colin13846

Thanks for the advice and posts to my original post. Getting to know the bike a little better now and completed the following jobs New gear box oil - Motul 5100 10w 40 Drain plug seems new and substantial New Iridien plug New front wheel bearings New front brake pads Drained old fuel and new added Removed middle box and ground sharp casing corner off Drive chain removed, clened and gresed Clutch and brake lever end play adjusted Air filter cleaned and lightly oiled but I am going to fit a new one as soon as I can get one. . Phew, have I missed antything? Bike certainly starts easily.

As per title just bought a 2006 Scorpa. I am looking forward to riding it but first want to go over it regarding maintenance etc. Any specific Scorpa tips regarding preventative maintenance and any essential tweeks etc? Thanks PS Regarding the age it was V5 registerd Nov 2006 but the 12th charactor on the frame is a 7 which I am led to believe makes it a 2007 model I think??

Thanks for all the advice so far. After visiting a few more local trials and chatting to people I am going to take the advice given on this forum i.e. a Scorpa SY or Beta 200 as a choice of trials bike. So my next challange is to source a good condition one of above bikes, any ideas anyone?.

Just registered with triials central. Complete trials beginner. I have visited two trials recently, Lancs one near Wray and today near Sedburgh which was a classic event. Where do I start? I have some off road experiance riding a Yam TTR250 with local TRF club but I am no expert. I guess I first need to join either Westmoreland or Lanc MCC. Then a bike! fairly confused on which one- modern or twinshock? I think no bigger than 250 2 or 4 stroke?. At todays classic the Yam TY 175 or 250 seemed a possible choice but should I be going for a more modern machine? I am a 50 years young so I need to make a sensible/correct choice!