The biggest disadvantage is that no inspection sections are not fair. By that i mean they favour some riders and not others. A rider who has ridden a no inspection section at an event the previous year will know what to expect whereas a first time rider wont. A good example of this is the Weighbridge section in the Cotswold Cups trial. Its no inspection but regular riders know to look out for a sharp deviation towards the top of an otherwise traditional section. Newcomers invariable ride straight up it and five it.
Hollinsclough in the Reliance is another- regulars and locals know it like the back of their hand (and can quite legally ride up it the week before if they wish). Of course section plotters have an advantage as well if they happen to mark it out and ride, or if the landowner where these no inspection sections are happens to ride too....
I hope you are going to rebuild the BSA Mono then, Slinny told me that the shock was Girling and they were a pain in not wanting to get involved with the project. or the "MONO" shock would have become reality in 1963.
The bike actualy won a class at the Red Marley hill climb that year. Ridden by Brian Martin I think. Slinny will put me right if I am wrong.
Booth him and me Mick would be well intrested in the project as you know.
Regards Charlie.
PS I am still working out my bit about the Pre 65 classes will get back later.
Hi Charlie, No,sadly i dont seem to have the bike in question. Its interesting though how long a good idea can take to catch on. Even after sprung rear ends were offered, some riders still thought rigids were better and bought them in preference to springers for a while..
or the "works" C15 BSA with monoshock rear suspension that was made in 1964/5 be elegiable for the pre 65 scottish ??.
Slinny
I reckon i might have the actual frame here. Sadly the shock has had it ,but with a bit of work i reckon a Yam one would fit.Dont suppose you kept the log book?
Great Britain has always been a nation of inventive engineers, Richard Trevithick, I.K. Brunel, the Stephensons, R.J. Mitchell the list goes on and on, give them a need or a challenge along with adequate funding and engineering will find a way. This is exactly what is happening in P65/British bike trials at the present time, alter the regulations and they will continue to come up with a new answer to a new challenge. So can anything be done to stop the continuing and rapid change of a sport and hobby many of us enjoy into the two wheeled equivalant of F1.
Every year before and after the Scotttish P65 machine eligibility is discussed over and over but there is never a satisfactory solution, so what if anything can be done?
Well I believe that there is an easy solution that should put the sport back where it belongs and why cannot Scotland lead the way by allowing in the P65 classes all original spec machines and place the modified bikes into a specials class, the overall winner would be riding an original bike, it would mean setting traditional sections but that again would reduce the advantage gained by the riders of modified machines.
Once more the Scottish P65 could be enjoyed by riders of genuine bikes who would once again be competitive. Critics may say but who will scrutineer machines before the trial but they are carrying this out anyway. Both original and modified machines could then be ridden and enjoyed and once more the many older bikes that do not see the light of day would be back in use.
If only it was that simple..
For a start its not possible to police what you cant see, so even an apparently 'original spec' bike could get away with modern fork internals and modern ignitions. What scrutineer is going to spot a lightweight replica frame with just slightly altered geometry to give it the edge over the other 'original' bikes? Would period modifications be allowed? If so whose going to decide if they were pre 65 or post 65 mods? Sammy Miller's original Ariel GOV 132 has a high ground clearance short wheelbase frame with oil in it,lightweight hubs,norton forks etc. On the basis of what your proposing it would have to go in the specials class... Few would deny that the Matchless of Len Hutty would deserve a place in your original spec class and he is more than capable of winning the event at its present severity,indeed most of the sections are traditional anyway-thats what its all about...
Hi Big John, The first 348 Mont i saw was owned by Alan Blood. He rode the Scottish on it in 1976 or 1977. You may remember it, the frame snapped miles from anywhere and a working party had to be set up to go and dismantle it and bring it back in bits...
in 2002 i bought a 112 Vito great van ,no problems and still going strong at 130000 mles
in Dec 2006 i collected my new all singing, danceing T5 130 bhp trendline super van
Dec 2007 after 13000 miles we are on the 3rd clutch, new handbrake asembley , new rear door,
due to handbrake failing, so not very happy,
All vans do have problems, but the main problem with VW is trying to get them to sort them out
VW Customer care , Ha Ha good joke
Although you do get help after your solicitors letters have gone in
Get A Vito
Yes, its pretty well known about the reliability issues, but some of the Van centres are hopeless- usually causing more problems than they went in with. My local one, Nottingham Van Centre have just lost the VW franchise which is a blessing, really , and i'd like to think i played a small part in helping them lose it....
