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Hi Cope ; I could but the camera was too shaky! besides that Janet kept pulling me by the ear for some reason. We were also fortunate see the gonzes's de la mountains. (Adams family babes complete with moustaches etc etc)...Just for info the Sherco now refitted with warrsanty rear wheel, stator, CDI & ht coil was fine for 3 days I'm now awaiting water pump seals......moto de diablo!!!!

Roving report from Carpentras France..went last night 7 Zones (sections) spread through the town, zone 5 was the most difficult where only Rahga & Fujinami actually cleaned it. it was a selection/jumble of Tree runks (big) ..when I say Jumble it realy was very cleverly marked out just centimetres off line meant a fiasco. Fantastic atmosphere large crowd (free entry) Fuji & Raga put on a show whilst results were collated.. how does Fuji do those wheelies he gets the bike over bacwards ( i.e he front wheel in air but back wheel in front) It was a close result as Rage got back wheel off line by a fraction on a big pipe where "you" needed to get a big (read massive) handfull in 3rd to launch it into space..boy did he bolock his minder.. then he bent a back brake disk..they changed the wheel ..he tested .no good ..another wheel.. ok on with the show but that 5 nearly gave it to Fujigas. Only word of advice to futre visitors don't buy a coffee at the cafe Rich 10 euros for 4 thimbles of coffee argh!!!!!!!! My sponsord rider in France Jerome Bethune was the only other rider to get near to exiting section 5 but he seemed to run out of time in every section getting old I guess. The show finished at midnight with prize giving.. proper reports and videos on other sites probably. Hope this gives a taste of trials life her in South of France. Next trial 4 days of Cruise where all those beer drinking brits invade and engage in fruitless conversations with oobservers..really funny to watch but thats another story..for those guys coming to Cruise or Haut Vosges this year the control tecnique (scrutineers) have so far been very "hot " on sharp edges ..handlebar grips.etc.and as usual lights that work. wishing I was 30 years younger all best to all TC folk.

Just to offer current experience for us; we are riding at 2.500 mtrs (7500 ft) ..no pinking, slight loss of power mostly at top end of revs..we are running pretty lean oil mix 1.5%)for maximum petrol/air mix.. have you changed your fuel supply?..clean filter etc.

Gas Gas = Cas Cas (amenne tes utiles) Sherco = ****co (gard ton velo)

At least you wern't rude enough to tell us to take up observing... I reckon you could guesse which team did the nit picking and it wouldn't need too many tries to get it right

Its getting to be more and more of a circus act every year.. The bikes are developed for these guys to be able to do sections only they can do, then the production cost of the bikes is shaved to a minimum so the bikes are unreliable and overdeveloped for thier market. I know I'm an old git but it must at least be apparant to some that this brilliant spectacle to watch is not actually of benifit to the average mortal who buys new trials bikes... It appears that a large proportion of the funding for the WTC comes from manufactures ergo purchasers... I have reached a stage /age? where I could buy any bike any time BUT there isn't one worth the money .WTC only puts me off buying new bike.

Thats a fair comment ..BUT...my point/question was why when there is a problem (I have had 2 with this bike,1 in UK and 1 as described above) is it so difficult to get anything done.. had I been in UK with the same problem (along with my experience with the first problem her in UK) I reckon I would still be without a bike arguing the toss about warranty period..did I mistreat the bike?...did I cause the problem ? anything to delay actually sorting out the problem.I think most people would accept that most trials bikes are made from cheapest collection of parts available and sold at premium prices. Bearing this in mind I think that it is incumbrent upon the whole supply chain (heaven knows ther's a lot of margins to fill there!) to offer top service as I recieved when in trouble in France.

Didnt check.. it physically fitted and worked..you know how it is when you're "in the mountains" .it was the only option available and it worked ..well...better than the new rteplacement even.

Had problems with my Sherco since I bought it last September. Went riding on Corsica a five day guided ride by Michael Pissano (paris/dakar & enduro proffessionel) second day my bike conked out no spark. so we telephoned Dherby Moto in France who sent stator CDI , flywheel key ,puller etfc etc. we got the bits next day by airmail it turned out to be the HT coil which we didn't have as these normally never fail!...We scoured the island and found an Ht coil from a DT Yam which gave a massive spark. When we got back to mainland went to Dherby with the bits ready to pay for what I'd used and the freight cost ..The guy would take no money and said it was all covered under the warranty.he said Sherco have a 1 year warrant and Beta a 2 year warranty.he was surprised to see the "old type" rear wheel on my bike every bike he had sold was "recalled "and a new rear wheel supplied.I have in past never had a problem with Beta service but have had to fight over months to resolve small problems with the Sherco including the rear wheel. My question is WHY is is different in uk? to France..Just as a point of interest to those who like to fiddle for performance...the ht coil from an old DT yam gave a super spark which was reflected in the response/power of the motor..shame I had to give it back! Logical excuses for comparitively. poor service would be appreciated

He's right simple as that

This is nothing new I recall 30 years ago rushing round at the front to finish a Brit champs round and getting in on time along with a handfull of others. The stars of the day simply roda at the back at thier own pace all were over the hour late, we were chuffed to have got some points but similar to your experience time allowance was extended due to "force majeure". Clearly I am completely unaware of the details of your Ire.

