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Thanks for the report Just, I'm pleased that it was worth the journey and getting wet for. You deserve a good soak in the bath now.

The parking at The Yennards is better than the track at Darley Moor! And lets not even talk about some of the North Glos Circuits.... the sections are better than the track at some of those

If you get stuck at the Yennards, you've driven into the lake! It's got better parking than some road racing circuits I've been to!

Welcome to TC 'Notfallenyet' I do hope that you're not tempting fate with you name As for you question regarding the Sherco, you will get some good replies by posting the query in the Sherco forum. I'm sure that I've seen replies about this before and it is a simple case of choosing the correct gearbox fluid. Let us know how you get on. Pete

No we dont, but if the weight of the bike was to be fixed then rider weight becomes an important part doesnt it? I suppose they would just start making bikes with more power for larger riders. The new 'Beta Rev 7' comes in 2 versions, the standard and the extra power 'fat boy' version lol. At club level it wouldn't make a jot of difference (unless the minimum weight was VERY heavy of course.) I'm a bloater and I certainly don't need any extra power, I can't use 50% of what I've got now!

The easiest way is to go to Youtube and open a free account. This doesn't take long, you can then upload your pictures to there and then use the link below the pictures to paste into your TC post. Het presto, the picture appears in your post. Alternatively, I'd be more than happy to post some for you if you email them to me. Pete

I'm pleased that you enjoyed the trial. We had our work cut out when we got the Dovedale as a number of the sections had been taken down overnight. So I appologise if the sections in there didn't work as well as they might have, we had to do some quick marking out. And those were the only ones I hadn't looked at the day before. These were suposed to be the mark takers of the trial and I obviously didn't put them back quite as Wrighty had set them. As for the twin shocks, remember that any pre-65 machine which has a Japanese carb (or other class illegal mod) has to ride as a twin shock. Which is only fair. A special thanks to Top Farm Teas who went mobile this year to provide the refreshments at the lunch stop. By the way, if you enjoyed the ride around, look out for our OK Supreme LDT in September, this takes in the groups visited in the Sam Cooper Union Jack with much more as well.

We often ride at Top Farm, Buckland near Broadway if that's not too far for you. Approx 10 miles from the M5 at Tewkesbury.

The very first trial I ever did was on a borrowed TL125 in 1980. Back then there was just one route, adults in the morning and schoolboys in the afternoon. (yes, schoolboys and not youth, we didn't know what pc stood for in 1980. We still had blackboards at school and manhole covers in the road back then. ) Looking back I suppose the TL was a bit limp, but I thought it was just the best bike I'd ever seen.

It depends upon your ability and the condition/price of the bikes. For a novice/begginer the Beta would be a better bet. An Expert would probably get more from the Gas Gas. Beta's do generally stand up to wear and tear a little better than Gassers, it's a case of going to have a look at both.

There is a certain power to weight ratio for learner legal bikes. It basically means that you are restricted to a 125 and around 12bhp, I'm pretty sure the power to weight of a 270 Beta would exceed the maximum. There is something called direct access, which means that riders over 21 can learn on any bike, but I have a feeling you have to ride it with your instructor following behind with a radio link. Thank goodness I passed my test in the days of one guy at the side of the road with a clip board!

I've tried the sealer ontop of the rim tape and despite high quality marine sealer and careful cleaning, my wheel still looses air from the spokes. The next thing I am going to try is; as Bigfoot says, rim tape off and sealer on the spokes first. It only goes down 1psi a day so I can put up with it until the next tyre.

You must hold a valid motorcycle licence for the size bike you intend riding but apart from that I dont think there is an age limit. If you can find one, a 16 year old on L plates could ride a 1970's TY50. Think it would be up to the job? One of my mates had one in 1979 and we were so jealous. I kept breaking the pedals off my AP50 trying to follow him around Saintbury Quarry

