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Depends how competitive you are. I can notice a slight hardening of the rubber to the touch after a year. I can notice a slight performance drop in a couple of years old tyre, but i typically practice on tyres 5 or so years old and they are more than adequate. I have tyres on my older bikes over 10 years old that do the job of thrashing about, but if i was going to compete on them id put on a fresher tyre

It would be interesting to see the age demographic of this site. Loosely speaking id say the younger trials rider is more into the competing side, and the older into restorations and casual riding (there are exceptions). And as said above, most younger people are on social media. That being said, i don't even come across much chat or discussions on facebook (bar the ssdt) regarding what you are say!

Your bike should have a dellorto with a relatively fine mesh built in on the inlet. Keihins don't have anything, so it is always recommended to fit an inline filter for them. I have fitted filters for both carbs and never noticed any starvation issues. Most tank tap built in filters are rather coarse. It depends how throughother you are while filling your tank especially at trials when theres mud around your filler cap.

All bikes will do that when cold, they run leaner, even when you take the choke off the bike is still warming up for the next minute or so. As pindie says, if this disappears when warm, its nothing to worry about, if theres still a slight hint, then its indicating you are too lean.

The embarrassment of turning up at my local hospital in riding gear and explaining i was out riding my bike when i should have been at home is more than enough for me not to even think of riding. PS my local hospital has actually closed its A&E to better accommodate covid victims

Says on your packaging, 2000. Have a feeling 2000 had different forks because one side was compression, the other damping. If you look at https://www.splatshop.co.uk/sherco-new-type-fork-tube-l-r.html they list the r099 fork tube from 2001 onwards, so 2000 must have different fork tubes, which is possibly what you have received. Although if you look at these https://www.splatshop.co.uk/sherco-99-fork-tube-left.html https://www.splatshop.co.uk/sherco-99-fork-tube-right.html which are for the 99/2000 forks they have different part numbers, r080, r081. Still none the wiser. Maybe you have got a 2000 tube incorrectly labelled as being r099.... And since that label doesn't seem to be an OEM label its a high possibility In case you cant source a cheap correct tube, some good fork rechromers will straighten bent fork legs as part of their rechroming service. Check splatshop for the bushings, they might have some new old stock. Are these correct? https://www.splatshop.co.uk/splat-paioli-fork-bushs.html

I know that, ive done it myself. I wanted to know what the OP was going to use. Some people can still source NOS Michelin Tube tyres. Only tyre ive ever had come off the rim was a michelin tubeless front

You mean tubeless michelins?

Rather normal. Don't over do it, or might end up with a melted end cap

Imagine having a rare bike with a rare ignition system and then PaulC posting all that info. What a God lol

Your low speed balance is pretty good, which is probably the hardest thing to master when starting out. PS think you're slightly understating your "Had a play with a few trials bikes in the mid 00's", you seem to have at least some idea ?

Trials is relatively non contact, with pretty low attendances. UK wise, I can only really see concern over two trials, the 6 days and the world round in July.

Britain in a nutshell

They definitely "feel" lighter despite not being that much lighter on the scales.As a result they are easier flicked around. However i for one would not be prepared to sacrifice my bigger engine for increase hop ability. Slow speed tricks i guess, but there are still some tricks (anything involving back wheel hops) that can be harder work with the lack of low end torque in a 125. At 15st this would only be more problematic

Your scales are inaccurate or youve measured it wrong

Failing what handsome al suggests, get the bike into gear by pushing off in neutral, then ride around with the clutch in, if its stuck plates it should free in a short while

I agree, factories will only support when the rider is on the verge of gp success, and are guaranteed to influence consumers. Being a125 champion is too speculative to what he/she will do at GP level, unless they are really really talented. Touly at 18, would needed to have been in trial2 mixing it with Toby, Jack Peace, Aniol. Toby was runner up in Trial2 having just turned 18. The factories didn't miss him. Otherwise Touly would needed to have been winning the 125 at a more impressive age like 16, at the same level that martinez and hugo are at. Its a shame, but theres really only full support for 1 youth rider per manufacture

Surprised you twigged that on. Sometimes i feel my association with that character doesnt help when trying to come across well ?

To give the OP a final answer from me, for new shoes, the guy was right, a forward arm; whilst making the leading shoe touch with less force, will make the leading shoe touch first which is arguably advantageous. However for bedded in shoes, both leading and trailing shoes should touch at the same time, meaning its negligible.

So now your reason is because the cable rubs the yoke? ?

Now we are on to bees. Let me know when you want to discuss brake arm moments

You continue to divert. You went the whole way from quoting google to just falling back to cable rerouting. Im not an expert on SWM, i just know how moments work very well

I know the overall effect, i just want you to explain, why you think that, regardless of cable route, a forward arm would apply more force. You're hiding behind overall effect, and being really vague. You cant calculate anything on vagueness. Can you calculate the decrease in cable friction to see if it counters the decrease in moment at the cam interface?

This isn't an explanation

Why do you think a forward arm applies more force? x2