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I recall a section at the Forfar club's Aberfeldy 2 Day caused queueing problems to the extent that the pushers in were actually in the section before they set off. The observer just docked them a five for being stationary. Another one of them forced in front of me as I was letting the clutch out to enter the section - fortunately there was enough width that I was able to overtake him in the section. Don't think he was happy with that five.

Next time I want to sell a bike I will engage you as an agent Mark. If you can sell an Ossa with the sales pitch you've used here then you can sell anything☺

I always just laid mine on its side if there were no rocks, fences etc - it's what the petrol tap is for.

Before getting the tools out it may be worth trying the trick of dragging the brake to get the disc hot then spraying with water. Cost is two minutes of your time so no great loss if it does not work.

That's correct. If you remove the other seat you can get two in - one nose first, one backwards. I made a box to fill the footwell which makes it much easier as the front wheel does not then need to be lifted out.

The gas valve is the slide. You have a small difference in needle jet (sprayer) and main jet. I was typing this as suzuki's reply came in and was about to say see how it runs before changing anything. But I am not familiar with the difference in carb types though the numbers might indicate that yours is intended for a four stroke, but as it has a pilot jet then perhaps not.

I wondered if the full story had not been stated. The announcement is certainly badly worded if that is the case.

I don't pay too much attention to the detail of WTC rules so it may not be a change after all but, if it is indeed the case as per the announcement on the front page, then I wonder how the requirement for Trial 2 that effectively bars Montesa from the class went down at HQ in Barcelona. Or will they unveil the occasionally rumoured two stroke?

Going to? It should have them as original equipment. The DIDs of the day were known to corrode internally in some cases but a new rim of any make should not have that problem.

I wouldn't trust the revcounter on one of those meters. Still, you won't have to worry about it for long - I don't think I have come across one that lasted more than half a dozen trials.

The cars we are talking about are specifically designed to have the seats removed for load-carrying purposes. What that load should or should not be is not mentioned in the handbook. If adequately secured there should not be a problem. Have a look on some mountainbike forums to see the surprising number of bikes that can be similarly carried, along with the gear for a fortnight camping abroad, and the riders.

Collyolly omitted to mention that you chuck the red washers in to cold water to complete the annealing process.

If it was legal then it will be legal now. I can't remember when the law changed back to allow non-metal tanks but you should be OK. You'll never find one of the alloy under tanks I'm sure, but they were prone to cracking anyway. Front brake linings must be near disappeared to judge from the angle of the arm, assuming a standard length cable.

Apico seem to do Grimeca levers - available from many dealers.

I have run my 4RT on both normal unleaded and super unleaded - can't tell the difference in performance and no signs of bad running - presumably the ECU sorts it out. The Rev 3 definitely appreciated the super.

Hunting was not required to have insurance which the industry said it could not provide, which is what we are facing. The new interpretation of the law has to be implemented - somebody will have to be persuaded to fight to get a reasonable way ahead. How many MPs do you think would be quite happy to see this as a way of getting rid of off-road motorcycling at last? You are right, the petition, at the moment, is worth not a lot but letters to MPs might do something.

I see the petition has now crept up to 13,000 signatures. It needs nearly ten times that number before the issue could be recommended for discussion in Parliament. I can't see it reaching that with current apathy levels. The future does not look rosy. Best visit the Scottish this year if you haven't been before.

I think your complaint is justified but the steel toe plates can be bought for a tenner - worth a try?

One assumes a four stroke is intended to fourstroke on climbs and therefore not likely to be a souce of concern?☺

Some joker will tell you that, with a Rev 3, you will need to carry tools to remove the flywheel in order to fit the spare stator you should be carrying. Notwithstanding that, it depends on the event and the distance involved. Most folk carry nothing as, sadly, trials has deteriorated to the point where at a great many events it is feasible to walk back to the start to get what you need in the fairly unlikely event these days that something goes wrong - given a modicum of pre-event preparation. However, you need to be able to change a spark plug, fix a puncture, replace a broken handlebar lever (and have a spare pin that goes through the rubber boot at the master cylinder), replace a broken cable, fit a chain link, bodge up a broken mudguard with cable ties, tighten loose handlebars ?, perhaps a spare air filter in the event of a drowning, replace brake pads if the friction material detaches, drain the floatbbowl/clean jets and find the kickstart lever after it falls off. I carry spare handlebars in the car but haven't seen a broken pair in years. Those are the most likely (and some less likely) scenarios but you can balance the tools carried by judging how far you could ride the bike without a brake or with a flat tyre etc at any given event. Others will no doubt cover what I have missed.

I usually wear them nowadays but back in the 70's the leather gloves we had did not offer good feel and very little grip if wet or muddy, not helped by the fluted black rubber grips. Not to mention being cold when wet on the road between sections; sometimes it was warmer without. There was also going in to work on Monday and Tuesday with black, or red if you had fancy gloves, hands. Hence we seldom bothered. I think there is still a faint mark on my throttle thumb where the skin used to wear away☺ I remember trying goalie gloves for a while though. The first bike I remember having decent grips was the 348 Montesa (only one of many improvements it had over other bikes of the time) - they really seemed to be designed to grip well to bare skin and were comfortable. Modern gloves are much better, though can still be a bit slippy if mud covered, but I wouldn't expect them to protect me from real injury, grazes yes, but not if clobbering a rock.

Having owned two diesel Berlingae I'd be interested to know what consumption you end up getting with the petrol version.

Back in the day I put an unsuitable oil in my 348 that caused severe drag. I had to strip the clutch and clean the plates in petrol to get rid of it. Perhaps you may need to do likewise if you do not know what might have been in there. They can't swell as they are all steel.

Whilst "low" bars give better control clearly one size of bar can't suit everybody, given the large height variation between riders. Risers can give a different effect to high bars. I recently wanted to try higher bars on the 4RT but, being a trials rider, did not want to spend fifty quid on a set of bars, then again on another set to experiment with various heights. I got a set of risers that give a variety of rises. Due to the angle at which the bar clamps lie the lift given by the risers is not vertical, as it would be with higher bars, but also has a rearward component resulting in a currently unfashionable tiller effect, the amount of which varies with the rise selected. This may not suit everyone and, in any case, reduces the resultant rise. We did use higher bars back in the high footrest Bultaco days than we do now so possibly roughly similar stance but the works guys all seemed to be pretty tall then, ironically enough given b40rt's comment.

WV denotes Wiltshire which might tie in as "Sparky" Telling was a works rider from that neck of the woods. https://www.theimagefile.com/?Action=VF&id=7001599202 Didn't get the bike from jon v8 did you? I see he was trying to retreive registration for such a Stewart Wiggins registered bike a few years ago.