Wellcome and good luck..it will be an interesting "transition" for you..although it's motorbikes /offroad it's a completely diffent discipline

So long as you have about 20mm of up and down movement at the slack/middle of the lower chain run ..you will need to overide the chain tensioner spring force . I have made some snail cams with quite a big "click" between actual stop positions which make it practically impossible to overtension the chain. Too loose it might come off/rattle... too tight may damage g.box output brgs so it's best to err on slack rather than tight. Not sure about the affect of climate conditions on Hawai though!

If you can run it for several miles on the road it will pull up a new edge and you can then turn it again ..plus the sidewalls get nice and soft.

Sweet ..you got a good woman there.

Ally exaust?..

When we were running 4RtS (way back in 05) I made up some sus links .really worth doing only recolection re the std. footrest hangers was that they seemed to be from a different bike.. poor design, made of chewing gum.The hing I recall was that you may have to gring a radius on the heel of your aftermarket footpeg as the std brkt. is a bent U shape with big internal radii. Piccie of one on my website. Also 315 brackets are different won't fit 4rt..I gave my last pair away recently

Damnebly kind of you rockyrider I have a pair of nice Blue ones too.

For 7 painfull years in my late forties I suffered with tendonitus in elbows ;I found the only way to amelierate this was to bring/rotate the bars back. It worked for me. It used to be (and still is for me) that riding is like walkimng ..i.e you do it on yore feet but modern bikes developed and modern riding tecniques lean towards strong arms being required.

IF the only time you would need to hop the front (or rear ) sideways is if you havn't got enough steering lock...unless your'e doing sections that require putting a tyre where you can't simply ride it to..logically it would follow that hopping from a steering turned position is all you need. I know sometimes we might run out of space for othe reasons best "advice" I can come up with is to not look down at where your tyre is i.e look ahead a bit more.. or better only ride events that are well marked out with a choice of lines. oops thats another topic.. all best

Lots of logistical problems for us to get over there but it looks like the friendliest wellcome going for trials folk... maybe we can get a grant of our govermment to research the travels of the original Prisoners Of Millbank. Hope you get some overseas visitors and have a cracking good week.

It's a bit of a Hazy memory for me but I seem to recall that our Centre is made up of clubs and voting "rights" on Centre matters are based upon club membership. This is another reason for keeping the clubs in this particular loop. Surely it wouldn't be difficult for the ACU to "trade off" printing a particular ACU card holders club & Centre on the card after the club has validated his/her membership leaving it up to the clubs to choose how to raise membership and subscriptions. In brief there are still a few people left at club level who are prepared to work for nothing more than the glory of thier particular club and of course the sport (because it won't work at all without them) so why doesn't the ACU offer these people a benifit (less work ?) for changing the way they work.

Try the smoothing it our forum within Sherco forums.

In an ideal world flat would be preferableand logical; as I outlined above though most riders are more sensitive to back angle rather than fwd. angle,just about all OEM's seem to have a wide tolerance on the bracket /mounting angle. There is some merit or preference (particularly for "trick" riders) to have some fwd. angle as it provides better purchase for catching the rebound of the back suspension when hopping the back,if you relate to the old saying that riding is like walking...try the difference between hopping (even balancing) from standing with you toes in the air compared to doing it with your heels in the air..toes down is a natural stance we take ready for action.Most of our body weight is communicating with the bike via our legs and feet so a good connection or interface is not only critical to good performance but also (as usual with trials folk) highly subjective. As I was past my best before date 35 years ago I take feedback from the young uns (anyone under 50!). One thing for sure hence my "brand name" footrests are at least as important a control element as any other part of the bike we touch when riding. As you've probably gathered I'll waffle on about this subject for ever. All best CW

Steady on Lowbrow thats far too obvious maybe a keyword should be Reliability trial another no speed element. It's clear to all of us that insurance brokers/companies /underwriters don't really need our pitifull amount of business. seems a bit different abroad (read cheaper ) but then all bikes have to be registered thus homolugated thus according to Sherco for sure more expensive there.