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Woody The bikes you had were fitted with the Tau engine and linkless rear shock. These bikes were produced from 83 to 86. Scarlett signed for JCM for the 87 season but switched back to a Yamaha for the 88 SSDT. The bike Scarlett rode was the Vega which had I think an adapted villa engine fitted. Striet JCMs started to appear in 89, it may be the same motor as the Vega and was the same motor as the air cooled gas gas.

Pretty sure they were standard bars on my 1985 fantic 240.

No they are off either a 240 or 300 fantic. SWM bars were chrome I think

Currently intoxicated will reply with some details tomorrow

I went to spa to watch 2006 I think. It was good to watch but a bit weird with the road bikes going round and round as well

3 SSDTs on Gas Gas Pros running ATF dex 3 without a problem. Changed the oil weds night each time. Light gear oil often makes the clutch drag in my experience which wont help the box when changing gear.

Also have a look at the montesa forum for reference to 4rt frames breaking at the footrest mount. I know of 3 cases of this. Or Beta evo frames 2009. Or Sherco frames. Dadof2 i agree bikes need to improve but the way the fim have approached this wont work. And I am rather tired of you continually slating gas gas. Gas Gas are no worse than any other brand.

Dabster knows the FIM are trying to resuscitate the WTC they just are not making a very good job of it. Even if the weight increase did save money on parts this is far outweighed by holding rounds in Australia and Corsica.

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Make a good bike nobody will care what its called.

Yes I often look at photos of the tyz and then think why did scorpa bother making the same bike. Riding position, yokes, suspension manufacturer / design, engine tuning can make for two very different bikes. Take your point on future engine prices though.

Trouble with this is that a wild card is likely to face one of the top 4, difficult to see them progressing unless its easy.

ACU online licence is brilliant. Applied on new years eve and it was through the letter box today.

Its not that often I say this but I agree. Its just badly thought out or not thought out at all.

I buy raptors because i got 5 years out of the first set not because they are light. But you are right on the other stuff.

Wonder if its another manufacturers motor ? That would make a lot of sense.

No I dont think cleaning will make any ddifference. Thinner oil helps I have often used ATF dexron 3, including two SSDTs and this oil hasn't caused a problem.

Most buyers of the often quoted best built bike on the market replace the top quality thorntons sump guard. I think people will accept more weight if the bikes are more robust. Most people wouldn't be able to tell the difference between two bikes if one was full of fuel and the other was on reserve. However the Fim rule change wont increase reliability. For that you need limited changes of key components in a season.

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Not so fast with the mineral fluid this was introduced in 2004/5. Early models were dot 4. If you take the cover off and the rubber inside the master cyl is black use dot 4. If its green its mineral

its another of Andrew Chandler's aliases dabster

I dont think jake will have taken that picture

I use a socket with the same o/d as the bearing tube to knock the tube through and the other side bearing. Once you have some movement do as dabster described.

FIM rules from 1st Jan 2015 all machines will have more than one rear suspension unit and no effective brakes are permitted. I have been working as a development rider on a bike re badged as an swm since October......