If you go for the T5 Transporter be prepared for potential problems, at least if it has a 5 cyl engine. Mine spent 42 days at the dealer in the 3 miserable years i owned it. Sure, some will counter that by saying theirs has been fine. The easiest way to get a true reflection is to ask one of the mechanics at your local main dealer... When the last item failed, a driveshaft,it was on back order for 6 weeks.
Yours may be a PHBL 22,depending how long ago it was bought as the PHBL 20 was discontinued i believe. A 200 cc Cub may differ from these a little, but i doubt it and at least its a reference to start with.
I've found the Villiers carb is superior to either of the above and if you decide to go down that route, Mick Grant sorted mine, they need altering to work correctly.
Nice one Charlie / Lee. I didnt ride this year,but the section where most of the pics were taken was used for the first time the previous year and was pretty hard. That side view of a Cub,the close up, is Duncan Macdonald, and will interest anyone with a Cub. Duncan doesent use an outer timing cover at all, to save a little more weight. Looks like he's altered his fuel tank too to give it some more capacity.
Centrally Speaking is always a great read and started at a convenient time for me as i had stopped subscribing to T+mx news because less and less of the content was of any interest to me. I gave them a last chance and picked up a copy in Smiths about 4 weeks ago, and in the short time i was in a queue to pay for it went through it cover to cover,confirmed there were no features,gripping editorial or results to last week's trial.Never made it to checkout,went back on the shelf. That paper needs a bloody good shake up,there is far more interesting stuff out there to read now from the likes of John Hulme and Jez Kane. Obviously they cant provide an up to date results service,but neither can T+mx.
It surfaced,about 5 years ago, i think and i'm pretty sure it passed through the hands of Bryan Verrall, a motorcycle Dealer, or 'purveyor of motorcycles' as he prefers to call it...
I had a Fraser 250 - built by Colin Tipping at Redditch. He imported secondhand dismantled TL 250's from the US and used more or less everything except the frame and made his own. They were a handful and i put a steel band on the flywheel of mine to try and calm it down a little. The swinging arm on mine used to bend too, but was easily straightened with a long bar! Some had the later twin exhaust port engine and a crazy countershaft arrangement, involving two rear drive chains. Needless to say,little has been heard of Mr Tipping since...
I had clutch slip on my'88 RTL. Mine was easily cured, the slots in the aluminium clutch basket where the clutch plates sit had become notched. I simply filed them smooth again,finishing off with a bit of wet and dry ( it can be done in situ if pay particular attention to cleanliness). Cured it completely..
...Sherco is at this time preparing the appropriate legal actions to require the company in question to respect the rights of Sherco and discontinue the production of this product.
Like to see how far they get with this!
Yes, that will be money they can ill afford wasted,i'm afraid. Sherco can only hope the product is crap, but even if it is the Chinese will address concerns and get it right with the right feedback. Who would have thought an Indian tyre company could make very good Trials tyres a few years ago?
Ask around about the Volkswagen T5 before you buy. The 5 cylinder ones are weak, with a whole host of problems. My 174 BHP spent 45 days at the dealers before i sold it. If you must have one, make sure it has warranty. Briefly, heres some of what you can look forward to-Water pump, p/steer pump, turbo,gearbox,flywheel,ecu,driveshafts, oil cooler. I could go on, but dont take my word for it, if anyones considering one,print off this list and go and ask at any VW workshop. if these are known problems.
They probably dont have the cash to keep the A + E open, now some GP's are earning up to 250K a year, thanks to a farcical tick sheet incentive system.
Yes, a brilliant day, but why are there never any direction markers to get there? I've been to Hawkstone times and still manage to get lost. I just hope the organisers didnt lose any 'casual' visitors who gave up looking and went home..
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