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He asked for a good set of tyres... a tyre is only as good as the grip it provides Michelin X11, if you want good grip and decent longevity Dunlop if you are on a budget.

Ditto what brucey says, as the pistons come out they have less tendency to return as easily

Scotchbrite

Do you mean at club level or professional level? Its true that they just arent as common as they were a decade or longer ago but id say about half of the world field still wear them, raga, fajardo, cabs, farre etc

Im quite sure i have read your post correctly. From your post i understand (correct me if you have worded it incorrectly) there are 2 youth A championships and an "eligible" youth cant score points in both. Does anyone actually expect a good entry at the Acklams youth A events? Dividing championships only decreases numbers, isnt the idea to try and increase numbers?

Sounds like a right mess

The wheels, brakes and forks are pretty much standard across all makes, and have been for years. Sure they share the same tyres, levers, grips, footrests, chains, sprockets, carburetors, radiator fluid, petrol, gearbox oil. Sure theyre the same bike really If you believe that, you would believe anything.

Really? Id imagine they would want someone capable of a top 10. Dibs is the only one capable of this and it cant be him

The wheels forks and brakes are interchangable on all trials bikes. Again, Raga was GGs development rider for the last 10+ years, so no surprise that it feels like a GG

Its called subconcious marketing for a reason....

What are you talking about, no parts are interchangable with a gg. And why do you think it is much better set up? Because they have Adam Raga developing the bike!! Not JS

More likely fairly illogical. Only the complete incorrect mounting of a camera would cause such an injury. Also, the ACU only banned them because the FIM did, the FIM have since lifted this ban for approved cameras

Upside down on the end of a brush shaft, usually dry within 2/3 days

Would take a reiger over an ohlins every day of the week

Try riding the SSDT on one, that bread and butter turns into bread and butter pudding real quick

People may disagree, but IMO montesa sells 90% of their bikes because Toni Bou rides one. And also look at Jotagas/TRS, largely the same bike, one flops, one succeeds. Why? Mainly because of raga i believe

I agree with the first part, riders only get annoyed when they dont get away with one observer what they got away with with another. Consistency is key. I totally disagree withe the second part. Who says a section cant be ridden no stop, im sure if toni bou turned up he could ride it no stop. Just because there may be no one there on the day to ride it no stop doesnt mean you let them all off with stopping. Exactly the same way if nobody gets up a rock step you five them, if someone stops, five them. Whats with this nanny state that every section should be cleanable? Theres nothing i hate more than an observer watching a couple of riders through and forming the opinion that the section cant be ridden no stop so allows riders to stop, THEN!!! a rider actually comes along and rides it legitimately no stop, but gets no credit, because everyone is getting a clean. I see it alllllllll the time!!!!!! Theres a massive difference between brief pausing and proper stopping. Unfortunately trials doesnt have the luxury to turn away observers who cant tell the difference Rant over

Universal part, any bike that runs braktec master cyliders (all but beta) will also have the same levers.

Hence the word "effective"....

Only seen videos, but most riders were stopping for at least 3 seconds and getting away with it no problem. Whats the point in having a rule if you dont enforce it? Either revert back to stop, or do proper non stop, this middle ground is a joke, and is ultimately the cause of all the arguments

And after seeing the observing at the british rnd last weekend a lot of the observers too!!!

The general rule of thumb (pun not intended) is a fingers width between the top of the chain tensioner block and the swingarm.

The sharks fin at the rear sprocket is probably the most important. As collyolly says, if it isnt there there should be a bracket on the swingarm to replace one.

Birkett told myself back in '08 that for Joe Baker, who was the best uk rider on a scorpa at the time, the timing was advanced a far as the slots would let it. I never quite went that far, about halfway. I always found the water pump hose extrememly vunerable, doubt trimming the sump would be advisable. Birkett also made a pump housing that had the outlet turn the 90 degrees in alloy rather than the hose, making it less vunerable to rocks

Advance the timing, the only thing you will ever need to do