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My wife has the people carrier version. It has to be in the top ten of ugly vehicles. However its a 2003, its got something like 115k on the clock and much to my dismay runs perfectly.

Is that 3000 trials bikes or all bikes including enduro etc ?

Sad for the riders but i think this demonstrates the world championship needs trials not the other way round. Grass roots participation in our centre is good but not at the levels of the 70/80s when there were enough youths to have a separate series. In those days you had 100 entries but they all had modern bikes.Now 30/40% are on pre 65/ twin shock / air cooled monos. Not good if you are hoping to sell modern bikes by competing in a world championship.

I think he just wanted a bike to match the colour of his crash hat ?

Theres an appeal running on Facebook ti fund the rest of his season, you can pay via PayPal or electronic transfer

You can still get most parts for a bultaco they went bust in the early 80s. Im keeping my pro as i like the bike, if its worth £500 or £1000 less doesn't matter , it makes no sense to sell it and buy something i wont like as much for more money. Just my view

Perhaps worth pointing out that the manufacturers of both of the four stroke models above had or have financial problems. It works on paper but it seems to never work in terms of units sold, so the development cost just adds to their problems.

I agree timp, if we have a world championship it has to be affordable. No point the Spanish factories trying to compete with Honda for paddock bragging rights, there will only be one winner

Bultaco swm fantic ossa (original) all too big to go bust until someone not connected with trials did some addy ups. Circumstances were different for all but the company still folded

Apart from usa yes

Better off with the proper Gas Gas raga reed block. I think there was one on trials central classified or ebay recently

Chuffed to bits for Billy

I'm hoping to try one at some point, was very impressed with my sons oset, he wasn't but never mind

But on an ossa no 2t being added to the petrol will only effect the big end, small end and bore. It won't have a consequence for the main bearing as it's being lubricated by the gbox oil.

Ty mono sumpguard was pretty poor in that it didnt stop either the flywheel case or clutch case being knocked out of alignment and was difficult to balance on as it wasn't flat. Best sumpguards currently i think are on the gas gas but even they can be bent.

But for any world round to be a success WE have to support it. I dont think enough people supported fort william, organisers can't afford to lose money. Penrith is more central and at least they are putting it on

S.e.lucas your view neatly encapsulates exactly where trials has gone wrong. You don't need a 2m step to take marks off even the very best. However you will prevent others competing due to risk of injury or damage to expensive machinery. Its pointless thinking this approach is a way forward we have had the spectacular, lets find the best riders in the world approach for more than 20 years. We now have factories going bust, dwindling sales and fewer competitors. Same issues at local trials. Its not the way forward

Yes copperslip the front spindle will be added to the list of jobs done to a new bike if gas gas make anymore

Vertigo toy bike inside every pram. Winner !

Mains are lubed by gbox oil same idea as gas gas pro i think.

Just warm the right side bearing up with a paint stripper gun, doesn't take much

Leave the end cap in, just unloosen a couple of turns then tap it to get things moving

We'll know when final results come out but worth checking out the brand of bike ridden by the other riders on the podium

Its amazing really given the light weight of the bike, fuel injection, electric water pump, non points ignition etc that the vertigo even got out of the car park. Great result. Anyone heard from dadof2 or copemech ?

I think Jotagas would be right not to send Jack to Japan if that's the decision they took. The trials market is no longer big enough to support a truly world championship in my view. Get a bike right, as in reliable and does what your average punter requires and I think it will sell. Ploughing thousands into a wtc campaign then releasing a poor quality product doesn't necessarily work as some have proved. i'm talking in general terms here rather than about Jotagas in particular.