Giving your trials bike to random people is a little like handing someone with zero firearms experience a loaded weapon and telling them to have at it. I'm amazed she stayed on it.
I am another 10/42 guy living in England. Another issue not mentioned here is that the stock chain is too short on a 2019 model to go 10/42. Just saying.
How many links is the 2019 chain?
EDIT: nevermind, found it... 100 links.
I think I've more or less come to terms with the pre-2019 gearing, so going from 3.8 to 3.9 should be a little better.
I think there's been a general degree of unhappiness with and friction between sport 7 and local organizations. I'm not all that surprised they're done.
As above... I think what everyone missed last year while going spastic over the whole Grattarola, Martyn kerfuffle was the fact that you actually had two riders fighting for a title right up to the last round.
What do you need to know? It takes about 38 seconds. Just find a good place to mount the meter, trim the wire to length, keeping in mind you need to wrap it around the spark plug/HT lead about 5 or 6 times (see the instructions on the meter). Some electrical tape around the wire finishes the job.
Next few months of no riding??? When winter closes in, it's the proper time to ride trials, or just get out on the bike.
He lives in Michigan. Comparing winter in Michigan to winter in Yorkshire is like comparing summer in the south of France with summer in Aberdeen.
The average low in Detriot in January is -8C, but as you know it gets pretty cold in Yorkshire as well. The problem is more the million feet of accumulated snowfall and the unceasing wind. You have fun outside if you want, I'll pass.
That hose clamp isn't doing you any favors. It's bunching up the boot, which is going to kill any seal, and it's also got perforations which are going to cut into the boot.
Clean the carb, inspect boot for damage, use the stock clamp, clean air filter, grease the filter sealing surface lightly with silicone grease, check for air leaks around the boot with WD-40.
If you're talking about the exhaust header bolts, you don't need any special tools other than a T handle allen wrench (https://goo.gl/My8jQq). Just turn the front wheel to the left or right to get it out of the way.
Let me ask it a different way: how does winning a T2 championship, defending it for a year, then going to GP not progress his career? I'd argue it progresses it more than going straight to GP now, finishing 10th on good day, and mentally taking a beating for the next 4 years.
I'm not cynical enough to think that Beta is treating this purely as a money grab. Obviously money factors into things, but since Beta already field Dabil and Caby, they're invested in the logistics of moving bikes/parts/people/etc around the world. All they'd really be paying is airfare and lodging for one more rider if Toby got tossed in, so again, I don't think the expense is a big consideration.
Xiu Kevlar clutch machining?
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The Xiu fingers are a drop in replacement. You don't need to do anything to them.