Great - thanks Tr1AL - really helpful. I’ll probably get some of the plastic frame protectors for the boot bit or maybe carbon look sticker sheet stuff.
My TY175 frame could do with a quick refresh. Has anyone used smooth silver hammerite spray. And if so, did it wear well - especially where boots rub on the sides?
Welcome aboard! I did similar through rose tinted spectacles (Montesa Cota 1975). Bit of a nightmare. Parts aren’t that readily available and (sorry purists) they can be a bugger to start. Depending on budgets and your location, I would 100% go for something newer. If twinshock, I would personally go for a TY175 or Fantic 200 (both have parts readily available). Or maybe a TY250 Mono if you want something marginally newer, easy for parts and good on reliability. And then you get modern and it all opens up….!!!!
Haha! It was horrendous. Weighed a ton and everything went wrong. Had clearly been thrashed and not had any servicing. But as a naive 14 year old how was I to know!!! Bought for £170 (paper round money) and sold within 6 weeks for about 50% less. Gutted…
I purchased a Gaunt Suzuki brand new when I was 16, in 1971. It was converted by Peter Gaunt at Ray Dell motorcycles in Pudsey, Leeds. It was based on the Suzuki TS 125. It cost me £325.00.
I bought one second hand (very) in Pudsey in about 1975. TS125 and it was an absolute dog…!!!!
Pump the tyres up before transport. Even if you protect the tread the sidewall is under stress.
Always do this too.
In terms of tie downs, I use Jitsie ones round the handlebars as the loop round the bar damaged things less than a hook (had the latter for my previous bike and it rubbed the top of forks. Then standard tie downs from foot peg brackets. And I just have tight bungees to secure both wheels to the trailer. And the job’s a good ‘un!
Agree with Lemur on the oil change front. It’s a bit of a fiddle to do but definitely not every 10 hours with what you’re planning. 4RT is a really well made bike and pretty quiet chugging along trails (until you wind it up…!!!). Good luck!
Club trials normally like to carb up with a few pre-match ‘sports beers’ on the Saturday night. Perhaps a few glasses of vino too. Then a good coffee and a bacon sarnie at the event. Works a treat
Suspect I know the answer to this already, but any new news for 2024? I’d like to replace my 2022 standard 260 but hope there are some tweaks (even if better colours/graphics than the standard 2023 4RT…).
I have managed to put a nice dent in my TY175 tank. Can anyone recommend a repair company who will also respray, fit new decals and then lacquer? If so, any ballpark of cost? UK - ideally south east. Thanks.
Here in the south of England, you don't see many old/real Montesas at Classic trial competitions. Some Bultacos and Ossas at every meet, but very few Montesas, despite them being quite common back in the day. I wonder why? Engines difficult to work on?
Mine was just a pain the whole time (172 circa 1977 from new) although I was only a nipper, life became a whole lot easier when I switched to a better engineered Japanese bike (RL250 1979 again new). The Montesa was lovely to look at and a very agile ride but (as a 16 year old back then) a right pain to maintain.
You created a thread here, so if you want you can just tell everyone who and where you are here (or ask questions) ... there's no rules
(I don't think I ever did an introductory thread, I just got stuck in, telling Americans their politics were wrong ... and sometimes talking about motorbikes)
Haha don’t get onto that or it’ll lead to gun law chat (which still beggars belief and def not for this forum…)
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Great - thanks Tr1AL - really helpful. I’ll probably get some of the plastic frame protectors for the boot bit or maybe carbon look sticker sheet stuff.