totalshell

thought it was just me and an overactive imagination...

re plate... should set you back 100 quid plus price of a piston

hitchcocks will have the lot I've had great dealings with them in the past and they've never let me down. tell them what the stuffs for and they will probably have a note of what you'd need. now the things in bits dont spoil it for a bit of tar get everything ( floats slide etc etc) then you know the job is right

spot on a two day trial at every round, plus make them all non stop so that more than a dozen people can play. the old rac rallies where anybody could compete in a lada or mini used to get 250 entries todays sanitary road races in the dirt struggle for 50 and so the fees for each car go up. the WRC cars must be wholly production derived and be available to the public. sales would rise and costs wpuld plummet..

two platers in the uk and only one does a great job.. cost you about a ton

no i did nt like the new car at first but its grown on me and i think i even prefer it now. WRC is SO expensive, cars areso removed from production, the body shells alone can stand you at 250k. get back to basics ala the old group 1 or n days and have long days with no servicing and hey it just got cheaper..by a factor of about 10

if you want to ride 'modern' trials ride a 250 ride the most popular bike out there Beta buy one 3 -5 years old ( there all the same only the stickers changed) and pay about 850 -1000 for a clean well kept bike or ride twinshocks (if you can handle a spanner) rideable bikes from 500 -850 pre 65 bike will set you back 750 - 3500 and you really must like the spanners for them. for an absolute beginner a 250 rev 3 will be probably give you most time on your bike and least time on the spanners..

might not be common over here but in the US theres a glut of the things. coincidently just read sandhams '' four stroke finale'' excellent read on a subject about which i knew little. i wasnt going to splash the cash on an ebay book as they were going for 90 quid until i saw a post by big john giving details of a reprint and at only 30 quid the book was deleivered next day. nice book loads of pics good for the xmas pressie wish list??

hey i've sold the guy stuff as well. he stopped off at my local petrol station with my address on a piece of paper. nice guy to deal with.

the water pumps corrode internally new cases are 70 quid ish all in plus fitting.. when you've bought the bike whip off the case.. any sign of corrosion new case.. saves it siezing!!!

your not wrong or alone. starting outin trials if you dont know someone who rides or shares the interest isn't easy. licences permits arn't simple enough. it should be we welcome everyone .. ride what you brung.. glad to have you along ( aka AMCA classic trials). instead its well join a club ( some still ask for proposers and seconders..) get a licence ride your bike. we dont make it simple..

you have to be 'in control of the vehicle' which in practicl terms would be .. are your hands and feet on the controls as designed. the postion of your backside has no relevance..

markings not required on exhaust.. what you dont want is something that says '' not for road use'' or ''track use only''

tough breal Axzul, thanks for the gen on springs, i've spoken to uncle bill pye and a set ( inc spacers) should be in the possesion of royal mail as i speak and hopefully in the bike thursday pm. snow permitting.. ( 3 hours to drive 4 miles this morning..)

yes and no.. speedo not req. ( but is when you ride the bike on the road) for a p65 bike ( i make the assumption as this is the p65 thread) reflector not req. bulb type horn more than adeqate ( for a later bike, 70's onward the continuos horn is req.) no. plate not req. its simple really almost ludicrossly so..

absolutely No way to register a vehicle without an engine and frame no. some people faced with similar circumstances that you describe may re stamp the original number as they remember it at or near its original position. but no number equals no registration and thats non negotiable.

spent an hour with the spanners (allan keys more precisely) on my 240 pro this evening, as the forks are lacking a little ( alot) i've had the things apart today with the thought of replacing the oil and checking on the springs pre load spacers etc. so drained the oil ( 220 mil in each leg) and had the top cap off. out came the alloy plug with v. large hex key. immediatly under that was the brass 'tail' of a domestic central heating radiator ( you read that right, being a central heating engineer i couldnt believe my eyes) under that was a 2.5 inch steel tube followed by a big washer and the main spring.. now the question is what should have being in there.. and what is the approx length of a newish spring ( and are new springs available..) oh and how much oil per leg and what viscosity ( i know the parts book says 220 mil but how thick..) cheers agin.. and anybody want some radiator parts..

for me i'd ask the question how many and who are using them. what are the top riders using. is the plain cast iron barrel enough. caertainly at yorks classic and red rose i dont see any 'big bore' villiers ( and those boys are ultra competative with some really good engineers amongst them. top riders seem to prefer the alloy barrel but ask enough questions and you may find its more of a fashion thing than performance based. there are plenty of v. succesful riders just using the std cast barrel and many of the old works boys said they prefered it to the alloy. thats not to say dont go ahead with it but all those old boys cant be wrong..

what i did spot was some questionable observing. at approx. 6.11 the guy stops and puts a foot down , observer raises one finger, the rider lifts his foot and puts it back down twice more with the bike being stationary surely this is a 3 not a 1 as indicated by the observer...

the ACU didnt exist in 1900. The Auto-Cycle Club was formed in 1903,it was renamed the Auto-Cycle Union in 1907

http://website.lineone.net/~pete.stowe/pete_1000mTrial.htm

an Enfield quadricycle completed the 1,000-miles road trial of 1900 organised by the Automobile Club of Great Britain and Ireland. The Enfield vehicle was awarded the silver medal,

''on 23 April 1900, 64 cars set out from London on the first day of the famous Thousand Mile Trial ''

on the other hand ... how much does it cost to buy and maintain said ship how much fuel does the thing use how much is thier insurance how much are thier labour costs.. i bet it aint cheap.. if i had a business ( as i do) where demand at certain times exceeded supply (as i do) i 'd charge accordingly . when times are slack as they are for me at a certain time of year then prices are virtually halved.. and come on 204 quid to transport you and your bike across 50 miles of irish sea in relative comfort..and back again.. its hardly a lot is it..

a simple process that you can easily do in a week. can be done in a day but a weeks fair. get a letter from the bikes importer or an authority on the marque stating the frame and engine no of your bike and what year it was manufactured. get the bike mot'd ( use the frame no. ) get the bike insured on the frame no. ( probably the hardest part , most firms wont touch it but the carole nash's will but will only have it on the frame no for a month or so) get down the local dvla office with your paperwork and money and the jobs done.. SOME BUT NOT ALL dvla centeres will want to see the bike some will not be interested in seeing it. some will see it when you take the paperwork in. some will want you to come back with the bike . some will send a guy round to your house. there simply is no consistancy with this bit. in reality its pain free and wotrth it for those road trials or a bit of green laning .. good luck.