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TSR8 stipulates that prior to the start of each trial all machines will be examined to ensure that they comply with ACU regulations. In NSR appendix B states; 11 Brakes. All motorcycles..... must be equiped with efficient systems. 14 Throttle. ..... must be self closing 15 Clutch and brake levers. must in principle be 'ball ended' 16 Chain Guards. ... must be fitted with a guard I am having difficulty in finding an examiner to check the above points. We were picked up on our lack of inspection a few years ago by the Steward and put in place an inspection the following year. One of our club members is a qualified MOT inspector for cars and he volunteered to carry out the check as per NSR appendix B. A number of events later, out examiner is less keen to carry out this function as he is not a trained motorcycle inspector and is concerned that he might be held liable should a machine, he has passed, be involved in some kind of incident. And what process should I adopt to provide suitable evidence for the inspection should it be required? In the past, the examiner has simply put a tick in the programme when each machine is examined. Is this enough? And who should be carrying out these examinations?

Oddly enough I did the same thing. I liked the look and feel of the Sidi's but couldn't find a pair to buy at the show, so I bought another pair of Novogars. Saved myself some money but need to wear them in now.

A route. Rob Warner 10 Mark Hicken 11 Buster Reagan 26 B route Ali Haigh 3 Steve Clarke 3 Phil Ducker 5 Clive Charleton 5 C route A.Abraham 5 Kevin McKullagh 9 Rusty Hart 11 Geoff Hands 11 Graham Archer 14

Disconnect it at least, remove it completely to be sure. Don't even consider touching it with an electric welder of any sort until you have. You will get away with it 99 times out of 100, it's the 100th time that you will remember.

Did anyone ride the RV today, I do hope that you've dried out by now?

Scorpa's are great but as for Montesa's... how many world championships has the 315 won?

Saw the T-Ride for the first time in real life at the Dirt Bike show. Very nice.

I agree. Trials is as close to a 'no maintenace' motorsport as you are ever going to get. I've had my current bike well over two years, competed on it maybe 30+ times a year and it is still on the same front tyre, the second spark plug and only the third rear tyre. Try getting away with road racing or MX with a spares budget like that! Gas Gas might be high maint compared to other trials bikes, but not compared to any other motorsport.

After years of owning Betas, I never did get the hang of starting the bike with my left foot.. it always felt wrong for some reason. The second time my Rev3 Stator went, I couldn't believe the bike had let me down twice in five trials with the same fault so I kicked and kicked and kicked until I broke a bone in my foot. And yes, it was the stator.... again!

Can do the front around in circles, can't do the damned rear more than once (about 3 inches!) I'm sure there is a magice spell that you can buy to make the back wheel lighter.

The RV will be held at the Warren near Shennington. Alan Wright is Clerk of the Course and will be setting out 20 sections all with three routes. The event is a MIdland Centre Championship round, so expect things onthe A & B routes to be pretty tough, especially considering the wet weather that is forcast for the rest of this week. At least the 6ft concrete wall section in the disused filter beds at the bottom of the venue doesn't get any harder when it's wet

Yes, the Scopra does have isssues too. As I mentioned earlier, they are harder to work on. Getting the carb off in the middle of a trial would give you a head ache for certain. They are also prone to splitting the centre cilencer/collector box. Mine split when it was just two years old, however I paid a welder

The lad had an '04 Rev3 200 when I had my 250 and I can honestly say that it would do 100% of the sections that I was ever faced with, even with me on it. In fact it would sometimes find grip where the 250 just would not. Ok, it might hold you back a little if you rode experts and in events with big steps, but most of the time the 200 would actually be an advantage. Plus, the lads 200 never ever went wrong, where as my 250 let me down three times in five trials (two stators and a broken kick start .. both common faults in 2004) If you are in the Midlands, you are more than welcome to come and have a go on my Scorpa one weekend for an hour or two to see what you think. I'm afraid the lad sold his Beta to buy a mountain bike..... kids ehh?

As you will guess from my user name I like Scorpas but I've had all sorts over the years. After owning new Beta Techno's from '95 to '99, then a Sherco, a Gas Gas and a Scorpa. I bought a new 2004 Beta Rev3 and loved the way it handled. The mechanical build quality was spot on and it rode really well. After the Stator packed in twice, I chopped it in for another new Scorpa. The Scorpa is heavier, doesn't cope with trick riding quite as well (not that I can do it very much) and is tricky to work on. That said I prefer the Scorpa as it flatters my limited riding ability, especially in mud. The build quality is equal to the Beta and they are not prone to stator porblems. (Apparently now cured on all later Beta's anyway.) One other point, I never did quite get used to kick starting on the left hand side, but that's down to me being a funny old sod I expect

Not sure if he can help with trials bike springs; Neil Hudson is an off road suspension specialist, give him a call. Here is his web site Click here

Why does the bar at the top of my TC page say -2 (minus two) messages, anyone know? It's been like that for a few weeks and I'm intrigued as to why it says it. (By the way, sorry if it's obvious to everyone else.)

Yes, I guess the 16 or even a 14 would easily stretch to fit. I put a little air in mine (with a touch of diluted washing up liquid on the rim.... not recomended apparently.) and ease it out at just the right moment, if the bead pops back on then it's stuck... pull it out too early and the air escapes.

I bought one years ago after watching the Saunders video, it's never failed. Just had a look at it and it is a 18 x 1.50.

I did consider fitting a starter motor to a SY125; as I mentioned locating the battery was going to be the biggest challenge. Fitting the starter and idle gear looks to be fairly straight forward, here's a close up of the mounting point which you will see would need machining, or I suspect that it would be a simple matter of buying a new casing etc from a breakers.

I looked at fitting a starter motor to a SY125 trials bike for my other half, but mounting the battery and the cost of the parts made it an expensive exercise. She only wanted a trail bike, so the TTR is pefect now that it's road registered. I would say that the WR is definately the basis for the SY250F and the T ride motors. I was really hoping the original delivery date of July this year was going to happen. I think the T ride will be a brilliant Long DIstance Trials bike nad LDT's are becoming much more popular now. I rode a Gas Gas Pamepra in LDT's for a few years and they are fabulous for those kind of events, but I should think they wouldn't last long if used for enduros. Let us know how you get on and good luck.

Here's a picture of the three 250 Yamaha engines side by side. Here's a close up of a SY125 engine, it's a carbon copy on the outside of the TTR125 but without the starter motor. There are big bore versions, but I don't know if that would make a huge difference for the type of going you are thinking of.

The T ride isn't going to be that small.... plus I've been waiting for mine for six months! Here's another I made earlier (on the pc and not in the workshop.)

And here's one I made earlier. Taxed & MOT'd and perfect for my better half who is 5ft 1in and 7 stone.

Could she not simply use a TTR125 big wheel, with electric start they are an ideal smaller persons trail bike? With the right gearing they will do 70mph on the road and the little Yamaha engine plods really well in the tight stuff.

Whilst riding in the Leamington Victory LDT earlier today, a chap in the queue were in decided to use a stick to poke out the mud from his rear wheel/swinging arm (it was a very muddy day) Whilst removing a large clump of mud and sticky wet leaves, he noticed a piece of paper in the muck and for some reason picked it out. Much to our amazement, the soggy dirty piece of paper was money. "It's a damned fiver" said the observer of the section we were waiting at, "No" said the chap, wiping the note clean "it's a twenty!" We were miles from nowhere in a muddy field and this fella picks out a