trickymicky

Yes, i use a 19mm Villiers carb on my 250 Cub- modified to suit by Mick Grant. It runs faultlessly, better than the 20mm Dellorto it replaced,

I don't know how to post pics on here, but if you use this link: http://www.odgie.com/_mgxroot/page_10783.html it should get you to the 'dirt bikes' page on me website, there's some shots of it on there. Failing that, try www.odgie.com, click on 'everything else' then click on 'me in the dirt' to get to the same page. Cheers. Great site Odgie, well worth a look, and That 'Beam cant be too bad- http://www.yorksclassictrials.co.uk/result...arm26-12-06.xls

No, taking the James to a vmcc trial just up the road for a nice,easy day- be thinking about you up there!

The organisers have started doing excellent sandwiches,soft drinks etc, so dont take a pack up!

Somebody has retracted a bid of

Are those boots Big John,Big John?

Wise choice- twinshocks ride the sections first both days, and have 1/2 hour less time allowance.

They used to come just before xmas , but thats changed. I thought mid Jan was mentioned but they could come anytime. I'd phone Marilyn Readshaw at Manx Trials club.Its a ballot now, so you should have the same chance as anyone else to get a ride. Great event though, a little too hard for most last year, but they listen to what the riders say,and you can be sure it will be back to normal and spot on this year.

http://www.acu.org.uk/uploaded/documents/S...0'%2006.pdf

I agree- the last time i bought a copy they were testing one of the latest four strokes and managed to make light of the fact that it simply refused to start when hot! One of their team , by his own admission has a day job selling curtains or whatever. Its hardly gone from strength to strength in recent years. Twenty years ago you could get the weekends trials results as early as tuesday night if you picked up a copy of motorcycle news at the local speedway meeting. Now, with the benefit of computers,tmx are seemingly unable to collect and print results with any degree of reliability. Its a shame really.

You cant blame the lad for spelling it wrong either, really. Some of Sandifords own dealers are spelling it incorrectly on their own web sites, including those who are no longer welcome on these pages. Its a minor point, but one which should have been addressed. Its little slip ups like that which leaves people questioning just how professional the people are who cant spell the name of their own product. Good post though OTF, got to say i agree entirely.

Bet John will know for sure Charlie, but i've always assumed he owned it, but that it has to reside at Beaulieu except when its displayed elsewhere for short periods. If thats right,does make you wonder who'.s it is though.

Does he sell aftermarket stuff and use penny washers for brackets?

We did pipeline- 2 3's and a five for me. Cleaned it 20 years later on an Ariel, must have got easier, much easier

A ty 250 yamaha- after inspecting an early group on the first day, i returned to my bike to find it had been knocked over, and bent one of the rear shocks to a right angle in the process! If that wasnt enough, it seized up before the end of the first day as the autolube had used up its oil. Then the rear wheel collapsed, which Owen Greenwood managed to rebuild on the coran ferry. I got a puncture on some sort of pensinsula road around a lake, was completely knackered, and Sammt Miller pulled up, on a TL250 honda (he was following the event) he says carry on round the next corner and i will help you change it. Off he went, so i carried on, with a flat, round the corner, and the next , and the next. never did see him. Dont know why he said it in the first place! Heartbreaking stuff, especially when your can of finelec has inadvertently gone off in your belstaff pocket!

Yes, i rode 1977 as well, big john, i was no 154 and you were 216. It must have been the wettest on record- rained every day. Although i finished, i got pneumonia, collapsed on the way back, and nearly died! - great fun! Still wake up at night with visions of that dead pan stare vesterinen would give me when i kept falling off in front of him and holding him up.

I think any number with an s in the middle is scottish, apart from age related numbers- a lot of them have s in the middle- these are all previously unissued for scotland anyway. Birmingham numbers always had an o in the middle, hence Ariels GOV's. no doubt there are exceptions, but thats generally the case.

]My guess is that these guys have been having a good old laugh at us while they've been doing this, and i'd expect such as Sandifords to be taking a closer look at their suitability for selling their products- it wouldnt be before time, these guys cant even spell Montesa correctly on their own website. I'd suggest 'Tony' gets enrolled at nightschool instead of playing on the computer.

In my experience, dealers resorting to such tactics are usually on the brink of some sort of financial crisis, and they can disappear as quick as they have sprung up in the first place, usually leaving a lot of upset customers in their wake. Stick with professional set ups.

just type in www.dvla.gov.uk/vehiclelicence When the page comes up, click on vehicle enquiry. The address is case sensitive (must be non capitals)

Yes, its a good site Charlie, you find yourself checking all your old bikes to see if they are still around and the famous works no,s as well

If you want to find out if a bike still exists, a start is to go onto www.dvla.gov.uk/vehiclelicence You need the reg no and make. If the vehicle in question still exists AND has a V5 relating to it, it should show up, giving date of registration etc. Obviously frame no's and present/previous owners are not shown. It goes without saying that a bike can still exist even if the number does not come up. Even a spelling mistake where the make is shown on a V5 would stop it coming up. Francis Barnett's can be a nightmare, with about 4 or 5 different ways of spelling it. Bultaco 669 NHO is on- first regd 26/11/1964

I managed to get a BMW K1100 road bike in a Peugeot Partner! The passenger seat tips up to reveal a storage area, and with the front wheel in that, it went in.

786 GON (OR 788 GON) is not on the dvla computer(at least not on an ariel) which is odd as i would have expected a bike of historical interest to have had it reinstated even if it had been lost at some time.GOV 130,131 AND 132 are all on, with dates of original registration for GOV 131 and GOV 132 correctly shown as 1947. For some reason the date of original registration for GOV 130 is shown as 1954.

I don't think it was an actual statement from the ACU T&E committee that the bikes would be checked at the Greensmith. It came about as a result of a protest made at the previous round and as a consequence someone from the Greensmith organisers siad that bikes would be checked at the Greensmith. Whether this was a specific statement or just a question of should they I don't know but word got around that they would be checked. As you say, they weren't, but that aside, how can you suddenly throw bikes out of a class at the penultimate round when they have been competing in that class all year. From the bikes that were there I would say the greater percentage would have been in the specials class if the rule had been enforced. Apart from the rigids, almost everything else had non standard something fitted. I still don't know what the answer is. At least there are 2 routes in the Miller series so the easier route is fine for the bigger bikes or standard smaller bikes so there is no reason owners of those bikes can't enjoy a good days trialling. If a better rider has a standard bike then they can always ride the harder route for a challenge. Perhaps the rules could state that modified bikes ride the hard route, that way they're not competing against unmodified bikes and forget about the specials class...?? The twinshock rule that states must be twinshock of original manufacture has been in since the series began back in the 80s. It was missed out of last year's handbook by mistake but is back in now. There isnt really an answer and history has just about repeated itself, at least where my local club is concerned. I keep all results and around 1980, 25 bikes in the pre unit class was not unusual. Now there are none (0) or occasionally 1. Not keen on forcing anyone on to the hard route- some of the riders are elderly and it would finish them off. At some events, such as the Manx Classic, the specials class, with nobody admiting they should be in it, is a pretty easy class to win and there is some impressive silverware for the pot hunters out there. (at the manx, at least) Heres a question- if a rider on a standard bike entered and won the specials class, could he get kicked out for his bike not being special enough?? (cant believe i've just written that!)