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If you grease the gasket before use there's a better chance of it not tearing.

It already has been passed, it's an EU Regulation. The Government is consulting on how it is implemented, ie our chance to have a say and perhaps get the undesirable aspects ameliorated a bit. Speak now or forever hold thy peace, as the saying goes.

Number 4. The chain runs very close to the rear brake pivot. Make sure the countersunk bolt is tight. Also fit the chain link with the spring link on the inside of the chain.

Perhaps a reminder that you have a 1997 Gas Gas JTX 270 will allow those with experience of the bike to reply usefully?

Lopez, this is the next lot, and stripping off will render the machine non-type approved and therefore not allowed on the road.

Isn't there already an electric start Gasser somewhere in the range? Just checked, there is. Might not be the very latest spec but has to be better than giving up if you're struggling to kick it.

No problem. Bikes have varied so much year to year that it is not possible to generalise about one capacity or the other (250 or larger) within makes, let alone across them.

Agreed. How many motorists are happy stuck behind a 30 mph trials bike?

Severe penalties proposed for manufacturers who fit "defeat devices" so you won't be circumventing the type approval requirements that easily. And bikes up to 125 to have linked brakes.

The law defining what is an electric pedal cycle is very clear. Such a device can be altered and it then becomes a motor vehicle and hence, like an electric trials bike, not allowed under the 2003 Land Access legislation. Even the most myopic rambler could tell the difference between a bicycle with a well concealed (as they are) electric motor and an electric trials bike.

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As far as I can tell from the web an SWB Transit (pretty much standard bike transport in UK) has a load bay over 2.5 m long, with the crewcab version being 1.94 m. I get two trials bikes in a Doblo car with a load bay 1.6 m long.

Might I draw your attention to this https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/motorcycles-implementing-eu-regulation-1682013 , the relevant part being the application of type approval to trials motorcycles "used on the road". Those used purely in competition will be exempt. There seems to be a complete lack of understanding that the two are not mutually exclusive and that type approval for bikes used in road trials will apply. There are few enough of these events as it is but we don't want to see any, particularly the SSDT, disappear due to lack of suitable bikes. Perhaps a public response pointing out the anomaly might do something. I note that the ACU are not amongst those organisations consulted. It would be useful if an ACU person reading this could take up the issue.

I see, trapezeartist, that there's a 280 Scorpa in the adverts section. A bigger motor but I have ridden that model of Scorpa and was amazed at how docile it was. Certainly as easy to ride as my 200 Beta from the power point of view, which may give you even more to think about.

It would seem highly unlikely that they would use different fluids on one bike.

I'll second Breagh's opinion. One of the common problems I notice (even on the bikes of some very experienced riders) is drooping footrests. A dab of weld would bring them back to horizontal, or just above. If you are concentrating on keeping your feet on slidey rests you will be diverting from what you should be concentrating on, not to mention the possibility of a fall.

The good news trapezeartist is that you can fit two bikes in your car.

Aye, at that price it would have to have full registration docs (it would almost certainly have been registered when new). Always wary about bikes being sold by car dealers, perhaps unreasonably so. Many riders would want to spend money modifying that one for current trials use as it seems bog standard so probably too dear.

I use a Rock Oil light gear oil in the gear box. Works well and was the recommendation of the man who knew more about the 4RT than anyone else in Britain I should think. Any good 10/40 will suffice for the motor, full or semi.

There's also the matter of driving without insurance, which could affect your driving licence. Do you need it for work?

Aye, and if you keep the other end of the broom you can sweep the floor at the same time.

The early 200s were sleeved down 250s. Later models had plated bores but I don't recall any mention of being based on the 125. Presumably the difference might have been in the gearbox ratios if so?

At £185 for two resprays you're only depressing us anyway☺

Related in as much as two herren set up in business after the war, can't recall if Lidl or Aldi. There was a later schism resulting in the other name.

I use a wireless one that cost less than ten pounds (whatever that may be in dollars) from Lidl (a German supermarket brand in the UK). Works fine with sender halfway up the slider.and screen on bars. No need to buy an expensive Cateye etc.