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'Tis called 'batch building'...all small businesses do it. I would be surprised if a trials bike manufacturer would build any other way, especially when we're talking about low volume products. As ever I am willing to be corrected, just be gentle, I'm having a bad hair day.

I still wouldn't fancy a MX bike landing on my face from 20ft up?

I'm an Evian kinda guy. Seriously, if those pads are contaminated, boil them on the bike as described above or remove them and boil them in a pan on the hob. I'm so tightfisted I could be a Scottish Yorkshireman from Israel

That's quite an exhaust leak if you can start your Sherco and run it with a bung in? Anne Summers do some very good butt-plugs that would do a much better job....err...I'm told

Paddy says to Murphy; 'We're gonna be rich, I've been on the rob'. Murphy says; 'Why, wotcha nicked?' Paddy replies; 'Dozens of house paintings, one of them alone is worth £180,000'. Murphy says: Ah, you daft get, you've been stealing from the estate agents haven't you?'

That meme is a back handed compliment. I spoke to a 4rt owner about why he kept his bike for 7+years when he had a history of bike addiction requiring a change of steed every 12 months. I asked if the 4rt was reliable? He said 'It's a honda generator with a efing gearbox added on'

I saw one run just as poorly as described...turned out to be a loose exhaust manifold.

Err....obviously he was alluding to multiple christian names like 'Diego' (Bosis) for example. A simple typo, I'm sure...err.

That's cold man, real cold

2001

".....Fisher Price suspension..."

Yes, the magnetron induction drive gives great traction through all dimensions in space-time Seriously though, a great post...In my limited experience of the MkI, I dislike the 4rt if it's without the PTB. I'd personally love to have the standard 260 in my garage.

Do you not find that a 9 tooth sprocket is too tight a turn for your chain?

I see 2016 Beta models advetised (E-Bay) for September delivery.

You quote a few slippery (solvent) businesses, I quoted an entire nation. Therein lies the difference...but I think you knew that already? The socialist utopia is crumbling,comrade.

It's the facts that he chooses to ignore which shapes his story: I'll put it bluntly; Greeks think dodging out of paying taxes is a god given rite. They didn't ,fiscally,qualify to join the Euro mechanism and have proved to be a bad debt, then were bailed out, and proved to be a very bad debt, now have defaulted, which makes them a very,very bad debt! What do they expect?

Agreed, bend your legs more, much more. When I first started off someone told me that 'You ride a trials bike with your legs'?? I didn't 'get it' for about 5 years and miraculously at the same time my neck pain disappeared. Squats and jumping squats are your off-bike friends.

No it's not, it's a shy tee card game for people with no mates It seems like Raga was as much in the dark about the looming shut-down as we were otherwise he would have made provisions rather than the knee-jerk crowd-funding. Let's speculate, it is the mainstream of any modern forum, after all? Surely, a professional rider needs to have a plan B if only for a short term bridge to another source of income? He could ramp up the personal appearances (demos etc..), sponsorship permitting, to carry him through a (supposed) gap year. Or, he could cross the divide and try his hand at a few money-making enduros...Or he could jump ship to a 2nd division team...Discuss

I'm not picking over carrion here, I know we've been asked to respect the TC sponsor (there's nothing I'd like more than to see GasGas/Shirty back to full speed) but how can we speculate on a new GasGas being resurgent when it's not clear as to how the fatal-debts arose? Therefore, how would any new motorcycle company secure any financial backing to re-start GasGas...regardless of the engineering obstacles? I can't forsee a viable business plan unless the previous pit-falls are clearly defined (as avoidable) or shown to be surmountable, second time around. It's slowly sunk in that a major trials bike manaufacturer has ceased production, with all the ramifications for the sport. ...I've recently spent some time with Enduro mounted buddies who were floored by the capabilities of my; 'wee trials bike' (and I make no bold claims about my riding abilities). Trials bikes are the best motorbike product,period. The latest fun currency exchange rate:- 1x trials bike = 2 x Enduro/MX/Road (tick as applicable) bikes.

ATF is the boyo but with a bike as pokey as that you may find that after purging your 'box of the remains of the 40wt, then re-filling with new ATF that the clutch is a bit of an on/off switch; which would make that bike a handfull for a newby. But really, it's your toy, enjoy it, it looks like it's had an easy life...so far Wayne (very jealous)

Michelin, I've recently tried out the Vee alternative and whilst the block compound is soft; the side-wall structure is too rigid. Also, it was a complete and utter b45t4rd to seat. I am currently running it with 0psi just to 'soften it up'.

Agreed, volume is king as far as the Chinese are concerned and the small output generated by trials bike manufacturers is why there has been no sign of a Chinese trials bike. But if they could modify a commuter bike to cater for trials riders?? :blink: I was out practicing yesterday and there were a few Gassees out who were genuinely shocked when they heard the news and now have financial decisions to make. Also, I blagged a ride on a JotaGas and revelled in the suspension (sweet), I didn't want to mention the current state of Marzochi to the owner, I already felt like the harbinger of doom.

Sorry to hear that Percy Sledge has died recently...apparently he'd been going downhill for sometime.

Garages are too primitive for us Geordies; Here's a pic of my Cheryl, chained to the kitchen sink of course.

Bailiffs don't f*** about, you know