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Noticed last night watching x trial all the top boys have stuck with AJP.

Theres a guy in the north east centre of the uk rides a 2011 4t sherco, he seems to like it.

A metal adjuster will dint the underside of the slide, plastic one doesn't ?

on my 05 250 GG i ended up borrowing a mates CDI Box and then Stator plate, still had a spark but would not go. Eventually I removed the cloth I had put in the carb and forgot to take out when putting the filter box back on...... and it started ! so have you blocked off the air filter / carb / reeds and left somthing in or left the pilot jet on the bench (did that at the SSDT) ? If you dont reply i'll know its a yes...

Just a thought if ajp went bust how long will formula last? We shouldnt need so many levers as the formula ones fold back so how will formula make it pay.

Friend of mine ties the lever to the bars every week and its been ok. i think it must put pressure on the hydraulic seals though ?

Change the oil. I have the same bike and run asda 10/40, it was only 1degree C here yesterday and the clutch didnt drag from cold. Other than that id ride the bike more often, its what we are here for !

Ok then Do we all meet at your house on Sunday and you can take it from there ? Or is this somebody else can do it better as long as its not me ? At present trials riders dont know what they want apart from a clean in a section they like under rules they prefer without a queue. We have however many individuals in the who all want it their way so how is the ACU or anyone else going to fix that ? just used the on line licence by the way, excellent.

I dont know about the longlife pistons but splatshop have done one for me before and I was very happy with the job. Splatshop advertise on tc as well.

Thanks for the number wrighty, good trial despite weather

Bear in mind that the factory boys moved from 280 to 300 either 04 or 05. I think the early 300s were smoother but 07 on i dont think they are.

The 2009 and 2010 300 was a lot more powerful than the 280, much more tiring to ride. Doubt this has changed in 2011

Hi Folks anyone know if this event is still on ??

i think its withered....

have you tried birkett there was a photo of a rebuilt sy shock on here which was fitted to a second hand team bike somebody had bought. Dont know if its the same shock but its only a phone call to find out

yesterday was pretty cold at butsfield has he checked the coolant recently and is the cooling fan working ?

send a PM to Rosey, he is always raving about rim tape

Rosey The williams Yam is a 262

If there is sufficient petrol in the tank the petrol will gravity feed through the pump hence DBFs experience when removing the line to the carb.

I may have mentioned Montesa many pages ago. Just to clarify the initial point I was making was the WTC is no longer influencing sales and if its not, from the manufacturers point of view, why incur the expense ? The BTC has had rules and sections similar to the WTC since 2005 at the moment the objection to no stop seems to be that UK riders will not be able to compete at WTC level because they are riding different rules at BTC from next year. As much as I admire our top British riders I dont think going no stop will make a british world round winner in 2012 any less likely. Its not that long ago one of our top riders rode a world round and fived every single section. Under a no stop BTC how much worse would that rider of done ? Not getting at the rider in question, he is a fantastic rider but he didnt look like one that day. I'm not sure what rules our well meaning contributors from the states run but who was the last American WTC round winner in the top class, Bernie ? So again if the USA went no stop how much more unlikely is an american world round win in 2012 ? It doesnt matter what rules you run guys the WTC is too hard and this prevents even a resonable number of entries. We have had references to various other sports and the organisers of these sports not seeking to limit the skills of those at the top of the sport. Tennis doesnt need to limit Nadal, FIFA dont need to limit Messi because in both cases the organisers are not seeing a shortage of entries. If there were six entries for Wimbledon or the World Cup then something would be changed. Others think they wont be able to ride stop permitted in local trials. You still can but the issue even at centre level now is that the top course attracts by far the fewest entries. So for all the valid arguements, complaints and in some cases ranting rubbish (dont refer to the ACU in those terms again please) I'd like to go back to the problem as it stands. Not enough people want to ride the current WTC/BTC/Hard Course. Happy to listen to any other ideas on fixing this. I do realise that our current top two may not ride next year. The views we need are from the people the change in rules is aiming to attract to the championship course, does it make them any more likely to compete ? For the last 16 years at BTC level the Champ route has catered for the very best but fewer and fewer people seem to want to play the game. Bear in mind in a recent BTC round a supported rider lost 153 marks in 36 sections, thats an average of 4.25 marks per section. Is he a better rider for this experience ? Did the man and his dog spectating enjoy watching this performance ? Will this rider even enter a World Round on the champ route next year ? The 4th placed finisher lost 127, an average of 3.5marks per section. Again I mean no disrespect to the riders but they are not going to step up to a higher level of severity are they ? No stop is being tried in an attempt to reduce the gulf in the abilities of riders, please lets just try it. What have we really got to lose ?

Seth your confusing two or three different types of JCM. The 323 was a Tau engine as riddden by Charles Coutard, Joel Descuns, Benard Cordonnier and John Reynolds. This bike was tested by Birks for TMX but he never rode one other than that as he was on the Yam at the time which was light years ahead. There was also a 250cc version of this bike. This is the original JCM factory, their last bike had the tank under the seat and its best result was 3rd in the 86 French WTC tround in the hands of Pascal Cotourier. As a mono it as first ridden by Coutard and Descuns in the world rounds in 83, Descuns rode the SSDT in 84 on one. None of these models were imported prior to June / July 1984, your bike will have been made in 83 but at that point there was no importer so its either been brought into the country by an individual or its been old stock when supplied by JCM. This JCM concern went bust late 86 / early 87 but a new JCM company was launched and Tony Scarlett signed for them and rode that bike, called a Viga for two years, this was similar to the last bike Cotourier had but with a Gas Gas air cooled engine which I think was based on Moto Villa MX bike. The next JCM incarnation was the Striet JCM, this was the bike ridden by Birks and imported by Bob Gollner and I suspect was another different company from the one Scarlett rode for. JCM had their bike out in public in the WTC in 83, Bikrs first rode the Yam competitively in Aug 83 I think at the Hillsborough as it was then. The Beta TR32 came out early in 84 but again wasnt as good as the Yam.

DBF unscrew the filler cap then see if it starts

guessing I think dbf mentioned he had a new style sherco previously

Rosey I'll check with Roger if his is 262 or 250, if its 250 I doubt porting whould have made a huge difference so i'd think probably the carb. Herbie David Page did ride that bike at a centre trial in the lake district. After the trial he thought the bike was pretty good as he had cleaned every section he would have thought you needed a 270 for. Shirty and birks have also built short stroke 250's not sue what the actual cc was ? David Pages bike had the barrel base skimmed to compensate for the shorter crank. The top of the crankcase on the clutch side had to be filed to give enough cleareance on the carb bowl. in a strange coincidence Roger Williams bought a short stroke air cooled Yam with a modified linkage off Ernie Page and rode it for about a year. Probably the same bike ?

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