the engine, cant say its a knock as such, more a rattle, and it seems to be intermitent?? Also for info I am using 70:1 mix fully synthetic Any advise greatly recieved. Dave

I would put my money on it being the woodruff key...Whip the flywheel off and take a peek, remember though to torque her back up (this is important) use some rope (Not Wire) down the plug hole to jam her up.... I had the same problem with an old shrimping vessels donkey engine when i dropped her over the side once....I think for this valuable information you owe me a drink..and I bet I am right!!