[Crazy question…Carbon fiber as silencer packing?]

No worries, I can remember at the time, being quite concerned about it and wanting to make sure all us Firemen wore breathing apparatus at any possible fire involving carbon fibre. 

It's great stuff but not when it burns, a bit like that once wonderful material called asbestos! 

[Crazy question…Carbon fiber as silencer packing?]

I seem to remember that when carbon fibre is involved in fire it releases micro hooked fragments that just love to lodge in lungs. Potentially quite a serious problem for Firefighters due to modern car design and other forms of construction. 

Not that in a silencer it would be directly involved in a fire, but it's close enough to be degraded and shot out the tailpipe with the heat that is produced. 

Just a thought !

[WTB: Dellorto PHBH26CS carburetor cota 315R]

2 hours ago, Mk1finks said:

Is it needing anything done to it? Im starting to think I’m carb-illiterate….

No, it's good to go, I swapped it for a Keihin out of curiosity. 

If you're interested, message me, I'll strip it and send some pictures.

 

 

 

[WTB: Dellorto PHBH26CS carburetor cota 315R]

I've got one !

I was keeping it as a spare but probably won't swap it back again.

?

 

 

[300 RR MY22 low compression insert]

A good result !

[300 RR MY22 low compression insert]

NGK LZFH perhaps ?

[300 RR MY22 low compression insert]

A low profile, 90' plug cap might do the job at first glance.

[EM FACTOR-e la révolution trial électrique]

This was the Mecatecno five years ago, with a gearbox.

It's interesting that their current bike is gear free, were they just after a super light bike or did they feel gears were unnecessary. 

They've obviously got the facility to produce the gearbox should it be needed to compete with the EM.

[2014 gasgas rear brake master cylinder]

Rightly or wrongly I always use ptfe tape around bike or car bleeder nipples to try to stop the 'false' bubbles.

It usually does the trick for me when vacuum bleeding. 

[Two Bikes in a Partner/berlingo]

Looks to me, from the photo, like it's possible but with both bikes at an angle, on full lock and with the handle bars dropped ?

[JCM 325 Europa]

I always liked the look of the red JCM that Tony Scarlett rode, at the time it looked very light, slim and the bike to win on !

 

 

[JCM 325 Europa]

The early ones had a Tau engine, I'd a 323 at the time.

The later newer look bikes, I thought, had a Gas gas engine, never heard of the Yamaha motor though.

[JCM 325 Europa]

I can remember JCM parts were difficult to get, even back in the day.

I'm sure it was Quinns in Gateshead that imported them.

There's probably a bunch of generic parts that could be sourced from other bikes of that period.

 

[Plastic Bash/Skid Plate]

Fairly sure my Montesa 330 came out of the box with a plastic shield, was ripped to shreds in quick time so I made my own wrap around alloy one.

[How to tell if a bike is a 125 or 250]

I can't give you an answer on that,  but I once bought a "240" JCM monopro from a well known dealer, got it home and stripped it, only to find an unusually large piston within. It was a 323, I wasn't too happy.

So it's not a stupid question !

 

 

 

[Catastrophic failure. Help!]

Could it not just be, hopefully...... the woodruff key ?

[1984 TY 250 Mono]

If I remember rightly the 84 model had a gap at the base of the frame's headstock, the later model had it 'filled' in.

At the time it was a known source of stress cracks and I can confirm that as mine went that way too.

It just needed a good few welds to fill it in and give the area a bit more strength.

 

[BETA TECHNO DOUGIE LAMPKIN REP 1998]

Shouldn't be too difficult for someone to identify him, a whopping nose and a very small pudding bowl hair cut.

Scum.

[Clutch issues]

Have you tried setting off down a slope or giving it a push in neutral then without using the clutch, pop it in gear.

Ride around for a few minutes, warm it up, using the clutch lever, then see if it'll disengage smoothly ?

Might have to use the brakes against the clutch.

Probably not as simple as that though !

[07 txt pro]

I've drowned several Montesas over the years, the first one I pushed home and the next day emptied out what water was left in the crank case.

A new set of big end bearings swiftly followed my costly mistake.

Since then I've always had the bike immediately upside down, spark plug out and turned it over for several minutes,  then a quick strip of the float bowl.

You must've been in pretty deep to affect the upper electrics, hence my story. In theory the breather pipe should be the only way into the casing if that's the source of your troubles.

 

 

[349 rebuild take 3]

If your new handlebars are the of the fat variety then you will most likely need a set of adapter mounts.

 

[349 rebuild......slowly!]

I bought mine new, way back when, and it looked awesome, yours is heading that way

The front forks on mine were red with black hubs and gold rims.

The foot pegs were horrendous and made of butter. Oem was definitely not best !

 

 

 

 

[Which forks fit a TXT 2001?]

38mm forks, if the right length will fit your yolks.

Your next issue is to make sure you get the spindle for those forks.

If the spindle is too big or too small in diameter for your wheel, there will be a pair of bearings to fit.

My Montesa 315r has a Jotagas wheel, different bearings and 40mm Marzochhi forks and spindle from a Gas gas with different headstock bearings.

It's all possible

 

 

[acceptable boots]

Dunlop trials wellies were great until you had a dab in the boggy bit, I lost count of how many times I finished a section with only one boot.

 

[Starting a new outfit]

Great write up, had a 323 many years ago and loved the air shock.

Didn't care for the fiddly inboard rear wheel adjusters though, so converted them to 'normal'.

Hope your first outing goes well, sidecars are just bonkers !