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  1. Holy cr@P.....and its a goodyear......? Thought they were better than that.
  2. Good luck with the balancing . A crf is heeeeeavy compared to a trials bike. You will have to serious over exaggerate your movements to transfer it through to the bike. I recon you will be better off practicing throttle / clutch control by riding as slow as possible and attempting lock turns. Give it all ago....nothing to loose and any peg time helps.
  3. Haha....thats trials for you The compliments and good feeling after doing something "right" is often all it takes to keep me motivated.
  4. This might be a fun one....., no wives allowed! !! I sold my home built, water cooled goped, cost me a few thousand ZAR........ to pay for gas to get to my next event .....1800km round trip Lets here it......?
  5. I know im addicted to trials when: I sold my home built water cooled goped, just to pay for my diesel getting down to my next event.
  6. Prior bike experience certainly helps but trials riding is so unique that it only helps to a certain extent. Ive been on bikes since I was 5 (32 now) and had to learn how to ride all over again when I started trials a year ago. I have put in a immense amount of training in that year and was very surprised how fast I progressed. Trials is not easy and peg time is needed however it is difficult to stay motivated if you are falling or 5ing all the time. A super easy class is the key to bringing guys back for another try, I reccon but persistence from the rider is also needed to work through the basics of trials riding. It is challenging but thats why we do it.
  7. Hi Cope. I have the v force reeds and am curious to know how they compare to std reeds or others. Why would someone change to vforce in the first place, ie what are they ssupposed to do power wise?
  8. Cool. Thanks for that. Ill give it a go.
  9. Our club offers a medal to a new commer who finishes his first trial, a nice touch. Our club consciously made clubmans easier this year to encourage new guys to stick at it. I have since moved up to intermediate s as I have progressed to a point where the easier clubmans was not challenging enough. Intermediates is a fair jump from clubmans however clubmans is now doable for most new comers. When I started a year ago, clubman was MUCH tougher and scared the p@@p out of me, but I stuck at it and made progress. I think it is extremely important for the sport to have a VERY simple beginners line (maybe a line that the little osets can ride too, like our club does) Too many new guys quit after their first event. I think setters sometimes forget how difficult some obstacles are for a complete novice. Stick at it however even if you take a 5 on sections you are not comfortable with. Entering events is one of the best ways to learn. Have the mind set that you are riding the sport at this stage to learn and not win. As you become more comfortable on the bike, your position will become more important and your competitive side will slowly take over.
  10. Morning guys Im one of those riders that walks through all water sections looking/feeling for unseen obstacles, while the smarter guys watch and keep their boots dry. How do you guys dry your boots out? I hang my boots up outside but it takes close on a week to dry out completely. Any blower devices you guys have built that I could look at (pics) or other tips? Thanks guys.
  11. Well said. I own up to every unseen dab. If I beat someone, I want to know I beat them fair and square.
  12. Hi Dan You are welcome to pop over and try my bike out . I have 2 base gaskets in. I havent ridden another 13 to compare but our sa importer made a few changes to tame it down. Slow throttle tube and 2 base gaskets. Said it helped alot but is now on a 14 factory 250 and loves it to bits.
  13. The silicon tip sounds like a good one. Was not sure about the zip tie but if a small/thin one was used, I guess, when the brown stuff hits the fan, a small zip tie would break. I would gues that if the cable issue happened, it would be the carb side of the cable that might be the issue. On the throttle side, you should notice it and be able to sort it out fairly fast. Thanks guys for all the insight. At least if it does happen, I/we have a few things to try. Good to be prepared.
  14. Was also thinking of the bearing but was not sure if that could be it.
  15. Hi Sorry I cant offer advice here but I dont think lowering pegs is a good idea. I catch my pegs on rocks often and even got hung up by my stand on sunday (13 evo). I am 6 ft/86kg. Try tilt your bars back a bit to give you a more upright position.
  16. Hi I got him a 12.5 a few months ago. Its already had a makeover. He took a tumble a while ago and I battled to get him back on it. Im taking it very slow with him......I dont want to push him too hard and skrew it up. He is back up and riding again.
  17. Felt that first hand and its not fun at all.
  18. Pleasure. I just want to know what to do if it happens to me. How about a nylon strap onto the plug lead as a backup to a kill switch? A strap you could grab and yank the plug lead of? (Still wouldnt stop a dieseling engine though).
  19. It is with assisted cooling of fins on the cylinder. My dad says they are a pain to run because they need to be moving to stay cool. Any delay in the start of a race, they have issues.
  20. mokwepa

    Poor Running

    Also interested. Have a similar sludge with my VW aircooled pipe buggy (sludge in oil fill up resiviour).....so cant be coolant in the oil. ???
  21. That sounds like a good one but if its on its side with the rear spinning at full rpm will you get enough force on the rear brake to stall it?
  22. Hi I heard my first run away yesterday and I think any biker would cringe hearing a 2t reving its t!ts off. I was surprised how long it ran for at WOT without the conrod poking its head out to say hello (probably close to 10 seconds). I spoke to the guy afterwards and he said the throttle cable sleeve got hung up. He came off and the bike was in gear and did a dance arround before he was able to yank the throttle cable out of the throttle housing. Im not sure but I dont think many noobs know about this throttle design which allows this to happen. I think it should be one of the first things taught to new trials riders to prevent the big bang theory from happening. Its simple: if your throttle gets jammed/stuck and you cant for some reason hit the kill switch......grab the throttle cable close to the twist grip and yank it upwards hard. This wont work if your slide is stuck. Then other means are necessary. Ive read about the gloved hand over the pipe but how effective is it? My evo starts with a cork in the pipe when I forget to take it out so just curious to know what else works......if the slide jams up and you cant get to the kill switch or the engine is already dieseling and the kill switch wont work. Any experiences or tips/tricks? Yes I know about magnetic kill switches but some dont have them or choose not to use them. Thanks guys.
  23. I agree with keeping a airfilter clean and I do so however most sound as if they spend more time cleaning their airfilter than riding? Within reason, clean when its dirty. A hours worth of training does not warrant a filter clean. I would be cleaning my filter every day if that was the case, hence my reason for working in riding hours (6- a events worth).
  24. Had a awesome ride today. Placed 8th out of 20 riders. A big jump from clubman I must say but I think I coped ok. Learnt a lot and I know what I need to work on. Im feeling very motivated even if I know I wont be making podium again for a loooong time, but make no mistake.....I WILL get there eventually
 
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