gregkabob

Tone, to advance the timing remove the flywheel and you'll see the stator plate. Loosen the three screws and rotate the plate counter clockwise to advance the timing. Here's a pic: As for how far to advace it I'll let those that know for sure advise on that. My bike is an 02 270 and found this picture. When I pulled my flywheel the stator was rotate CCW so the screw head was about 1/4 of the distance into the area between the red lines. Bike runs great. Greg

I have the most fun during "Play Days". The trials are ok and I enjoy them but I most enjoy getting with the guys, praticing sections and then some follow the leader trail riding.

MIne cracked on the silencer side. Took it off and had it welded. Worked out great. Was told it was probably caused by lifting the rear by grabbing the silencer. In fact the end that plugs into the mid-pipe was also broken out. Had that welded up and it's worked out great. Took it to a guy that makes custom Choppa's for a living. An artist with metal and welding... I always lift the rear now by grabbing the swing arm.

I was told to keep junk from falling into the pad and piston area. Keeps the junk out.....sorta

Page 43 of the 06 manual says: Right leg 370cc Left leg 350cc

That might be why they don't show a platinum plug on the site and the parts store guy couldn't find it either.

I went to the NGK USA site and looked up the plugs and for a Beta 270 it only lists the standard plug BP7ES and the Iridium plug BPR7EIX but there is no listing for the platinum. Can anyone give me a number for the platinum plug being used? Thanks

Here's a little hour meter if you really want to know how many hours are on the oil. Enduro friends of mine use them. http://www.magicracing.com/DRD-Hour-Meter_p_72-1886.html

I just did both the front and rear on my Beta. Over here we have spray cans of paint made for plastic by Krylon and Rustoleum. Did a wet sand on them, wipe down with laquer thinner to make sure all the oil was off and sprayed. Works great and looks good. Did it in black and now I'm know as "Darth Beta"......

Just went to the TwinAir sight and bought a couple. There priced about 1/2 that of the OEM. Hey, 2 for the price of one.....what a deal.....

Here's a pic of the carb that I found a while back. Sorry I can't give credit to who's pic it is. This helped me understand the words on Billy's set up.

I too have to take the brake pedal off and have read all the advise. I bent mine (don't know which rock I hooked it on). My question is: Do I straighten it with a BFH (see I learned some new terms) or should I heat it up a bit to get it straight? Trying to remember if you heat metal up and let it cool slowly it will be softer andn if you heat and quench it is stronger....or is it the other way around? Thanks,

Had the same thing happen on my 02 270. I had to get a right angle drill and short bit to drill it out and then tap it and put the heli coil in. This was the first time I had ever put in a heli coil and the whole job was quite easy once I had the right tool to drill it out.

IF you go into the the www.beta-uk.com site and then to the link for the bikes you will see a list of bike years. When I click on the 2002 (which my bike is) it has a FAQ's link. I clicked on that link it it as a link for ignition timing. That's where I got the pic that I posted that was different than what Barry posted. Yesteday I pulled the flywheel and when Ron put the new stator in at the nationls (thanks Ron!) the timing is set like the pic Berry posted. I'd didn't notice much differance in the bike but than again I'm a nube...

I'll let you all know how it goes when I fire it up. I looked inside and it looked like the stuff was still in there. I couldn't find a caustic soda so a guy at the local shop said that's the way he does the MX bikes.

Fire in the Hole..... Removed the center pipe, added a little lighter fluid and fired it up. Once it got going it burned for a good 20 minutes.

Alan, I did just that with the new bearings. In fact the bearings only had a bit of grease applied only to one side. Packed them with good waterproof grease.

Thanks! now I know what to get. I had a different puller in mind but now the light bulb is on!

Alan, here's a pic of the bearing. Can you post a pic or link to the type of puller that you use to remove this bearing? Thanks!

Alan, I'll take a pic tonight to post on the board. I did like you side on my GoldWing to remove the bottom race (it had ball bearings), cut with a dremmel and the cracked it with a chisel. Do you have a pic of the type of puller your talking about? Greg

Great idea Bob! The bearings in the head were quite old and the bearing guy said they where the bottom of the basket as for the quality. He said he would hook me up with some quality bearings. I told him they where for my trials bike and he got this big grin and said his dad use to ride trials and taught him how to hop the bike sideways. I've invited him out to have go at it and will pursue that when I go pick up the new bearings tomorrow.

Bob, sorry I can't answer that. I just took my bearing down to a local bearing supply house and they matched them right up. I took the head bearings down today and the guy will have new one in tomorrow.

Does anyone have a trick for removing the bottom bearing in the steering tube? On my big bike (goldwing) I ended up cutting it off using a dremel tool. Anyone got a better method? Thanks!

Barry, when i screwed up my stator taking the fly wheel off the timeing was set like the pic you posted. I found the pic that I posted and set the timing to it and it made the bike a lot softer and not as quick (better for this newb). Right after that my new stator went out and Ron Como swapped it out at the nationals in Tishamingo. I have not pulled the flywheel to see were he set the timing but it seemed to perform like it did when I set the timing back to the specs in the pic I posted (softer). I'll see about pulling the flywheel and see where the timeing is set.

I found this picture but not sure if it's for a 270 or 250 or it there's a differance between the two.