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my gaernes are ten years old, they get power washed after every wet/ mucky trial and just left if the trial was dry only twice put dubbing on them .. there still good to go

Glad to hear that the 'also rans; are being considered. not all beginners are young or new to the sport so a day out where i can expect to ride the sections not walk through them astride my bike is what i want. i have ridden the bradford and yeadon begginers rounds so far this year ( first year on a modern after a number of years in p65) and have forund them to be comparable to yorkshire classic clubmans route. the idea of a 50/50 at this route is ideal as i may be able to ride the easier route i do want to get better ( at 46 its never too late..) the main differences from p65 been the steepness of the climbs and the drop offs and step ups. i for one will be there if i survive the ilkley grand national the day before.. ( yet to finish after 5 years of trying!! but this year will be different..)

use any 'branded' super unleaded. buy from the busiest garages so that the stock is fairly fresh. with pFS tanks holding 20k litres super can sit about a bit so hunt out a supermarket for best price and newest fuel. as for decoking cant rate a new mid box highly enough replaced mine and the thing was instantly better.. ( thanks to andy at Pennine trialsport for the advice and bits..)

seconded cleaned the front pipe out and replaced the stuffing in the silencer all nice.. but replaced the middle box for new and clean and WOW..

sorry your right 240 answer to a 200 question. chris undoubtedly knows his stuff and his advice is solid

http://www.dcclassicmotorcycles.co.uk/gall...0cc_Mac_Engine/

one for sale in west yorks right now.. very nice more than capable.. lots of money see dave varleys site

tale of two trials.. one emails the entry list inc start times and programme including directions to competitors, the second send every rider an a4 sheet with the entry list in envelopes provideed by the riders start times for individual riders handwritten on the back.. no directions which was more work for the organisers.. when will clubs embrace the internet and what it offers for the price of a couple of hours and nowt else one club offered all you could wish for. for the time taken to print then stuff envelopes then march down the post box another club does 3 or 4 times the work.. no critism of unpaid volunteers .. but make it easy for yourselves if nothing else..

the only thing i'd challenge from the excellent list is what to do if it dont start.. my bike likes choke and no throttle ( starts 1st or second kick.) if after half a dozen kicks she wont go leave a minute then no choke no throttle for another half a dozen . then if she dont start ( and this is where i'd difffer from JL) i wait a minute then grab a full handful of gas with no choke and kick her.. starts defo... ( let go of the big hand of throttle when she does fire!!!)

read through the Beta prep guide for the SSDt ( no plans to do the trial but looking for those handy hints/tips) and saw about changing the stuffing in your silencer. now a month or so ago i did the same thing to the wes box on my fantic, the stuff in the can was in clean and in decent shape but i replaced with new with no performance difference As the Betas doing two trials this weekend and another 30 miler the week after i thought i'd treat it to a Beta 'cassette'

not wanting to be flippant but an OKO is MILES better...

congratulations on a cracking entry ( quality and size) i'll be making a weekend of it and going to bootle fell as well.. but where exactly is the bootle trial/directions..??

this weekends lancs county normandale trial demonstrates how popular with about a dozen of the things lighting up the entry list ( me i chickened and the beta is getting a run out and the sunday at bootle) hope the weather holds as the sun is shining and the skies are blue..

this is as good as it gets i'm afraid.. though the thing is simple to work on. http://s292.photobucket.com/albums/mm22/fa...antic240manual/ you do need a degree in 'twister' though to get the cylinder head off..

RADWELD!!!!!! DONT DO ANYTHING ELSE 1.99 AND PROBLEM SOLVED....

dont mess about with a pressure test get some rad weld and job done.. if your tight chuck an egg in that'll do ( i did all bar two stages on the circuit of ireland way back when with two large eggs in the rad and coca cola in the clutch...)

fast cheap and the stuffs in stock

sammy miler regs.. http://www.acu.org.uk/uploaded/documents/2...HAMP%20REGS.pdf something for your air cooled mono.. http://www.acu.org.uk/uploaded/documents/2...HAMP%20REGS.pdf

is it available from all good retailers or a one off..

I grew up in the early and mid seventies with TMX having loads of evocative black and white photos of bikes in woods,up to the hubs in mud etc. the sort of stuff that to me was magic. the ads were always full of loads of bikes locally never mind nationally and there seemed to be local trials reports every week. with the advent of sites such as this, the arrival of eblag and other sales sites the content of the weekly paper has been ravaged and no doubt its sales. ( no reflection i'm sure of the efforts of a valiant very few in morecambe) i feel that a vibrant weekly trials newspaper/ magazine is a lifeblood of the sport. i believe that more photos and articles on bike prep/set up ( such as featured during foot and mouth) items on riding technique ( schriebers/smiths/leavitts/millers/kings/bournes many books cant all have been pulped interested riders did and still do buy them.. have you bournes, by the way?) after all the excellent tbm has grownen at exactly the time tmx has retreated. long may tmx continue but for how much longer in its presnt format..

i hear dabster but its only a few years since shimano developed a brake lever that was also the gear lever for racing cycles and top end mountain bikes, that too was 'questioned' and now is universal..

solved my 'knockin' by using the premium unleaded from any petrol station. only costs 5p more. i tried the decokes but it made no difference. do the cheapest thing use more expensive fuel..

having a number of tool boxes ( i'm a central heating engineer) for work i have my sparks box, gas box, soldering box, masonary box, drill box, some have duplicates in one or more boxes but this way i know that if i pick up my soldring box everyhting i could ever need would be in it. same goes for my bikes 3 bikes ( two metric one imperial) just finished putting together a box for my beta. i bought a set of spanners and allen keys, toched every fastner with them then set aside all the spanners/ keys not used so they dont go in the box. added a flat blade screw driver a phillips ( size 2) driver. pliers ( with a cutting edge) i have air filter cleaner and oil, two stroke oil, gear oil, wd40, contact cleaner. tyre pressure gauge. that all fits in a nice biscuit tin and comes to every trial not needed anything else yet...

whats occuring Bryn..

you could do worse than look through don morleys 'classic british two stroke trials bikes' four pages are devoted to the bikes. many of those involved are still active and i'm sure would be more than willing to give detail if asked ( nicely)