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What year is your gas gas ? I have fittted a 2007 pedal to my 2013, which is a lot less likely to get snagged on anything as its doesnt stick out as far. You will need to file a little off so it doesnt catch the frame. The aftermarket btrake pedals are rubbish, i had the same experience as you.

na cant go past raptor pegs copey. Im surprised this mod exists and doubt it makes much difference hence the question !

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Anyone tried the Jitsie steel front spindle ? Its supposed to make the handling more stable by adding weight to the front

sure Ham has Jimmy Nails greatest hits somewhere.......

Bedlington motor club are staging a two day trial at the popular Hope Farm venue over Easter Weekend. The trial will take place on Sunday 31st March and Monday 1st April. The event will cater for all classes of rider from very easy to expert. Each day will be 4 laps of 10 different sections.If you haven’t been to Hope Farm before the venue has some excellent natural terrain and is predominantly rock gullies and rock outcrop. Start time will be 11am each day and you can enter on the day. Due to recent weather it is not going to be possible to camp or use caravans at the venue but local accommodation is available in nearby Rothbury.

350 jumbo or 280 ? One of them needs to find its way to my garage this year

on the bright side bang on cue TC classifieds has an advert for a 315 month cylinder and piston, get that email sent ! Its not mine by the way

3 days at ssdt, 4 day in france then reeth 3 day on a 2012 290 nothing fell off. i now have a gas gas so im not sherco blind. it only takes one thing to come loose then its a chain reaction. check exhaust, tank, engine bolts occaisionally and it will be fine. No different than any other bike

Id think a lanyard is no different to a kill switch its just breaking a circuit by removing the magnet rather than pressing a button

dont like that idea . how fast is the rear wheel spinning on an upside down bike with the throttle stuck open ? Id rather re chrome than lose body parts to a michelin chain saw !

It might be ok with ATF but all 3 of my shercos were quite happy on standard 10/40 motor oil. The clutch does drag a little from cold but that probably happens regardless of the oil. as for the mapping i can tell you if you take it off thats the softer setting which is what i did, most people dont need to make a 290 any quicker, certainly not for NE centre trials anyway. Make a cover for the fuel tank filler so its not getting mud in when you fill up part way through a trial. Only other thing I would do is run some rtv silicone round the lower tray the air filter sits on so that no muck gets down the side of the filter. And if your going to be dropping it get some carbon look protection for the petrol tank and exhaust as they look very tatty once dented. Splatshop and AG bikes both stock them.

hard to do but dont panic you have at least 15 seconds before its going to go bang. vitually every bike has a domino throttle just rip the cable and the top comes off releasing the cable. that will be enough most of the time unless the slide is jammed. this happened once on a kx 125 and we turned fuel off and put the choke on then used rear brake / clutch

mate you need to clean the outside of the carb before taking it to bits or you are going to put more muck back in than you remove

its sometimes not the best to watch as most sections start with a monster step so if they dont get past that theres nothing to see.

lots of 2 stroke oils will be fine such as silkolene rock oil motul putoline castrol (check its pre mix not injector) or pj1. great bikes by the way is it cable or hydraulic clutch ? 93 was first hydraulic 250 clutch i think ?

petrol tank loose or the stay between cylinder base and frame.

ok if fitted correctly but orig design is for the 2008 frame. I think you need to warm the tank so it doesnt touch the exhaust and electrics. Ring Gas Gas and somebody will explain. also see tc classified ads for a used one now.

Look people its obviously not easy but theres no need to chuck the towel in just yet. We need to ask some reasonable questions and do a few things to make the bikes more presentable to the police and others. OTF I dont know how old you are but i've got a few years left and dont fancy doing 4 X 10 sections till I croak ! By the way there is an event run in scotland which may have trouble contacting every household but maybe scotland is different, I certainly hope so.

Pete i'd be on the same page as you in terms of you need to do it by the book otherwise you leave yourself and the club at the mercy of the law if something goes wrong. However earlier in the thread somebody posted that the rule regarding contacting everybody as you have described it cant possibly be applied by say rally GB, its just not practical. So it may be worth checking out with a rally club if there is onenearby how they deal with it or ask MSA what rally GB provide? As for being part of big Daves red tape campaign, well yes it would be if our bikes were in any way defendable in terms of legality. We could be a lot more public about our sport if we didnt have so much to hide ! Why cant a trials rider fit a speedo ? probabaly weighs 1/2 kg ? Horn about the same Some of our riders leave the lights on why not all ? and is a quick detach legal number plate really beyond the wit of man? IF we sort the bikes out then we could perhaps send this to big Dave.....

Thanks for posting this goes well with a glass of red !

Just looked at Copeys torque values which are pinned Never used a torque wrench, i have seen one before but it only worked with a socket. So unless there is a ring spanner version how do you torque cylinder base nuts as I can't get a socket on the front two ?

thanks for the praise ham Theres a couple more points to think about here First of all Copey is right to point out, although he perhaps didnt mean to, that compressors, impact guns, spanners all come in different sizes. So what i should have said is if your using my gear you wont have a problem with overtightening with an impact gun as the gun at is maximum is only just strong enough to remove the nut which presumably was set at the correct torque at the factory. Also only use it on the areas I use it on and not on say a 6mm bolt in alloy. second thing is I'm a desk jockey sitting at a keyboard Monday to Friday and in my experience I havent ever had the strength to snap or strip a bolt using a ring spanner. Not everybody has my lack of strength or spanner set !

Ok by way of explanation impact gun for removal and re fit of clutch, primary gear and flywheel nut. mark it before you remove if you like but the gun i have only just manages to get these things off so goes back as tight as i can get it. everything else i use a spanner and experience !

thats a shame would have been great to have Toni Bou on the forums