Hi guy's just to say that WCW received my stator today posted from France Friday afternoon, they tested it phoned me in(France,)to say that it tested very low, and that they will rewind it and post it to day, and the cost is all in with vat and postage to( France)
I am either the most unlucky person on the planet or is there a problem?
So far in the last 5 weeks i have had 5! YES 5 rear 2011 fenders snap and crack as if they were made from glass! at 70+ notes each iam now at my wits end!!!
I wouldnt mind so much if id looped the bike everytime, but its from hardly even touching the bloody things. On my 2009 and 2010 bike i couldnt fault the fender they seemed unbrakeable.
Is anyone else out there having the same problem?
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One of the lads broke his off today right across the back of the airbox....he done the same thing 3 weeks ago
Maybe they are a bit fragile...but i have bent them double on all of my evos and they have been ok... just the luck of the draw i think... or BAD BAD luck ...
The first time we put it down to being in the cold-riding in the snow But its not been that cold today
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No worries smallboy..... its all good banter
I would like to mention even after lots of deep water crossings and a really good wash of the bike after... i have only ever removed less than a tea spoon of water from any of my beta evos and this includes a few total submersion's (hence my TTT nick name the water boy )
But the flywheel will have condensation on it if temperatures go up and down while its stored...just like you get on the aluminium frame...
sorry smallboy only been repairing trials bikes for about 35 yrs (what do i know) even (gas gas pdi sheet) says drill a hole in cover,but what do they know. listen to mobbster he knows better.
YES thats why you use WD40 Yes the good old days when any item could be fixed by a quick squirt of the dreaded stuff...move on its 2011 but what do i know..... well fixing bikes for 35 years hey.....remind me to drop my bike in to you for a service.. gasgas pdi (read the post.. we are talking about a beta......oh i could go on...do bvm or colin appleyard drill holes in the covers NO... does it say it in the beta pdi....i guess not as steve saunders carrys out most of bvm's pdi's and he has never drilled a fly wheel cover on any of my betas or recommended doing it....oh what would he know about trials bikes and riding.. winning x amount of scottish 6 days and about 10 british titles etc etc)if you will be sarcastic ORMPLUS expect it back..
Dont drill any holes in the cover this lets water in when you are crossing streams/water etc.....
Leave the cover off while its stored.
And dont spray WD40 on the fly wheel/electrics
This makes things worse if you have a hole in the cover as any dust/dirt that gets in while riding will stick to the WD40 in hard to reach places and only cause you trouble later in the day.....
After a ride and wash ....take the cover off lean the bike on its side to allow any water/condensation to drain out.
Then spray all around fly wheel with contact cleaner then lean bike on its side to drain...this will evaporate after a few minutes....Job done.
If the flywheel weight is becoming rusty wipe a very small amount of silicon spray over it with a clean rag (very small amount)
It was 2 an a half years ago i posted that and since then i have since had my mind changed about electric bikes. There is a lot of potential there. I still prefer 2-strokes to 4 bangers but i think electric bikes have come a long way over the last couple of years. Oset in particular have impressed me massively.
The Oset bikes are really well designed, really well built, they have PLENTY of punch for the kids who learn on them but are clever with the parental restrictions. Its not just the electric powerplant but little design touches like the enclosed chain that impresses me.
I will be buying one for my daughter when she is 8 in May as i don't think there is any better way for her to learn. http://www.osetbikes.co.uk/
Their may be a long way to go for the full size bikes but yes i can definately see a future in them. I'm not so big that i cant admit when i was wrong.
I would still be grinding up all the diesel powered 4 strokes but thats just me.
Each to his own eh.
Oset......They are for kids...yes my little boy has one BUT if you had a version for adults it would weigh more than a car
Dont get me wrong they are a great item for kids to learn on but even the battery & motor is old technology.
As you stated above the oset is probably the best small bike on the market but dont confuse that with state of the art technology....(to be honest i think if you could have shown an oset bike to a NASA engineer in the late 1960 early 70s i still dont think he/she would be impressed- but its the best we have now which only goes to show how slow things progress in a limited market)
The problem is a weak gear selector spring (this helps to stop you getting false neutrals) but is a pain to select neutral again once the engine is running when stationary.
Using a really good gear oil will help (but not much ! the clutch mod will help with the feel of the clutch but not have any affect on gear selection)
With betas its a case of some are not to bad to get gears and others are just bad...... from new they dont seem to bad but get worse with age....well all mine have on the evo's.
Thanks so much for the link it will be a great help, and i'm now in the uk for christmas so at least i can read all about my new toy , hope you have a good one
On new bikes for the last few years you get a CD manual (well 09,10,011 evo's)
Linky below from page 38 onwards is in english for a 2008 rev 3....I dont know how much they may have changed in that time but would imagine most items are still the same to be honest.
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Yes the good old days when any item could be fixed by a quick squirt of the dreaded stuff...move on its 2011 
but what do i know..... well fixing bikes for 35 years hey.....remind me to drop my bike in to you for a service.. gasgas pdi (read the post.. we are talking about a beta......oh i could go on...do bvm or colin appleyard drill holes in the covers NO... does it say it in the beta pdi....i guess not as steve saunders carrys out most of bvm's pdi's and he has never drilled a fly wheel cover on any of my betas or recommended doing it....oh what would he know about trials bikes and riding.. winning x amount of scottish 6 days and about 10 british titles etc etc)if you will be sarcastic ORMPLUS expect it back.. 
so at least i can read all about my new toy , hope you have a good one
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