I have both styles of helmet and im quite happy to wear what ever i feel like on the day, coming from an MX/Enduro background i feel alot safer wearing a Motocross helmet for obvious reasons especially when out practicing, but i suppose it depends on the type of stuff you ride. It doesn't take much to knock ya teeth out if your pushing yourself and trying out new stuff and personally I don't think you can ever have enough protection if your a beginner.
As mentioned though a full face helmet does have its major disadvantages sometimes, and they really do restrict your view on certain sections, I've seen alot of people riding with a Downhill bike helmets because they have a lower mouth piece than a MX one but still offer mouth protection, You can pick a 661 helmet cheap enough.
Start with a full face until you feel safer and more confident then buy an open face
Burnicle is indeed a great comentator, genuine enthusiasm, light hearted and amusing with a great appreciation of the skill shown by the riders. He also has a good depth of knowledge of all off-road disciplines with which he can fill in the gaps in the action. He brings a sense of humour which helps liven up what is essentially a pretty boring sport.
More importantly, unlike the MotoGP commentators on both BBC and Eurospport, he isn't stuffed so far up his own backside that he has to repeatedly let everyone know what each rider is thinking, is capable of, what is 'typical' of them (as per Ryder) or what they had for breakfast dinner and tea. They've really lost the art of commentating, all they want to do is let everyone know that they know the reasons for every move or mistake a rider makes, how everything works (including a rider's mind) and why they're winning or losing. It certainly is endless drivel from a know it all brigade.
I have to agree with all of the above, Burnicle is a fantastic commentator in many peoples eyes and a true legend to boot.. Ryder and Moody are very bias towards certain riders [normally those with the best hospitality tents!!] which can be annoying. Mr Burnicle however knows alot of riders personally and he's happy to abuse them if he feels they have done wrong. His knowledge in Trials, Enduro, Motocross, WSB and BSB international and club level is immense, and if he's not commentating on TV he's normally track side on the loud speaker. I'd much rather listen to him than some of the clueless folk that Sky sports employ just because they know the producer.
As mentioned, some helmets do look really stupid, the outer shells are either far to big or too small or just weird shaped.. I tried on all the Airoh range and looked like a numpty in everyone of them
I found that the Shoei looked half normal.. which is 100 times better than the Mekon look
Well i spent most of the afternoon sanding down the rear fender [by hand] then after 2hrs of dead arm i remembered who i lent my electric sander to and went and got it back
All the nasty scratched blue is now off, i also sanded down the petrol tank and front mudguard, new stickers are on order so i'll get a few layers of primer on tomorrow before it's painted, stickered, laquered and baked next week.
ps. I also went with the Halfruads plastikote primer
Hi everyone, I'm looking for something that will fit in my garage, i've tried a Hi top connect but it's just a tiny bit too tall to fit through the garage door - the short wheel base Connect will fit just fine
As you can see [from pulling up this old thread] i've done a search, but i've read a 100 different answers saying that you can and can not fit two bikes [250 scorpa/270 Beta in my case] in a standrad low roof ford connect.
So can someone please settle it once and for all and post a picture up of a SWB Connect with two bikes fitted in the back.
The silicone ones from Birketts are the best ones for the money, I have never seen anything that will fit and still let the coolant flow properly, there may be some dealers with the old genuine scorpa items in stock, they where less than a tenner.
Thanks godzilla, the less than a tenner option sounds good. Call me old fashioned [ok call me tight] but paying
My SY 250R Radiator hose has taken one bash to many and split open, anyone know of a cheap replacment or where i can source one from? Also does another bike hose fit GasGas Beta etc??
If you've just fitted a motor then check you haven't nicked the hose coming from the reservoir to the master cylinder, an small hole in the pipe won't always leak but it will let air in.
And as others mention go buy a brake bleeding kit and a large syringe, my rear brake wouldn't back bleed at all so i removed the reservoir and forced fluid back down until all bubbles stopped coming out of the caliper. Works as it should now
Same happened on mine, the previous owner had tried to bleed the rear brake and some how moved the hose to a place where it rubbed a small hole in it [it's very tight in there] apparently he never had the brake working in all the time he owned it - I bought a replacement braided hose from a local 'Hose' shop, much tougher. The bottom M'cylinder connector is a bitch to fit properly when the bikes complete, i dropped the swing arm down and made it much easier to do.
Yes i've dragged up an old thread - saves starting a new one
I sliced through my hose on the water pump this weekend after hitting a rock - all the links to covers available don't work or the parts are no longer listed - anyone know where i can get a good cover that protects pump and pipe.
Yeah i went ahead and bought some rear 6004 bearings and they fit pefrect [04 scorpa].. the old ones were a complete nightmare to remove but we got there in the end
Thanks for the info Tricks, shamed to have lived so close and not known very much about it.
Not too sure about the wickid peddler though, once this type of info was passed on by the old stalwarts or big John on here, soon we won't have to say owt, all you need to know is just a click away, well bar the likes of me that is, still can't figure out why you have to click start to turn this bloody thing off
well we're all here to help ishy. To be honest i didn't know why it was called the Scott trial either
So now we both know, and we can pretend that we've always known when explaining it to future youth.. wouthout the mention of wikipiddly
The Scott Trial began in 1914 when Alfred Angas Scott, inventor and founder of the Scott Motorcycle Company challenged the workers at his factory to ride from the factory in Shipley through the Yorkshire Dales to Burnsall, a riverside village near Grassington. Of the 14 starters only 9 finished. The event was reintroduced after the First World War in 1919 and although Alfred Scott died in 1923[2] the event continued to be run by the Scott workers until 1926.[1]
The Bradford and District Motor Club then took over the management of the event and moved the start and finish to Blubberhouses, a small village in the borough of Harrogate in North Yorkshire. In 1938 the land was owned by the Leeds Waterworks Authority which decided not to allow motorcycle trials on their property, so the trial was moved again to Swainby, on the north western corner of the North York Moors National Park in Cleveland and control was taken over by the Middlesbrough and Stockton Motor Clubs.[1]
I wear sidi crossfires MX boots with a pivot ankle, i find them fantastic for trials, they also offer more 'all over' protection than my old trials boots while still staying flexible.
Not cheap but they last for years, also worth a look are Forma Dominators [again with a pivot ankle].
i remembered who i lent my electric sander to and went and got it back 
- the short wheel base Connect will fit just fine 
- I bought a replacement braided hose from a local 'Hose' shop, much tougher. The bottom M'cylinder connector is a bitch to fit properly when the bikes complete, i dropped the swing arm down and made it much easier to do.
What price a decent Scorpa ?
in Scorpa
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Yeah that's about the going price for one at that age, a really really clean one can sell for around