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Yes they are, which is great, but dogged by reliability problems at the moment.

Crazybond700 wrote: " If the rules alow to get a five, the should be able to take a five" The rules are very specific about the circumstances when a five is scored. All of them involve riding the section. Asking the observer for a score without riding the section isn't covered as far as I can see. The rules are also very clear in stating that missing a section involves a 50 mark penalty.

I'm not at all sure that the concept of "taking 5s" exists at the Scottish. In the days when I rode I recall it was incumbent on each rider to make a bona fide attempt at each section. As the supplementary regs read now, you'd have to actually ride a section to meet the conditions for a five to be scored. Missing a sub section incurs 50 marks and you're only allowed two instances of this per day before being excluded.

I have sent you a personal message which may help.

Thanks, will try that. I carry a Scorpa SR280 or a Montesa Cota 247. Both fit fine so you would be OK with a Gas Gas or similar I'm sure.

Thanks, will try that. I carry a Scorpa SR280 or a Montesa Cota 247. Both fit fine so you would be OK with a Gas Gas or similar I'm sure.

I've used a Doblo car version as trials transporter for many years. Fold both back seats forward and slide front passenger seat forward. Trials bike then fits in diagonally with rear wheel on offside. Straps to secure bike fit on D shaped hoops on floor of car. Depending on bike, you may manage with the double back seat not folded forward. To carry two bikes, remove both back seats (I have modified the holes in the brackets into slots to make the seats qd). I'm looking to sell my Doblo (N Yorkshire), pm me if interested.

I do it by getting one side of the tyre on to the rim then, holding the base of the valve, working it inside the tyre and lifting it to get as straight a shot as possible into the valve hole. You need flexible fingers for this. On my old twinshocks I used to enlarge the valve hole a bit with a round file to allow the valve to move a bit due to wheelspin when riding without ripping itself from the tube, but this also made inserting the valve a bit easier.

If you run one security bolt in the front you will be fine. This was the standard set-up for trials bikes in the day. Don't worry about the effect on wheel balance, you definitely won't notice any difference.

Before substantially altering the geometry of the bike, I'd consider the effect of practising with it as it is (mind you, I did find pushing the forks up through the triple clamps helpful on my TY). Skill and technique counts for a lot. I dare say if you handed your bike to a regular first class award winner in your local trials you would see that it can be ridden up steep bankings with little bother.

Dear Dood, Reading in full version gives you the information. Best regards, Sir

When not listening to Noel Harrison, I find it useful to look at the detail provided at the top of the post for such information. This was shown by the poster. I've never heard of a Beamish Suzuki car or boat but am open to correction on this point.

The mask is available as a factory accessory from Gas Gas.

Yes, but the company does refer to itself as the clover brand on its website and, extending the theme, used to use the advertising slogan "Put a Little Luck on Your Side".

50:1 in my Cota 247 using Silkolene Comp 2. No problems. Note I use a medical syringe to add exactly the right amount to the fuel, as opposed to pouring from a jug when some oil always remains on the sides.

Best routine I've come up with over the years is: - get the bike unloaded for washing asap after riding, even if you feel jiggered after a day's trialling. You don't want to let all the grot dry and set overnight (the mud from my usual venue sets like concrete) - get the bike onto a box or stand so both wheels are off the ground - plug the end of the exhaust - do an initial blast off of the mud with pressure washer. I do my boots at the same time. - wash all over bike with a washing up liquid mix and a medium brush, rinse off - use a spray degreaser (from the pound shop) working into nooks and crannies with a selection of washing up brushes from the same shop. - rinse all over again with pressure washer working top to bottom, remembering to clear mud from the tyres - apply maintenance spray to all points vulnerable to corrosion (esp chain, spokes, bolt heads) - bike into garage to dry and make a note of maintenance/repair jobs spotted while washing. I allow 20/25 minutes for this process. Having said all this, I've always known riders whose bikes only appear to get washed when ridden through a river, and beat me at most trials. No doubt there's a message there somewhere.

I can only report on my own experience but this is that I've run tubeless tyres with tubes with no problem whatsoever on a Sherco then a Scorpa for about ten years. This has the advantage that the tyre stays at the pressure I set (no annoying marginal leaks where the tyre seals against the rim). I've straightened up the valve on the rear perhaps twice in ten years of regular use, but it certainly wasn't near to "ripping out". I too had my doubts about the reliability of running tubes in tubeless tyres until my local trials dealer, whose cheap tyre fitting service I took advantage of in a moment of laziness (I'd normally fit my own), advised me to do myself a favour by running tubes. His opinion was that unless my name was Michael Brown (it isn't) I wouldn't notice any difference in tyre performance (I haven't). I normally run 3.5/3.75 psi in the rear.

Could try Richard Allen trials spares, he breaks secondhand bikes. Number for him on a previous thread is 01933 314145 or 07917406313.

"As I read it it appears trial and enduro machines are exempt from the abs directive. Or am I misreading it?" The quoted article seems to date from 2012. Other, later, documents refer to the EU Commission voting in 2013 to mandate ABS for "all' powered two wheelers over 125cc from 2017 onwards, so exemption for trials/enduro bikes seems unclear.

"What is a tire, is it a bit like a tyre?" Roundly speaking, yes.

My google search indicated that ABS is expected to be compulsory for all newly registered bikes over 125cc in EU countries from 2017. As such it'll be a serious issue for trials manufacturers to accommodate.

Could you give a web address for the Spanish site where you've seen the long ride unit for sale? Thanks.

I'd say a move such as this would be prompted by any future shortage of entries in the existing twinshock/pre 65 classes at the Kia rounds and the like, rather than a burning desire to bring watercooled bikes into the fray.

Any protuberance outside the normal dimensions of the bike would be bound to catch on passing branches, rocks, knees etc such that you'd want to get rid after one outing.

Ah, sorry if I got it wrong.