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Unfortunately it's generally the case that these bikes have had most of the internals removed from the silencer as it's acknowledged as necessary to get them to perform. Being fourstroke the sound carries more than a properly silenced two stroke so you might get complaints, though there are worse for this effect.

At least, with a 4RT, you don't need to know about setting up a carb :-)

Thanks guys.

Thanks - ordered.

Get theesen up to Drumcarrow on Sunday. An ideal starter.

Hard to decide which forum for this but here we go. Is it possible to get the nylonish shims that fit on the AJP lever pivots, or something that will do the job?

I’m fairly well out of touch with the market these days but some comments I’ve seen could indicate that my bike is worth more than I thought it might be.now that I come to sell it. What would be a fair price to ask for a 2003 Rev 3 200?. I’ve never been a spoke polisher but it runs very well, the wheel bearings are about four trials old and it has new swingarm bearings and rear suspension bush. Thanks.

Surely the LT wire will only reach the external connector when the stator is in the correct position?

Could be the trigger coils.

Hence my comment.

UK, possibly the Pathfinder and I'll bet the TRS won't be much of an iceracer :-)

I recall that the Twinshock Scrambles club barred Vincents many moons ago - it's not as if there was a queue of Rapide owners waiting to win all the races, and they had been raced in the day.

It's not as if removing the mid box is a big job, it's not even clamped to the pipe. High time you cleaned in behind it anyway:-)

Thanks Whiskey, and yes I did the bottom bearing recently but had to just clash it together for a two day when cleaning them out revealed the play in the pivot bearings. Spacers seem a bit pricey at over £8 each but fortunately I know a man with a lathe.

Can anyone tell me the serial number for the needle roller bearings at the swingarm pivot? That'll let me get the bearings before stripping it down. Thanks.

I used a suitable thickness of rubber cut in to a strip, wrapped it round the pivot then used a tie wrap to hold the two long ends of the U to the arm. That lasted well enough.

My 03 rattled a lot which did not affect the running but offended my mechanical sensibilites. I had "someone" listen to it and he told me that it needed a rebore with oversize piston. I won't mention names, to avoid embarrassment, but if anyone should have known better it was this person. The 03 has a plated bore. I don't know which company can't be mentioned on here but I sent a new piston and the barrel to one that advertises widely (and which may play tennis with a very strong arm) and the result was an excellent job. Having said all that I don't think your knock will be the bore but engine noises can be hard to describe in words. Can we post audio files on here? Though recordings always seem to make a twostroke sound like two rats fighting in a dustbin anyway.

ACU rules require helmets worn in trials to meet the relevant standard for road use. Not always enforced but at least it means that any helmet marketed as a trials helmet "should" be suitable for your intended use.

Better still - Scottish of part Yorkshire descent :-)

Six weeks ago I was offered a Dunlop free of charge. I bought a Michelin. Need one say more?

You'll be lucky. Nobody connected with Beta seems to be able to provide any information about timing in terms of mm BTDC or degrees of advance to enable checking. The best I could get from the importer's workshop some years ago was that having the screw head near the centre of the slot in the backplate "seemed to be about right". Which of course does not provide any sort of info that you need.

I don't recall any criticisms about that way of operating when the (many) British trials manufacturers did so. The main reason that failed was due to the engine supplier pulling out. Jgas won't have that problem, presumably.

Try DVLA with the frame number - it may already be registered. It was unusual in that era not to register a bike as you missed the best events if you couldn't go on the road.

You may need to be patient a while longer - I've been waiting forty years for such a thing to appear :-)

I would get up there this year if at all possible (The first day is a public holiday but extend the weekend to take in the pre '65 at Kinlochleven on Friday and Saturday and the SSDT weigh on on Sunday). Some sections, especially on the Monday, are easily reached from the roadside, others a reasonable walk. Bear in mind that if you are using a motor vehicle then you can't follow the event off road. However, Scotland's access laws allow you to walk or use a mountainbike almost anywhere provided you do so responsibly. http://www.outdooraccess-scotland.com/sites/default/files//docs/enjoy_scotlands_outdoors_leaflet_-_english.pdf Last minute accommodation availability varies from year to year.