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Could be a headache as it won't be built to comply with the Regs hence won't have the paperwork to convince the authorities.

I've got a red pair but there was no interest when I put them on Ebay. Possibly because they had shrunk after 30 years in the back of the wardrobe!

Too young to have seen the excellent Brema suit then?

Were any of your pals in the workshop at any time?

Yeah, wish I could get a "job" with the ACU, all that voluntary work and only a few hundred wheengin' "bosses".

Given all you have posted on here about how the bike runs it's not bad. Monts were a bit sluggish in comparison to the Bultaco. However..........you need to clean up the carburetion. If you look at the early part of the video you are getting up that muddy climb OK until the bike starts four-stroking at which point the wheelgrip vanishes. A common problem but one unappreciated by many riders.

Lights are not a legal requirement here bieze.

My memory of Montesas is timing at 1.8mm BTDC (but the passage of time may have affected my memory). And checking every couple of trials as I liked it to run just so.

Walking boots are not tall enough to comply with ACU Regs. Road boots probably won't have enough tread to get full benefit from a dab.

The last I saw of the Mamore Lodge it was shut and decomposing. I'd be very surprised if anyone had put money on to this white elephant in the current financial climate. The SSDT website will give the contact if you want to observe. Access laws in Scotland are such that, if you want to go further off road than walking will allow, then you are allowed to go virtually anywhere on a mountain bike. There really is no need to cause problems by taking a motorcycle anywhere other than the public highway.

Looking to the future might it not be worthwhile now tracking down a better barrel while you can? Unless you've re-ported it of course.

I signed one on here before for a place in Belgium - last year I think - does anyone know if that petition was succesful?

Yes, I'd missed a lot of this too but the prize for wettest year probably goes to one, I think in the late sixties, where riders got stuck on Rannoch Moor overnight. I recall the reports (them was the days when both weeklies gave reasonable coverage to the event with reporters actually up there for the week) saying that a swollen river blocked progress but Sammy Miller took a long run up and jumped the torrent. Some riders spent the night in a bothy on the moors allegedly burning their socks to get some heat. Others rode along the railway line in the dark to get back to civilisation.

An overfull float bowl causes rich running (and flooding). The needle in the slide controls the mixture over the middle half of throttle opening. Try this for some advice http://sterlingmotorworks.com/amal_carburetor_tuning_tips

In the days when I had an outfit it seemed that you could stop for ever and get away with it provided there was a lot of bouncing going on!

Model not listed on their site Ross but these guys might be worth contacting http://www.dellorto....artsectionID=20 New carbs aren't as dear as I had expected. Might be worth getting a bit brutal with the solvent to clear the passageways in the old one?

Being an Italjet it might retire itself before season's end

Generally you want to run with the shortest wheelbase you can so what you propose is correct. You may even be able to use a half link to get the wheel further forward.

The 241, especially the Progress 1, was never really the bike to have. Leaving aside the suspension tearing the back out the gearbox, it seemed to take Fantic a while to really sort the monoshock to get it comparable with the Yam. I'd give it the body swerve if I were you.

This http://www.motorcyclistonline.com/howto/replace_fork_seals/ should give you enough of an idea. Once you have them apart and the outer "scraper" removed you just carefully prise them out.

Folk these days have other things to do having given up their time the rest of the year to run trials. I shall invoke JFK and suggest you contact your club (probably too late for this year but...) and offer to run a Christmas trial next time round.

I've only ever repacked one central box and that was on a 348 Mont, in conjunction with doing the tail silencer. It certainly made the bike run a lot more smoothly and probably quieter if I remember. My Pinky had a Birkett silencer which was fairly quiet and is, I believe, the one to have. I saw a restored Pinky last week that seemed to have a new one fitted so presumably they are available again.

70:1 sounds about right for semi synthetic but the importer will confirm the correct ratio no doubt. The essential thing is accurate measurement of the oil, use a hypodermic syringe. "High performance" petrol is needed if it is needed, so to speak. I run my Beta on V Power as that cured the rattling under load on a correctly set up motor. I certainly would not be using it otherwise.

Symptomatic of a general malaise that led to the decline.

I'm more than a little shocked to see the Motor Cycle slipping a phantom apostrophe in to the plural of Ariel. No wonder the Empire disappeared.