Provisional Results. Union Jack Trophy Neil Gaunt (Pre-unit springer) The Sam Cooper Trophy Mick Grant (Pre-unit springer runner up) Englebach Trophy Dave Wood (unit) Two Stroke Cup Chris Denney (Two Stroke) Shell Cup Bernard Rodemark (Rigid) Sidecar Cup Paul Fishlock/Debbie Merrell (Pre-unit sidecar) Ralph Varden Shield Les Minton/Ken Garfield (Unit Sidecar) Twin Shocks Chris Slack (Twin Shocks) Trail Bikes Liam O'Reilly (Trail bike Hard route) Phil Hewitt Trophy John Cart With over 100 entries, gorgeous weather made the going very easy and the 30 dual route sections punished every mark lost. Congratualtions to Neil Gaunt for winning the Union Jack Trophy from Mick Grant and Martin Wilmore. Mick has easily the fastest time of the special test which acted as the tie break, however his fast time came at a price as the special test was also observed and Mick lost his only mark and the trial here. Every hard route class was won with one rider on clean, the special test time only being needed to sort out the winners on the easy route for the rigids and the non-championship easy special class. The Sidecars alos had an easy time compared to recent years with the pre-unit winners on ten and the unit winners on 20. In fact the Fishlock/Merrell team only had one five all day. The Blackwell Village hall worked well as a start venue and riders seemed to enjoy the Top Farm Teas lunch stop at Saintbury Quarry. Well done to everyone who finished the trial and a big thanks to the organisers, helpers and land owners.

The first thing to try is to buy a tubless valve from a dealer. Fit this in and replace your tyre and inflate. There is a chance that the tyre will go down as the previous owner had a puncture and this is why a tube has been fitted. This is simple to solve, you either have it repaired or fit a new tyre. However, it the reason a tube is fitted is that the spokes leak air, then you will also need a new rim tape.

Traditionally the term lean/rich refers to the ratio of fuel to air. The general starting point for internal combustion engines is based on 15:1, that is 15 parts air to one part fuel. For ratios which use less fuel than this it is called lean, for more fuel- rich. On engines with a higher state of tune, using a smaller main jet can, in some circumstances might give better power depending on many factors (heat, humidity, height above sea level etc) but you always run the risk of overheating the engine. It's a trade off. Naturally, there are times when a bigger jet is better. Top engine tuners can get the best out of an engine and jetting is one of the tools they use. For the rank and file trials rider, there is probably very little to gain in real terms providing your engine is running well. There again, many riders love to eek out the smallest gain.

Even a slight knock will stretch the alloy. When you remove it, the metal will spring back to its elastic position which means the holes don't quite line up. YOu can either bend it back into shape (harder to do than you might think) or you can enlarge/slot the holes a little. When I did mine, I slotted the holes with a round file, then as the bolts tightened up, the plate went back to the correct shape under tension anyway. Perfect.

Aren't trials, enduro bikes and agricultural vehicles exempt from type approval? This is why we can register bikes which don't conform to usual vehicle regulations.

I'll have to find some new bigger hill climbs at our events for you to have a go at when you get all that extra power Just!

I've just seen the pictures of the Cabestany Replica in todays T&MX News and I have to say it does look superb. Black frame with yellow and white graphics and red wheels. Very nice indeed.

Assuming that you are in the Uk, the first step will be to either get the certificate of newness or a letter from the importer/manufacturer stating the age of the machine. Once you have done that you can get it mot'd, then insured, then you can go to a DVLA centre to get it registered.

what you do is ring the police and say your being robbed or what not , then wait couple of mins , ring them again and tell them it doesnt matter youve shot the b*****s and youl have a full swat team turn up . Brilliant, the best of both worlds. There again, you'd probably still get done for threatening behaviour or wasting police time.

There's a good chance Ron (Langston) will be at the start, Sammy Miller may also put in an appearance and Eileen Cooper (Sam's wife) will be starting the event. We now have 105 riders entered, the first man (me) away at 9.30 sharp. Wrighty is the technical inspector, so unless riders bought their Japanese carb from him (joke) they will have to ride as a special and not a pre-65. Here's a few of the riders: Peter Gaunt Enfield no 13, Mike Mills BSA no 36, Neil Gaunt Ariel no 46, Mick Grant Areil no 50, Peter Salt Francis Barnett no 57, Nic Draper Fantic no 82, Jon Bliss Cotswold no 83 Fingers crossed for the weather.

Baby monitor.... good idea. Go and batter them..... very bad idea. Ring the police and wait. If the bike gets nicked it's a lot better than...... 1. You have the baseball bat taken off you and get battered yourself. 2. They shoot you in the head. 3. You batter them and go to jail. It's not worth dying for a motorbike, sorry to those who disagree but it really isn't.