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.
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.
Are you running the v-force reeds? I allways used the Boyesen dual stage to settle the Shercos a bit. Cheap to try!I wonder just how a 1mm change does compute? Prolly not as much as a 7000 ft change in altitude!
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?
Stuff them with newspaper overnight. The paper absorbs most of the moisture, remove it in the morning and repeat . In 36 hours the boots will be dry and because you are not using any heat to dry them, the leather remains supple.
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.
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?
So basically, its not the rules that are at fault, it's the implementation of them that is ?
But saying that, there is one thing in trials that could fix it all ! and that is Honesty ! ( ha ha will never happen ) How many riders drop a mark or two and love it that the observer didn't spot it? Do they ever say , sorry, I took a dab there so its not a clean ?
(I accept there will be a few people who will do this but its not the majority and if you ever go to the WTC, some riders will swear on their mothers lives that they never dropped a mark knowing they did)
So we have most people kicking off when they get penalised for a 5 when they think they shouldn't, but they don't mention it if the observer misses a dropped mark or two - hypocrisy or what ?
Well said. I own up to every unseen dab. If I beat someone, I want to know I beat them fair and square.
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.
The gloved hand works OK on 2 strokes. Be careful of doing this on a 4 stroke. I burned my hand on the end pipe of my 4RT earlier this year when loading up the bike at the end of the day after taking my gloves off.
I don't like to use wire or zip ties on the throttle cable. I put a small dab of silicone glue on the outer part of the throttle cable when I assemble. It is enough to keep the cable from backing out of the housing but not enough to prevent using the technique described by Mokwepa.
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.
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.
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.
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).
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.
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.
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).
. 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.
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Holy cr@P.....and its a goodyear......? Thought they were better than that.