ianj

Hi all, I've got an Epson Photo 1270 which is A3 prints at 1440 dpi. I believe it's been superceeded by the 1290 which is 2880dpi, but from the reports I hear you don't get nothing like double the quality just coz it's 2880dpi...... Anyway, A3 prints are great, but you really need a digicam of around 6mp or greater to be able to make best use of it, all you end up doing is stretching the pixels out to fit the A3 page. Printing at A4 however, is just gorgeous.......but only providing you get the right paper. The Epson paper is one of the best, but TIP: you can get away with cheaper paper and still get just gorgeous prints if you print at half-speed. I have A4 prints (and some A3) from the World Outdoor and Indoor rounds I attended (Andy: not to mention some of Mandy!) framed and mounted on my wall here at home. Back to A3 prints again, you can get better results than original (what?) if you use an app called "Genuine Fractals". What you do is take your 3 or 4mb digital photo pic and intelligently extrapolate it out to any size you like (pixels & size), jut as if you had a bigger/better camera in the first place. Send the new file to your printer (say at A3) and the results are better than original. If anyone wants an A4 print to evaluate the print quality then I'll be glad to send it to them (UK only). Ian.

HRC2002 If we had Colley back my wife would misquote Doug's dad and say "the best bum on any trials rider I've ever seen" She's lost interest since Steve disappeared and I'm afraid I just don't match up. I'm in regular contact with Brian (Steve's dad)......I'll pass on the message. Ian.

Hi, This bike is in Stonehaven, my pal Calum's bike. Bike was bought from Lewisport just a few weeks ago. They have referred us to some dude who can carry out repairs, but I'd rather have a look myself first. His previous Sherco (2000) has a similar problem and luckily I found a broken wire on the stator plate......no such obvious things on this one though. Anyone who can wind his own guitar pick-ups can surely wind a stator plate coil or two.... Ian.

Hi all, Looking for a wiring schematic for the 2003 Sherco.......a mates 290 has lost it's spark.....and from what I can gather it's a bit of a rip-off paying some dude mega bucks to fix when it's gotta be something easy. Apparently, a common fault is the sensor behind the flywheel......any ideas!......I'm not averse to re-winding the damn coil if that's all it is! A schematic would help me troubleshoot. RYP & Sherco website have just about everything EXCEPT the actual wiring schematic. Ian.

Hi all, I have never liked Raga ever since I witnessed him at an event trying to coerse other riders into moving some rocks.......just so he wouldn't get caught himself (allegedly). He's out for himself and himself only.....and what comes out his gob doesn't resemble what he's really thinking or planning in my opinion. A shame, coz he is a really talented rider.......he's just missing one or two things that right now is stopping him take on Doug and co good and proper. Now, compare Doug; 7 world outdoor titles......and in his dad's own words many years ago when he rode Beta "the best head on any trials rider I've ever seen". Ian.