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Try the BVM moto web site, I think you can see the different colours available.

Sorry for stating the obvious, but you did fit new washers?

If I read it right (and that's not easy.) this is describing an almost completely different sport. A bit like comparing football to rugby. It certainly has it's merits, although the translation makes it a little hard to fully understand.

Good shot Barry, did you notice that we both had an almost identical picture of Betarev3 taken in the far corner of the quarry? It's a shame the one of you crossed up in the air didn't have your head on.... that was a good jump!

Still sounds like a foreign language to me, I'll try another.

Thanks Andy, I think I know what I'm trying to do now. Here's more from earlier today. http://

Sorry Andy, I'm not sure what that means. Do you mean you prefer pictures that don't appear on the forum? The 'click here' ones are better? Or is that the other way around? Just me being computer illiterate again.

I'm working on it now. Doing something wrong.... where's the picture?

Thanks, I'll give it a go.

Sorry if this has been covered before, can anyone tell me the best way to host photos so that they can be displayed on TC? All my pictures either too big to upload or end up tiny in physical size. Thanks

10,000 miles between oil changes! What bike has oil changes that far apart?

I fully agree with what you're saying. The biggest problem to overcome for the ACU is the likelyhood that officials and clubs will decide it is too much hassle and give up organising events, or even switch to another governing body. However, I feel that this has left us in the postion that we are in now. Meaning the onus for the whole risk assessment process has been put onto the Clerk of the Course in the hope that 'the less we do, the less we can do wrong!' Yes, the ACU and their (our) insurers will stand by the official if all goes wrong. Won't they? Who carried out the assessment and who signed to say it is correct? IF, we have to do this, (and I belive it should be done) then we should be doing it right and to the same standard accross the sport.

Formal training on Risk Assessment (RA) gives the assessor the necessary skills to judge the level of risk by comparing- the likelyhood of an incident taking place, against severity of injury and then how to take the appropriate steps based on the results. Mistakes will still be made, this is why we will always need insurance, but we should all be working to a common approved standard. It is a lot better for the insurers/legal representatives to defend an official if that official has met the standard of assessment. For trials riding there are a large number of generic assessments which could be written and sent out to Clerks of the Courses to consider, sign and implement. The stick one, is only a simple illustration which I chose to use. Consider a real 'snotter' of a RA which should be written and signed for every trial: Fuelling machines at an event. Who in their right mind would even think of writing this RA without the correct training? But it should be done for every single trial.Just think it through for a minute...... Fuelling machines at an event, what are the risks and how do we remove those risks?. In my opinion, the RA for fueling machines at your average club trial would find that, although the likelyhood of a petrol fire would be low to medium, the outcome of a fire may result in serious injury or death. Therefore with no firefighting or first aid facilities on site, the only correct conclusion must be to remove the risk- 'strictly no refuelling allowed!' Has anyone carried out or signed a RA for refuelling at a trial? I have and following the RA the action taken was.... 'refuelling is strictly prohibited other than in official petrol stations.' But this was for a road trial. I decided to leave this one out for our club trials. What else could I do? Ban riders from filing up their bikes? And the list goes on and on........ we really do need guidance from the top. John has said that the form we fill in at the moment is better than nothing and he is right. But 12 months on, shouldn't we be getting a bit more help? I guess that every road racing circuit has a health and safety policy document. It will also have a full set of Risk Assessments and for every RA there will be a Safe sytem of work on hand for every official to read and follow. RA's only need updating periodically or when a risk changes, would it not be simple for the ACU to produce a standard set of RA's for use in trials? Then we, the clubs hold a set and simply sign to say we have complied with them. It is my opinion that sooner or later, a Clerk of the Course will be infront of a judge following some accident and a good RA will make all the difference. Lets just hope 'WE' have done our job right when that happens. Remember, the Clerk of the Course signs the form and it is his responsibility!

Thanks for the invitation John, I was waiting for a rainy day to mention this one again. Has the ACU made any progress on formal training for carrying out risk assessments (RA) yet? You may remember I made my concerns known a while back (the best part of a year ago) and the response given was that the ACU were looking into the matter. For anyone new to this, earlier in the year the ACU began issuing Clerks of the Course a RA form to fill in for each event. With no training in RA what-so-ever. This came about with the requirement for the organisers of any event to formally identify, assess and either remove or reduce any risks found at an event, in case a claim for compensation was bought to court. The Clerk of the course is expected to carry out this assessment and sign the form. If a claim was to go to court then the idea is that the form would be produced as evidence that the risk had been considered and delt with in an appropriate manner. Thus the theory is, the form would protect the Clerk of the Course from litigation. All well and good apart from my worry that the Clerk of the Course as an unpaid volunteer is not trained in RA and might miss or worse incorrectly assess a risk resulting in harm to a person and therefore become liable for any claim. Now I appreciate the the ACU's insurance for us officials is the best money can buy and that it should, in theory cover every eventuality, however signing this form might just drop somebody in it. There are dozens, perhaps hundreds or risks that should be assessed at every event. Let me give a simple example purely for illustration purposes. One might be the use of sticks to mark the boundary of a section.The assessor identifies the risk as a rider, official or other person falling on the stick causing injury. He assesses that no action is required as both the risk of injury and the likelyhood are both low. None the less a person (not a rider in this case) slips and falls on the stick and takes their eye out. The claim is taken up by some high powered solicitor and the Clerk of the Course finds himself in front of a Judge holding his RA form. The judge looks at the form and says "After consultation with professional Risk Assessors, I find that your assessment of the risk was incorrect. You should have removed the risk by not using sticks to mark the boundary. You are negligent. Full costs awarded." This is an awful postion to be in, the Clerk of the Course has been found negligent. His own RA form damns him in his own writing and all he can do is look to his insurers to pay the damages. Despite him being found negligent. (Fingers crossed.) Remember, once the Clerk of the Course signs the form, it is his responsibility. I'm confident that the insurance would pay up, but wouldn't it be far better for the assessors to be correctly trained in RA before being asked to carry out such an important task? Off to eat the next round of Christmas pudding now. Happy Christmas everyone. Pete Barnett Stratford-Upon-Avon MC&LCC

Very good choice if it is in fair condition. The one I had was better for me when I had the fly wheel weight on.

Thanks very much, seasons greetings to you too.

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Warming the brake pedal up won't do any harm providing you don't melt it. But.... Alloy doesn't react the same as steel to being heated, so don't expect it to suddenly become soft and maleable. There is a good chance that, even warm, the alloy will crack, it's just a case of try it and see.

I must say that I would have described BFH as being a TLA myself.

My moneys on Rossi for '07

It's only a thought but I stalled mine a a very cold stream last year and couldn't get it to go. I pushed it out of the section and kicked and kicked until I was close to having a heart attack. My mate then came by and offered a fresh leg. He felt the cyclinder head and said it needed some choke as it was cold. I told him not to be so stupid as I'd been kicking it for ages and there must have been plenty of fuel in the cylinder. He ignored me and put the choke on and the damn thing started first kick. I think the cold water had simply cooled the bike right back down.

Let us know what the final outcome is. I hope it is an easy fix for both your sakes.

I like it. Years ago my apprentice master told me to take the carpet out of an Orion before welding up the outer sill. I didn't bother... what a waste of time, I'll make a fortune by leaving it in and just booking the time to the customer, I planned. The excess on the insurance claim was more than the cost of the whole job

I'd never want to ride my bike again if I replaced the stickers. I'd be too worried about scratching the new ones!