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Is this just a sales gimmick for the roadbike crew????

Cheers fellas,Chewy do you mean 'The Cotswold Way'? I've got that one and he just touches on the topic briefly,mainly regarding body positioning. I see (and hear) some of the big boys really winding the revs on yet the bike barely accelerates forward??!! I'd love to know what they're doing.....anyone ??

If you're talking about practicing? you might as well start as you mean to go on, by making some section flags. My answer to your question ''Where to look'' is 'for the next flag'....Enjoy

One of the many techniques that I struggle with is the muddy launch before a hill or obstacle. For example: Sometimes I put it in 1st and feed the power/grip in 'on the throttle'.Body position- down in the frame. Sometimes I put it in second, set the revs and feed the power in using the clutch (mainly).Body position- down in the frame. Sometimes I put it in 3rd and lean right back at WOT (burning for grip?scarey). Occasionally;Throttle on, snapped shut and hope there's enough grip/momentum to get me up. I seem to get very hit and miss with this next one;Any gear 1-3, clutch in, WOT, just as the revs drop feed out the clutch and pause then put a few more revs on. A bit of theory would be a good place to start.I have Ryan Young's 1st dvd but it doesn't really provide much info. I know it's difficult to put into print but I would appreciate your responses, has anyone got a hard and fast technique that they swear by?

I'm the sort of person who would never hassle a dealer for a test ride of a bike unless I was on the verge of purchasing a new steed. I'm skint at the mo' but... ( DOUCHE-BAG ALERT)I would ring the UK OSSA dealer up just to blag a test ride for the hell of it!!

Love seeing these guys at play (sorry I mean rigourously testing out their company vehicles.... and getting paid for it ) What a job? riding your trials bike for a living,there's only my lack of skill holding me back !

Aw,Andy it took me ages to type that Taliban test. Just because I posted the key words; Taliban,Rocket Propelled Grenade Launcher,Wedding,US Airforce.....all at once, I now have an American mini-van (with blacked out windows) parked outside my house ! Andy you're a stool pigeon.. .. and I don't look good in orange overalls...it's not my colour.

We'll take that as an official denial of your offer

A little E-Bay patter going on here:- According to this E-Bay seller 315 Montesa....... (click continue in Q+A) ; ''A very famous UK ex-Montesa importer'' are offering

Jordy Chandlers Dad Looks like his conscience caught up with him???

Yup,it's almost perverse that a record of the paedo (who paid off Jordi Chandler and is the reason California? changed it's laws on child witnesses' testifying) is being used for charity. Now he's dead it looks like there is an orchestrated effort by the media to enhance MJ reputation Simon Cowell is vermin.

Newsflash:; Gordon Brown was injured today when a car reversed over him, the police have urged the driver to come forward.

Been off my bike for about a year so when I re-started practicing I wound the timing back to get back in the swing of things...2 outings later and I've put the timing forward to standard again To para-phrase someone else on TC; the best time and money you could spend on a trials bike is on petrol and practicing. If you don't like my sermon on peg-time here's the last word on timing('07 Sherco 290) from the Witchdoctor General of the TC Sherco forum.........T-T-Timing

Just to add to the previous answers on USD forks, I thought the main reason they were used on MX bikes was because of their un-sprung weight advantage( regarding;reaction/momentum times) which is not a priority on a slower moving trials bike? I reckon OSSA 'know their onions' and that's why the standard 40mm forks are listed as an option ...maybe?

Wot ZIPPY sez....Yup the fluids like to find their own level after a re-build, should dry up after a couple of sessions.

Welcome to the Sherco owners club,use the following recipe only if your clutch sticks when cold (and works well when warmed up): Keep bike in shed or garage overnight to be sure you are starting from cold. Use a full dollop of choke. Add a big handful of clutch. Raise the gear lever 'till you find 5th. Gently rock bike back and forth until the clutch/rear wheel frees up. Select neutral. Release clutch. Use one or two judicious prods of the kick start to fire up the bike. Remove choke from the mix. Voila, your bike should be ready to ride..........but just in case ...don't point it at your car ... my brothers bike climbed up his pickup truck all by itself once . If your clutch still sticks when warm then that's a mechanical fault and requires a bit more info than I can provide.

16:56 and those two jokes are still on the site...not bag going..

Is there a 250 cc 2st ?

That front exhaust header on the 4st is justing hanging out in the breeze waiting to get bashed...or is it a Sherco 'roo-bar?

......going through their books...... GQR OSSA, you never know?

I've had 4 shercos and even when you replace everything in the rear suspension you're left with a few mm's of slop

There's a thing?is the mains lube to be pre-mix not Gasser style gearbox oil? Laser1...that's the idea PA..... You're right about Ossa mis-judging the TC coverage,they need to expand on their launch momentum. Their probably waiting for a UK importer to be appointed first.

It quotes 'right-way-up' 40mm forks as an option. Here's a list of faults I've noted so far: Far too good looking to get dirty! Pinch bolt on the gear shift is not fully tightened (site photos). Rear brake pedal hanging loose (show bike photos). Front of fuel tank is crying out for a big OSSA logo. ...And finally (this is about as pedantic as I get) it needs a name not a number so it's easier to form an emotional bond (I think a few of us have done that already). I reckon the OSSA heirachy are watching the TC response to the launch Right enough typing ,I'm going to look at those photos again

Look at the size of that silencer on the 2st, that's gonna be vehwy kwiet (Elmer style)...apart from the Sherco primary gear noise of course.

I've been drooling over those photos and can spot a few 'influences/inspirations' (ahem!) from GasGas designs. I wonder if GasGas have the hollow driveshafts patented or that clutch cover/slave piston design patented? That's just the outside. I'm guessing there's a