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Thank you i haven't seen any numbers on the frame but to be honest i haven't had a real good look and if there were they may have been painted over at some point Cheers, Austin

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Many thanks Hughie that was great to get that info and see the pictures of the bike. Can you possibly confirm the age i was told it was a 68 and when i look up the engine number it is a little confusing to me and think it might be 67 screenshot below if for year 67 i don't seem to bee anything in 68 for B40GB Any info would be very much appreciated Cheers, Austin PS I'm new to these old bikes

I have just purchased what I've been told is a 1968 BSA B40 Otter Military with engine number B40 GB 1123 can anyone help with confirming the age of the bike? I'm also looking for a manual and want to make sure i purchase the correct one Many thanks in advance

Ive got a 2017 Sherco ST Factory and the fan didn't seem to be coming on thought it was the thermostat so took bridged it out so it should come on all the time when the bike is running. I started the bike but still no fan initially unless i touch the fan blades then it comes on. when i turn the bike off and start it again no fan again unless i touch the fan blades then bingo it runs again. I have given it a good blast with compressed air and a squirt of WD40 but still sticking on start up Anyone got an idea whats wrong ??? Fan sounds ok when it is running

Just done an oil change on the nephews 2015 Beta Evo 125 it's been 5 months since it was last done by myself (long over due) i put 500ml in then but when drained the old oil out there was only 100+ ml in there so where has it gone?? there has been no signs of it leaking anywhere. His bike does smoke a bit from the exhaust unlike the other betas we have of same age and i have cleaned out and repacked the exhaust which helped. Is there anyway there could be an internal leak and the oil is getting into the cylinder and burning off ????( I'm Doubtful but thought I'd ask the question ) Cheers

Different part numbers HAS ANYONE GOT ONE FOR SALE

Does anyone know if a 2012 beta evo 250 exhaust silencer will fit a 2015 Beta Evo 125 ???

Ive repacked the silencer end and it's slightly better but i'm guessing there is packing in the mid section which isn't so easy to do as it needs cut open re packed and re welded. Also tonight i looked at the cab settings online and noted that the air screw setting is 1 +1/2 out from closed I'm sure when i cleaned it out the other week there for the nephew it was 3 turns out ! Guessing he's been possible fiddling around with it although he would deny it ?? will check tomorrow hopefully it's that simple don't want to get into packing the mid box if i can help it

the nephews both have Beta Evo 125's 2015 models one of them seems to be lacking in power compared to the other one and also sounding a little tinny i'm thinking new piston rings and top end bearing would help any advice would be much appreciated

yeh fussy ? mistake need to be more careful with the online shopping at 2am ??

remove the exhaust remove packing hang it and burn it out with a heat gun. i had the same problem with my nephews beta, I called beta UK for advise and was told to use a good quality semi synthetic 2 stroke oil NOT fully synthetic as trials bikes tend not to run at high revs enough to burn off the oil. (72ml oil to 5lt fuel) Seems to have worked for me think there is a post somewhere on here with the same advice also youtube has some videos

Just checked my order on Ebay I BOUGHT THE WRONG IDLE SCREW ? returned today

Just compared the idle screws and and they have different thread lengths the aftermarket DAB on being shorter therefore with the spring on it wont screw far enough in to the carb so the option is to shorten the spring or go back to the original screw Thanks for the input

just replaced the plastic idle carb screw with a DAB aftermarket one and i cant get the bike to idle. Ive had it screwed all the way in but makes no difference anyone had the same problem and have a solution?? not tried messing with the air screw yet as its a bugger to get to

i bought a Beta long range tank and seat for about £380 for BETA UK. love it comfy seat and an extra 4lt of fuel. I never bothered taping in the fuel line i just carry a small plastic bottle and drain of the seat tank and top up the main tank this makes it quicker to remove the seat tank for competition trials

Thanks Guy for the info i've managed to source ASPEN over here so going to give is a try seems like a good product to use in all my 2 stroke engines when storing for any length of time Cheers, Austin

Anyone use a fuel additive to prolong the shelf life and is it ok to then use in a modern trials bike ?

Just bought a long range tank/seat for my 2018 Beta Evo wasn't to sure about it at first took a little bit of fiddling to get it to sit right and the instructions were in Italian which never helped. It makes th bike look a bit odd and I've only used it the once so far but was pretty happy as I hardly noticed it was there when riding in the usual stand up trials position and was happy with the option to sit on my backside when riding along trails so far so good looking forward to exploring further afield with the extra fuel range ?

I went from 10/42 -12/42 but 1st was a little to quick in some sections so now gone to 11/42 and it perfect for me ?

Bikes back up and running again the wee man kicked it over last night a few times and it fired up seems to have had water in the exhaust as well as the water iI took out the airbox ans carb previously which as expected had been pulled through into the cylinder head resulting in no spark. Well he's got a clean carb and airbox and the cylinder heads dried itself out and he's back on the bike ? Too gallus with the hose by the looks of it Think a wee lession in maintenance and looking after your bike is on the cards many thanks to you all for your imput ?

Yeh pulled out all the jets and gave them a good blast through with carb cleaner all seemed good but might give it another clean just to be sure! Thanks for your input much appreciated ? The wee mans inching to get back out on his bike before the school holidays end

Never had a spark at first so changed the plug out and got a good spark at first but won't start. I'm wondering if water has been pulled through into the cylinder head as the wee man spent about half an hour kicking it over and there was small signs of water in the carb when pulled it out. Might pull the plug out and leave it for a day or two or use a hair dryer to dry any moisture out in there before checking the spark again and giving it another go

And I fixed it in about 9 minutes ?

Extremely ate in my reply but all sorted it was a small O ring in the carb changed it out and running sweet now