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Me too as the average trials rider up here is about two stone overweight.

I've a 012 Scorpa 280 sr (sherco motor) and it rides nothing like any Sherco. Not saying it's better or worse but very different..

Get yourself down to your local trial and have a look. You'll get more advice than you can shake a stick at ,see the bikes and get a feel for how things are these days. If you say where you're from I'm sure someone will point you towards a trial in your locality. Cheers the noo as we say in cold places.

Correct, I think about 06/7 the old plate got binned. Really wish they had kept the linkless rear suspension. Ok maybe not as subtle as some modern set up's.. Great for folk who've worked on bikes too long. It's a Sherco with the tank in the right place.

I never though about that! Yes I did make them slightly bigger,but not them all just one in each group of three. Not much ,if it was a mm I would be surprised. As I only Trial it and you would have to be a brave man to really give it gas I can't see this doing any damage. Thanks for the tip,best it's ever run..

Hi Loonal, Had it to bits today and saw the holes were already drilled. However,I tried a wee bit" fine tuning" with my drill. All I can say is that it is better in the cul-de-sac. See how it goes tomorrow. Post Trial Big improvement ,drag almost eliminated,can even get neutral now at a standstill.

Montesa/Honda are pretty robust,you'll notice that a 2nd hand one will cost about twice as much as a similar aged gas gas/beta etc. All the bikes are fine but you must maintain them properly and ride them as a trials bike. Go to trial ,see what they're all riding and talk to the riders.

Time for twist and go for both of us if the truth be told. Can you fit an electric start and commode to an SWM? These are standard on some Scorpas.

Personally I like a nice low first gear as I can dodge about without clutching to death,. I would be reluctant to "gear up" all you get is a high first gear which can be hard work in tight stuff. Mokwepa's dad on a 300 Evo at 60?,there things will draw away in 4th without a cough. Thing is at our club we get far more new 280/300s than 250s it must be a macho thing. (saying that I've a 270 but you can't get a 250 Scorp anymore) Then they try to soften them with flywheel weights,timing,gearing slow action throttles etc End up with a 300 that has the power of a 250 but doesn't feel as good.

I think I'll need to change my tactics after their last trial. The coffee and cakes were so good at the start that a number of us had to be carried out the barn and placed on our bikes. Nearly burnt the clutch out getting up the first hill. I'll drop a tooth on the gearbox sprocket and put a new leaf spring on the old Scorpa for this one. See you there.

Hi Vic, We've got a clubmember with the Fantic disease too,there's no cure. Been over to NI a few times in the early 80s,Leadmines,Batt Estate. Great folk,put a load of us up at a nice hotel.le mon house? Stayed with Benny Crawford,don't suppose he's about now. I was just a boy,so was Robert then. They were the day's. Happy trialing. Cheers.

The whole scoring system in trials is mad. Try explaining it to someone outside the sport and see how you get on. Personally I would ditch 2s and 3s. Clean dab or 5 nothing else, Leave it stop allowed,but riders must proceed when the observer directs them. Easy.

I don't want to ask the FIM anything. Would it not be better if trials was run by a body only interested trials? UK based too. Not that I'm biased.

Most of us had moved on to Fantics,SWMs, Italjets in my case by 83. Really can't picture anyone on a late 340?

There's a lad called Davy Mowat who worked as Pages mechanic during this era. He's still in the trials scene,but stays up about Wick or somewhere. Don't know how you would get in touch with him,but he might know something, Try the Inverness Club?

No favourites then,Graham need's a better PR team.

I don't want suggest for a second that Dougie Lampkin is not the greatest , However why was the headline on the forum tell us he was 2nd in h the last extreme event? Then go on to tell us Graham Jarvis who has won more than a few club trials was first?

Eh,the original engine was knackered. You don't think i swapped it because I had nothing better to do? I couldn't get an old style engine.

They all do,,standard they run 10/11 front 57 rear sprockets to get round this but you really only have one usable trials gear. This isn't a problem as they have so little power anyway. Rode a trial today ,everthing in first,just rev it a bit more. Ran perfect.

It's in,had to swap the electrics though. Blank off the casing where the starter goes. Carb/ manifold bolts straight on. See how it goes tomorrow.

Anyone know if the later Yamaha YBR 125 engine with Fi is a straight swap with the wee Scorpa 125/143/163 engines.? Cheers.

We're spoilt up here and we,ve never had a rider at WTC level,tells me the ground makes no difference. I take it a certain German even failed in his attempts to rough things up a bit. 15 stone for the rider? no good up here with our diet of Irn Bru,haggis suppers and mutton pies we would need at least a 19 stone minimum.

Pretty sure both mine had points ignition as standard so this would make sense. Wish I could tell you if it was a 250 or 350 can't mind any differences,but the 250 was much nicer. As yours seem to have a decompressor it could be the big one? Looks really nice.

This doesn't really answer your questions,but try to think who is going to come to your trial. Then run the Trial to suit the majority/average rider you expect to attract.

Sadly the public wouldn't know the difference between a Trials bike a Mxer if they were run over by either of them. Trials would be a lot more popular if the general public were wise to the difference. No doubt most trials riders have tried to explain the sport to others,but it's not a conversation that I relish. I think more events like the City Trial would help. Odd thing to me is the clip was in Yorkshire which is the one place you would think they would know these things?