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Read these:- Idiots guide (I can prove it!) 1 2 3 It's running so well now that I feel quite smug when I ride it

I was once in this situation and had to borrow a large copper mallet to do the job....no brains required!

I'd love to see Dougie warm-up his rear tyre on that stair-carpet

I put new main bearings and seals in mine recently and now all I can hear is a rattly clutch,I was a bit paranoid about it at first but... if it runs well....ride it!

Hey Rhino, Don't worry about the oomph of a 290 it is an easier bike to ride than the 250 (IMHO). All of the Shercos I have owned have been very tune-able(de-tune-able?) according to how you set the timing. Don't despair about getting rid of your Scorpa ,as you pointed out you will still have a use for it....just hitch it up to that muck-spreader on the farm and it will be in it's element!! O-arhh-o-arhh Cue:-Bombing run from the Scorpa owners club

As I get older I think I worry more..I've had a few silly, little get-offs recently. I think kharma may have something in store for me in the near future. I'm not saying that a bar plug on this guy's *R2w Find * throttle could have helped..but...what do you think about the subject..any experiences?

I have a black vinyl disc (45rpm) with a small hole in the middle is this a record? Apologies bambam, but can you show us your rim or a photo of your crack? I think the rim is an aluminium-alloy extrusion so I think you'll be looking at brazing rather than welding. Let's see.

Hmmm...This tells me you haven't broached the subject yet...hope you never need to.. .They're a site sponsor so....as I was saying:- so if you could just casually enquire when you're next on the phone (for your sons future benefit you understand ) No rush, Cheers, Wayne

Have you ever inquired about the parts/procedure needed to alter the automatic clutch to manual ?or just the parts required? I'd be interested to know if anyone has had a good response from GasGas uk on this subject.

Thanks for posting the link. I had stopped visiting TTC site since the ''how-to''riding tuition came to an end. Great Ryan Young floater training,as always his communication (especially in relation to what you should be feeling)is excellent.

I have no prior knowledge of these bikes (I wasn't into trials when these Hondas were on the scene),I'm just surprised at todays prices

Bloody long...bloody funny..bloody true

Here you go---Previous posts---Pick the bones out of that

(Italian?)Eye candy + trials bike= Cobos step attempt

Or your could go for one of these----Is that really how much these things go for?--------

I can't bring myself to buy another expensive,waterproof jacket for trials as it would (did) jinx my riding. even

Opinions ?>>>>>>>

Any excuse to show my favourite near-miss clip----

From riding in short pants to the other extreme--------

Remembering how hard the compound is on these tyres, I would say it has done a lap of the Nurburgring at least!

All I can say is that's what worked for me. As you hinted in your first post it's a pain in the t1t5 when you have to strip-alter-assemble-try for 3or 4 times . Which is exactly what I did...17 mm,18mm,19mm,20mm..it didn't seem to effect the running of bike at all..but it still leaked until I altered the little tangs.??!!

Zippy, This is one of those procedures that is easy to show but complicated to describe. I had the problem once but I can't remember which bike I had at the time (I 'll come to that remedy later). When you've got the carb' upside down the brass? legs should be damn near horizontal anyway 'cos of gravity(don't push to seat the fuel valve). The gap between the o-ring seating face and the height of the brass legs is where you're measuring. Here's what happened to me: The fuel-flow needle has a spring in it which pushed the tapered seat out too far and cocked it over in the bore (hence the perma-leak). I bent the short tangs (part of the brass legs) so the fuel-valve couldn't move to such an extreme limit and couldn't jam. If you're still stuck I'll try to post some photos. Wayne

Some people are not so sad that he has passed on............ADULTS ONLY>>.Paper talk??

Regardless of the cosmetic ''condition'' of this 315 I don't think it's a 2000 model. It should have the multi-coloured Showa forks,different engine paintwork and different brakes..............e.g....315r 2000 CAVEAT EMPTOR !