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Quote "As the title says, does any one know who will be doing the Montesa service at this years SSDT? Craigs did it last year but are they doing it this year?" Word is John Deere or Eddie Stobart were interested. Only kidding,great bikes.

Outside shot,if he doesn't weigh much you need the tyre pressure pretty low 3lb ish. Also does the bike pull cleanly as it comes off tickover,. Any unevenness i.e hesitation doesn't help.

Yes,but bikes that give bother end up lying in the shed? Not many sales in that.

Agree with the above,linkages and poor air filters are a menace in the UK. Being a Scot I'm far to mean to spend money on linkage bearings so I'm forced to run Scorpas. This is mitigated by the amount of Duct tape you need to keep water out the filters. Certainly no bike is designed with REAL UK conditions in mind.

Twinshock riders have it easy these days. Never thought my Italjet was heavy Kramit. Riders were much younger then.

My point would be the majority of modern bikes suffer massive depreciation in value. Round about 50%n in the first 2 years I would guess. No doubt due to them being built in a serviceable but fragile way(VAT 20% doesn't help) This must put many like myself off buying new. However.as we can't even make a decent set of snail cams here who am I to judge?

Most unpopular is my Scorpa 280 which had me doing an impersonation of a mutant spider on Friday while trying to put the engine back in the frame. Had the nerve to blow a water pump seal this morning too.

As above pals 2010 250 pro,mixture oil and water in flywheel cover. Any remote chance it's transmission oil? Or as I think it's coming via crank seal then mixing with water that's got into the cover. Many thanks. for replies.

I've got one of the Scorpa versions. Nothing I enjoy more than sitting in a queue. telling all and sundry how rubbish there motors are compared to mine. Specially 4rt owners with there stone age single cam. Doesn' t matter if it rides like Shetland pony with piles. They don't know that.

b40rt,if it is me then I'm not observing as I normally wear my Gestapo arm band. These Yams not only have mx/enduro derived engines,but archaic linkless rear suspension. Anyone want to tell me why other makes need all these bushes?

Aye but the Yams not an old lawnmower engine. Anyway after that video. If I'm ever lucky enough to visit Japan mind me not to enter any club trials.

There' s a video somewhere with maybe the above riders at an arena type event.(try trial japan super step step step) The sound from there bikes is incredible. The motors are twin cam 250f enduro/mx units.

Are these things really that good.? Can't they be knocked off by branches,or with just moving around on the bike? Someones bound to have had a trip over the bars when somethings caught one.

I've started walking into rooms then wondering why I'm there? Sound like you're nearly there too.

This sounds a real guddle. Screw the spindle in until the disc centralises in the caliper,be precise with this. You need a spacer the distance between the bearing centre and the fork leg.

Sleeves should slide out. Must be stuck fast to the needle bearings. Probably the swingarm has been pivoting on the spindle/sleeves.. Likely you can drift/press the sleeves out The needle bearings are more of a pain. Maybe have to cut them somehow them before you drift/press them out Cheers the noo fae bonnie Fife

I like that "sport is in the hands of DIY ers. Right enough most Trials riders I know sort everything themselves. Most would rather visit the dentist than take there bike to the local shop.

The sales numbers are depressingly low? I suppose by making bikes so specialist hasn't helped this. It's hard to see a way forward.

I don't remember our conversation?.

It would be more than interesting to see what you would come up with Ross ? Rigid frame with girder forks ,perkins diesel and solid rubber tyres springs to mind Something like that yellow submarine you sailed on Sunday..

Sad we can't make one here in the heartland of motorcycle trials. I'm sure many would like to ride a home built machine. Anyone know why Spain is a hotbed for trials bike makers

A discussion on riders weight would be more relevant. As I've said before the average rider up here is about 2 stone overweight . What a shallow lot we are,most club trials could be won on a Rudge by a decent rider. We just kid ourselves that the bike makes a difference.

Sure do ,everyone a banger. Clapped out 175f with 125 engine,the roughest 250f you can imagine and an 012 280sr that needs a piston. Still think they're great though.

Interesting points Must say I've noticed a lot of bikes at our trials that sound less than healthy. Not old ones too. My old sy needed mains and a piston which I always put down to drowning it at a trial. Now sounds like I was not using enough oil.

One on the disc side,feeling it fits into the metal disc guard which acts as a spacer too. Spindle acts as a spacer on the other side.