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hope yours looks better than this.. http://www.trialscentral.com/forums/index....rt=#entry108226 search under water pump in the beat forum for more info

yeh drain the oil and water and take the water pump off the side of the engine. dont order any bits till you know for sertain what you nedd and what the pump looks like inside

changing from one frame manufacturer to another.. and using the same njb tricshoxs which were perfect on the old frame. on the new bike the mounts mean the shock is markedly more 'laid down' and although the bike 'sits' at the right height 'unladen' once my weight is on it the spring compresses almost to the stops. does laying the shocks down make the spring action softer? do i stiffen them up and or lengthen the shock at the same time. given the price of a pair i only want to do it once...

i suppose we need to know a couple of things, how old is your beta and how long have you had it?. i'd drain the oil into a clean tin/ pan/jar/ vase and check it out.. nice and clean and oily ( even black as long as it has no bits in it) is ok and you can either refill with new or put the old stuff back in. assuming the oil was ok try to refill the rad again this time slowly pour the water in and check to see if the water level is rising and water is going down the overflow tube ( i think though that some if not all rev3 have the overflow on top of the cap) if water is coming from elsewhere ie the pipe by the rear wheel it must be coming from the gearbox and sadly your water pump need checking out.. search this site thier are plenty of rewferences to water pumps on rev3's

from earllier ( much much earlier) posts and with thanks to Billy T The first area of urban legend is the two little brass outlets with the pink hoses attached. You may know these as the

i cant see any controvesy.. you were entered in the trial on the B route.. entered the section and rode the wrong route... thats a clear 5 self marked or not. excellent that it was a practice day followed by a non championship trial so during the practice you did A and B routes and had a fun ride round putting some time in on your bike. then the trial started.. you were enetred on the B route. you should have only ridden the B route. that you didnt shows a lack of understanding on your part and is part of your personal learning curve. that a rider pointed out you should have had a five is fair enough that he spoke to officials is also fair enough you did after all drop 5 laugh at yourself.. you will in a week or so

poor spelling is not an indicator of honesty..

thanks for the replies.. what new fuels?

hopefully the answers will be an easy fix.. i have a steel tank that i want to use on my latest project. It has been in the garage for YEARS the fuel was all gummed up and the tank had some surface rust. On the inside it has surface rust i'e bathed and swilled it out with petroil several times and got tonnes of rust out i've flushed it out with a high pressure water jet and filled it with pebbles and shaken vigoursly and washed and flushed etc etc about 2 hours in all. its improving but theres still a away to go though the bits that have cleaned up are now bright and shiny.. anything else i can do or am i bought into repeating the above evry night for the winter?

From The Yorkshire motorcycle maintenance manual.. take the hammer and hide it.. get a nice big adjustable and a tea towel from the missus ( if you married right she'll know where both are) get a good grip on the nut and let the oil run out on to the tea towel. take sodden tea towel into kitchen, empty potato peelings from colander squeeze towel over colander to catch any important bits. Catch oil in mother in laws pint tea mug and pour back into motor.. any important bits trapped in colander should be saved as spares for when bike is sold across border... for todays modern bike i use half a dozen of those catch all kithen cloths but the principals expressed above still hold true.

i thought so.. thanks for settling the is it me question..

a simple question for a monday morning.. are the rear engine mountings on the villiers 9e/32a/37a gearbox all the same width?

YEH BUT YOU WOULD NT BUY A BIKE THAT DIDNT HAVE A LICENSE... NO MORE NABBED BIKES..

i dont get it this could be sorted right here right now.. every competring bike would have to e registered with the amca/ acu you pay 15 quid supplt two photos and the bike gets a license you transfer ot whan you sell it you show it when you sign on at trials the acu runs the datbase.. stolen bikes turn up again.. this leave ths scum who use them as field bikes, but whose going to use a 2009 as a filed bike no one thier going to try and sell it to a competitor who then register it and bingo bike goes back to owner.. end of.. the soltion is in our own hands..

lots of rubbish that you need this and that for a cub. essentially get the miller footpeg kit, get a wide swing arm pvl esential bike wont run better but it will run the same all the time forever gear it right engine sproket. gearbox and rear sproket and your ready for life after that a dellorto and you ll have lashed 600 quid and be ready to ride..

bite the bullet, that Amal is made of soft alloys with easy wearing brass needle/jets etc. either change all jets , needle and slide or pump for a new carby either way your bike will run better and you 'll know for sure it aint the carb.

add to your list Don Smiths 'trials bike riding' I have 4 very different 'editions of the Max king Book i think there may be five or more all told. From the annals of a time ong ago A B Bournes ' Trials and trials riding' and my very favourite Phillip H Smiths 'the greatest of all trials' a pre 1930 history of the Scott trial including a staged photo of Alan Jefferies on Ilkley Moor ironically at least 6 miles from the route of any Scott Trial ! I collect Scott and Ilkley Grand national trial programmes, the earliest Scott programme i have is 1927 and a couple of other pre war years. i have all the 1950's and sixties programmes framed in my office.. the scary thing is though i ride Pre65 and some of those named from the 50's/60's are still riding today.. and better then me!

i suspect your 1978 350 maybe a 1976/77 350 model 191 as the rear brake lever from the photo appears to be on the left the frame no is the decider, the first 3 no.s been the model no. according to the 'historia de la sherpa T' the bikes have the same wheelbase, ground clearance,weight,rear sproket size,cc 326,and 5 gears. the later bike though has a couple more BHP and 5% more torque. as regards popularity about 1500 earlier bikes were built compared to almost 6000 of the 199 ( take into account Spanish strikes and accounting though! the white framed 199b is of course the mutts nutts if you want to be world champ having the six speed box and the box section swing arm ( much stronger , much improved grip) there is of course a massive difference in price should all three be of a similar std with the 199b carrying a significant premium In the uk Bultacos a a rare sight even at twin shock events, there are many bought and sold on ebay etc. but few turn a wheel in regular anger. I suspect that much as the case with the Ty they were the workhorse of the day and today up against the host of Fantics of the mid 80's and modded TLR's at twinshock trials they lack the glamour and frankly capability/ rideability.

just had some spokes made for me by http://www.central-wheel.co.uk/spokes/spokes.html sent them an old spoke and nipple and got the replacements back within 3 days. product was excellent.

seperate the silencer/s and pipe, toss the silencers new WES should cost less than 100UK as for the pipe soak in diesel overnight then set fire to it,, these guys can fit you out with new and you should get the stuff VAT free saving you 15% on the published price! http://www.tytrials.co.uk/

on the plus side .. definately the best illustrated question ever posted.

if witonut riding the bike in a competition and in the first couple of weeks a major fault becomes apparent then certainly take it back to the dealer. by major i'd include engine, electrics, gearbox, fork, shocks once you ve crossed that line into your first section though thats it your on your own. you paid the dealer premium for a little security and its probably true that the dealer makes more on a used bike than a new one so if something major isnt right drag it back to him.

i'm doing the same at the momnet with my trafic. check out what the caravan suppliers are doing..

cant see an issue... whatever the engine no. the major performance differences between the 197 9e and the 32/37a competion engines are all in the cylinder so as they are an unknown on you bike i woulldnt worry whether its 9e 32 or 37a etc etc. in fact what its called is minor compared to how it runs...

NO..... the import duties 17.5% are tough but no where near as tough as the Customs charges of about 12 quid just for asking for the tax dont do it .. although it is a darn good dvd