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This is going off thread again. Billy doesn't ride a vertigo so kindly leave him out of this discussion

Not the nine o clock news sketch....

It wont get hot enough on tickover you need to be riding the bike for a start. Take it up some hills or along a track. Listen to the engine if it starts pinking more then it's getting hot. You can use a longer breather hose on that model

Ps check coolant, you haven't mentioned the year of your bike ? Recent model shercos have the stat at the top of the rad so if coolant is really low it may not heat the stat enough

If you run the bike just at idle at this time of year the fan wont cut it and thats normal. When doing the ssdt i always did two mods related to this issue. 1 put a switch into the circuit to the stat so you can easily bypass it should it fail. 2 if the bike has a pressure cap fit a longer hose and route it so that if coolant leaks it will drop onto the front pipe and you will notice. Since watercooled bikes came in i have only ever had one stat fail, that was on a scorpa sy250.

Rode one on Sunday very nice

Its not pinking so i think timing is retarded. Being an old bike may not even be the right stator. Still think that there's something wrong with the air intake though

So back to Vertigo A five year old carb is worn, not that it stops the bike running but may effect performance. At £100 for an injector if it lasts a number of years i don't think its really an issue

Yes i use super unleaded in the bike.

Cracking idea !

Ok is the bike vertical ? Its ok as long as you havent put more than 450 in, just my view, but the manuals said 500 at one point and the engine hasn't really changed. The motor does have a breather to allow any over fill out on the left side. Leave it a couple of hours and it should settle.

Heard similar tales from garages about super market diesel. Fuel quality will not help carbs or injectors. Most bikes with a carb have a filter as part of the tap

Evening Ross ASSUME assumptions can make an ASS out of U and ME ! ☺ if its for the oil put 400ml in and then let it settle. I always just put 450 straight in but i leave it a while with the drain plug out. If you are using the window as a guide the bike needs to be on its wheels and perpendicular, you should be able to see oil with 400 in but try and get the window half full.

I have a bad feeling about this thread.....

Hi all I recently rode my air cooled gas gas for the first time. I bought as a complete bike but have had to do quite a bit so far such as fitting an 18mm kickstart shaft and a pedal and clutch case to match from a JTX model. I noticed two things in the 30 mins test. 1. It gets very hot, the tail pipe is almost too hot to touch where it exits the middle box so i wonder if the timing is retarded too far. I seem to remember they kicked back a lot but this doesn't. The second issue is the bike has quite a flat spot at 1/4 to 1/2 throttle, this may also be timing related but the bike has a noticeable induction noise. The filter box is the proper one but the lid has been drilled which ill tape up for now. It sounds like an air cooled yam with the seat off and as the splash guard down the rear of the filter box is home made im wondering if the proper part acts as some kind of baffle for the air intake? Has anybody got a picture of this model with the seat off ?

Yes they do but it just runs off crankcase pressure its not electronic which i think the ossa and mont are. Not convinced two stroke oil can be such an issue when its mixed at 100 / 1 ? And is £100 really so much if it fails every 5 years ? That's about the price of a braktec master cylinder which a beginner could break every week

Depends if the floors level ? What are you trying to do ?

Probably means the fuel pump

Haven't france done the same for next year ?

Two guys from the North East do the Ssdt on their 2006 model GG pro's. Ian Rutter and Geoff Fielding. They were on those bikes in 2012 and 2013 and i saw them in some of wetfeets recent photos from a Richmond trial. From an environmental point of view either stop carbs leaking or go FI i don't mind which option is taken.

Thats good, if we could cut the enduro / mx bits out i could use that to show new landowners what a trial is

Ben a slide is about £60 so if thats not a 3.5 by the time you buy jets cable fitting etc you would be better off with a new one off splatshop. Also you need a fitting kit for your bike as the reed block on your bike is too small a diameter and too short. Trial and enduro were doing a good deal a while back on the whole kit and carb. What you trying to achieve?

Totally agree Hillary

He's back !

Adam raga WTC on a Gas Gas 2005 and 2006 i think ? 4rt launched 2005.