Everything posted by baldilocks
- 2016 Models Details Released
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2016 Models Details Released
Rode a scorpa 300 and 2015 std 300 sherco back to back in the summer. The scorpa blew the sherco into the weeds above quarter throttle. If anything id say the 300 sherco was fine for me in terms of power but the scorpa had too much.
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Swingarm Linkage Bearing Options
I just put the dogbone in a vice with a large socket one side that the bearing will fit into and a smaller socket the same size as the bearing on the other
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2016 Jotagas
Someone did tell me that KTM dont have a uk importer could anyone confirm?
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For Better Or Worse?
Be aware that in a previous year Fajardo rode the EFI ossa and Dabill rode a carb Beta.
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Hydraulics, Do We Need Them?
Cable / hydraulic discs were tried on the 303 /243 fantics and quickly sent to the bin.
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For Better Or Worse?
In 2011 Dabill didn't go to last round in Japan which cost him a couple of places. 2012 to 2014 he finishes 6th every year. In 2014 cabestany beat fajardo for 3rd Dibs wasn't closing in, cabestany did better than fajardo.
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Hydraulics, Do We Need Them?
Or add your age and the class you ride to your post. I found the swm I had was fine on the easy course and some middle route sections. Generally though on the middle course both clutch and brakes were something of a handicap. So in answering the question try and remember that not everyone is riding the twin shock course.
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2013 Txtr Clutch/gear Selector Removal.
It shouldn't be a torx but your mates bike may not have the original bolt
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Hydraulics, Do We Need Them?
Ps never had to oil a hydraulic clutch line, remember cable oilers ?
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Hydraulics, Do We Need Them?
Main advantage to a hydraulic clutch i think is that the bite point doesn't change when you turn the bars. We could live with a cable clutch really but i don't want to go back to drums, early disc brakes are bad enough compared to modern stuff.
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How Long Until The Wtc Implodes?
Did you see one ? Andy doesn't count by the way
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How Long Until The Wtc Implodes?
Yes the only difference between my view and yours is that i think it needs to fail before being reconstructed
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How Long Until The Wtc Implodes?
its not going to happen until your current top 5 / 6 are gone, you are asking turkeys to vote for Christmas. As it stands each has a well paid ( I certainly hope so) factory ride as nobody else can do their jobs. So there is very little left to fund the up and coming riders who just like the top few need minders for practice as well as for events. This means an up and coming rider needs funding for all expenses and something to live on x 2 people. Unless a young rider has a private sponsor its just not do able
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How Long Until The Wtc Implodes?
Why not ? Because the range of ability is now immense. You can't really run a centre trial as a single route so imagine the range of ability between somebody 10th at an S3 round and Toni Bou.
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How Long Until The Wtc Implodes?
Don't disagree but its all been said before. Manufacturers pump money into the wtc still, for some until they have no cash left. Let it die, it has failed to sell bikes which has to be one of the purposes for its very existence. After all we all know who the best rider is.
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2013 Txtr Clutch/gear Selector Removal.
Take the 4mm headed allen bolt out of the centre and the whole basket including plates comes off you don't need to touch the star head bolts. Use a good allen spanner and NOT a ball end one
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Ty Mono Cylinder Work.
The shortened inlet doesn't make a lot of difference. You can make more difference by reducing the flywheel weight, porting or using a bigger piston. Your piston seems to be a 68.5mm. Birketts supplied me with a 69mm woosner piston last year which worked perfectly. Please be aware that some suppliers sell 70mm pistons from other yam models but they tend to have the wrong gudgeon pin height so the base of the barrel has to be skimmed. Just check the gudgeon pin distance from the piston crown before buying. The woosner was the correct height.
- Where Are The Experts?
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Mx Bars On A Trials Bike?
Comical again. Dropped a ty with the original steel bars once. The bars kinked, trial over. If your bar end is smaller diameter then its not going to protect the throttle tube is it?
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Mx Bars On A Trials Bike?
How do you change / lubricate the throttle if you have brazed a bar end onto the handlebar?
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Lean Gasgas 280
Yes trial and enduro direct or splatshop can both supply a venhill brake line which is better quality than the standard hose. A similar hose is fitted to more recent bikes
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Lean Gasgas 280
Bear in mind the fluid needs room to expand when the system gets hot
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Tires, Michelin Versus Dunlop Versus ?
Michelin, expensive but still grip well when very worn. Tried the new dunlop recently but still prefer michelin
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Lean Gasgas 280
Have you not just overfilled it ? Or over tightened one side rather than the other ?