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The carbon looks the best, but it may not be as strong as you hope. I see it more as scuff protection than rock protection. I have a pair of 2m frame guards on my gasgas and although i realise they are thin, one fall against a rock and it broke very easily. Theyre expensive to replace. I also have the 2m fork guards and they are really nice, they clip on with no zip ties required

This is them here

I tend to agree, although to be honest you dont hear lots of problems with the vertigo, but if something were to go wrong it usually requires a laptop to diagnose it. I disagree on the point about footrest brackets, the gg is a steel frame, if you manage to somehow bend the frame here it can be straightened again. Ive seen the alloy framed montesas actually break the frame here The price difference to the gp i think is mostly around suspension. Engine performance difference isnt that noticeable

Im biased towards gasgas. The GP is unnecessary, unless money is not a problem. Are you close to a vertigo dealer if something goes wrong with it? GG have a better dealer network now theyre under KTM. Other than that, neither is a bad bike

I know youre not supposed to sit down on trials bikes, but the seat on that bike looks even more of a deterrent

Theres no such thing as indefinitely in a 2 stroke. Where do you mean? The centre box or the tail pipe? Oil contamination forshortens the life of silencer packing before anything else. Scorpa said their sy silencer had ceramic packing that never needed changing. Bikes started to sound rough and performance dropped after about a year. It may have a better chance in a 4 stroke. Otherwise i like your thinking. The non woven stuff i would imagine being the best. Also, many people think silencer packing is only to silence the bike. Engine performance is extrememly dependent on packing type and density. Glass fibre isnt heavy, so theres neglibgle weight savings. If the time to clog the cf is the same as the gf, i dont see where the benefit comes from. But im also tempted to try lol

I cant say for sure because i dont know, but the later sy guard i dont think would be a million miles away

I love it when you can fix something with a little knowledge, some elbow grease and no money

Trousers over the outside of the boots are a pain, especially if you ride in shrub, they catch on everything. Jitsie do a loose fit or any mx trousers would allow kneepads . Shift used to do what you are looking, over the outside of the boots, but i dont know of any officially marketed for trials trousers that do as you describe. Mybe look at some enduro brands. like acerbis, i think they do tough material over torusers. https://atmotocross.com/products/acerbis-enduro-one-baggy-trouser-pants-black-yellow Or hebo https://hebo.com/en-en/products/pantalones-tracker

My word. Thats dedication to the job. Are you returning the ones that didnt work? 😂

Me neither 😂

A wild one, but Is your engine in straight? Youve got the front down tubes out, is your engine resting on something that is canting it backwards a little? I doubt theres that much play in the other 2 engine mounts (i assume theres two others on a trs). Your head steady is still on too proabably, but clutching at straws here Not sure about ngk, but ive seen other makes with the standard 3/4 reach but with a shorter insulator section. If the dealer isnt wanting to swap it out for th eother length, i think the easiest may be just to get it machined down to fit the short reach plug

The swingarm is allow I can tell. The swingarm is alloy, but the frame is chrome plated steel. Engien and frame components youre going to be largely restricted to the years 97-02. Wheels, brakes, carburettor will be largely interchangebale with later years and other makes. What are you going to do with it? If youre plannning on just pottering around thats ok, but if youre planning on doing a lot of crashing id try and find a cheap second hand rear mudguard on ebay or somewhere you can swap over when practicing or the like. You cant get new ones for that model, and the blue plastics are even rarer. Btw your petrol tap is on reserve, off is the tab pointing back, on is down

Looks mint. Want to sell? 😁 I miss chrome frames You should find most of what you want here. https://www.thehellteam.com/technical-support/gas-gas-parts-and-service-manuals Your model is the end of a line. The pro model followed from 2002. Not sure when the txt model came onto market, 97 ish?

How long are you intending to keep the bike and wanting them to look new? The zinc spokes start to look tarnished again within a couple of years, at least in the weather over here. The stainless are expensive but will look just as good in 10 years as the day you get them

Try allens used trials spares on FB

Thats kind of what the goal of non stop was. Except it never really lowered the level that much, and after a very short period of time we were back to brief stop allowed. As for the results, they would still be bou busto raga 1,2,3 🤣

The numbers were dwindling well before no stop was brought in. That was the main reason it was brought in, to lower the level to allow more riders to be able to ride trialgp as well as the lower classes without getting seriously injured. Allowing more time in a section comes with the consequence that the section severity will undoubtedly iincrease. No stop worked for one year, until bou and raga started berating oberservers every week and then stop went to 1 then 2 then 3 seconds. Theres nothing fundamentally wrong with the rules IMO, but i agree the current no stop ruling is a joke. The FIM were never able to enforce it sufficiently by supporting the observers and penalising riders who argued against the stop. For that reason it is possibly destined to always fall short. I wonder how many trial2 riders were consulted in this decision making process. I also disgree regarding funding. Trial 2 and 125 are quite well populated, money doesnt seem to be a massive barrier for all those riders. But yes, maybe trials is incapable of attracting more numbers into it, all we are arguing about is how they are distributed amongst the classes. Other sports try to narrow the gap between to the top and bottom competitors, this i believe is going against that The stop dab was the perfect compromise, why it only lasted for a year or two i just dont know

I agree. We are two of the few. The majority online and other riders i talk to seem to favour the return to no stop. I dont think they remember how dire GP trials were 10 years ago. Toni Bou pushing to go back to non stop is all you need to know. The guys only lookin after himself and reading a recent interview of his showed me how out of touch he was with trials at a lower level. I expect trials to get much more severe as a result of this. The trial 2 rider will have absolutely no chance now of ever moving up. The reverse argument is that it will make it easier on the observers. But do we now expect the observer to observe and time the rider as well? Or do we need another oberver just to hold the stop watch? And should we all be looking for minders now so we can get time updates through the section. IMO no stop was the solution, but it was half baked because the FIM wouldnt stand by the observer to give a stop for a stop. And rather than argue about whether it was a stop or not, all we will get now are time arguments. I was out in time, no you werent my stop watch says 1 min 1 sec, yes i was my minders watch says 59 secs.

Not a beta expert but i dont think the plastics have changed any so right up to 24 should fit, i think. I also dont think you can buy their plastics without stickers like you can other brands.

I actually dont think a torx will fit. The braktec calipers use a torx100 to remove their caps but the shape of this caps indents are more rounded than torx, so id say you would have to make your own tool. You may be lucky and find the pistons are the same size as braktecs (i assume they would make their caliper to suit pistons and seals already on the market) which are 25 mm, but youre already looking at £40 for a piston and seal kit!

It is a bit suspicious as a first post

Break in to the wire from your cdi to final coil, usually black and white, and earth it. Dont see why that shouldnt work, but never tried it before

Only one that comes to mind. You do know youve just described what 95% of us trials riders do on a weekly basis at the local club trial?

Still looks like a 21 front 18 rear. Useless! Yes ,the frame and wheelbase look shorter but I dont believe theres a big gap in the market for a bike like this. Its the small wheel beta 80 that needs competition and and alternative to. Some kids go straight from the small wheel 80 straight to a 125, and those that go to the big wheel 80 spend less than a year on it before going to a 125.