Had a gg where the bolt head had sheared and was just sitting there blocking the slave cylinder. Really lucky it didnt work itself out and cause damage. Do it ASAP!
Some people run without the bolt in place to no detriment of the bike. I prefer running with it.
Regarding thread lock, it probably wouldnt do any harm, just be careful not to block the bolts centre hole.
If youre doing this yourself, when you have the clutch cover off, remember to keep the water pump drive aligned and the kickstart shim in place. 10 minute job btw
The bike sounds 99% perfect except the smoke, so why bother too much about it if its the only symptom? Maybe you are under exaggerating these moderate hills. Most trials bikes will smoke heavily after a blast about and gasgas's even melt the rear tail pipe after a prolonged hard spell!!!
As said above, sticking with your fellow competitors is a must! Watching someone ride your line takes away 10 minutes of trying to work out where you are going. And when you watch a few riders you can work out which line you fancy the most. Dont ride first, but dont fall too far back you lose sight of the riders in your grade.
Also, if the event is muddy, be aware that on the second or third lap the ideal line may change.
And last but not least, dont get disheartened!!!! You may just be unlucky that the first event you go to could be a hard one, and next week could be easier and you would love it.
I totally agree with your assessment of the gaernes, so comfortable, but a little light on protection especially when wet. I have a pair of sidi zeros at the moment and im very happy. Stiffer sole so more suppport from a bending point of view but reduced feel. Stiffer leather, slightly more protecion but they take a while to break in. Also have great heel protection. Its always a compromise
Just a thought, as you have had the shock linkage off, on some bikes (not sure of gas gas) it's possible to put linkage back wrong way and lower the back end, I know someone who did it on a montesa
Usually if you put the triangle in upside down on a gasgas it jacks it up even further lol
Sorry, but you can not compare different forms of motorsport just like that.
I agree, Bou, Raga, Dabill and others are the true trial heroes of today. But at the same time, Rossi, MM, Lorenzo and others are the true road racing heroes. The ability to control and balance a trial bike is certainly an art in itself, but so is the ability to ride a 250+ hp bike at silly speeds and controlled two wheel drifts. When mentioning Valentino Rossi, he is an extreme example of commitment to his sport, riding at the top since the 90s, a position hard to find in any form of racing.
So please, enjoy them all and admire their very special skills while doing so. But do not try to compare incomparable riders and disciplines.
Well said. And from the larger talent pool that motogp and motox draw from, probably more talented. but i get what the original poster says, sometimes its just easier to see the skill on show at trials
All i can say is make sure you kick it hard from the top, dont push the kickstarter down a quarter of the way and then kick it hard. You could kick for a month of sundays and it would never go like that.
..but it does, its all part of the "circus" and that genie will probably never go back in the bottle. However in all the events I've been to in Italy Spain Portugal France Poland Andorra Luxembourg Belgium (Spa possibly my favourite) and Majorca has the access ever been a problem.
It isnt a case of what you think is entertainment (or I) its a fact of the situation rather than anyone making mistakes. I absolutely agree there are gazillions of places that are absolutely suitable for a world round but Im guessing that these would never be sanctioned either by any local authority or any way pass any cities health and saftey or insurane requirements, or alternatively they are too remote to access.
That is always assuming that a club or the ACU would be willing to take the risk that the venture could lose thousands, and I do know of one club that have looked at this but baulked at the set up costs, which may be the reason we nearly lost Tong, but I dont know about that.
Im guessing now your initial comments didnt apply to reality.
Im glad we can agree on something! lol
They did and they didnt. We never do live in a ideal world. I understand Tong ticks more boxes (in my eyes the wrong boxes) than most venues, trials just seems to be becoming less and less accessible. Its akin to F1 preferring a street circuit in some far away land while silverstone, a proper circuit, is at threat.
Of all the venues for the british GP over all the years, im sorry to say i think Tong is the worst. Maybe its just a sign of the times
As 2stroke4stroke says you probably should have had the bike started ASAP. I know a guy who waited till monday, after the trial on saturday and by this time the main bearings were pitted (sounded like a cement mixer) and needed replacing
Maybe incorrect maybe not but no one wants to run there, for whatever reason.
(16 year olds riding on the road seperated by a taped off section was probably stretching it anyway....
Martin Lampkin and Jake Miller spent a few weeks looking for a spot in yorkshire perhaps you know better than these two?
Newcastle the town? under lyme or where? Have you ok'ed it with the town council?
Come on @faussy you could be the answer to our problem spill the beans on where, exactly where?
Harwood Dale was one of my thoughts but after watching a Btc and riding the EYTD there im not convinced it has wtc terrain/sections.
ditto access 40 tonne arctics? Isnt there a small narrow bridge at the entrance?
The fact you still dont know where im talking about when i say newcastle makes me wonder why im having this debate with you.
The problem is those two were making the same mistake as yourself, taking into account access for big trucks. I go to a trial to be entertained, to see good sections, not to look at the trucks in the paddock. Its a sad day when access for the team trucks takes precedent over anything else.
The best place I can think is Harwood Dale at Scarborough. Far better than Tong.
One of the best rounds I remember watching was Hoghton Tower in 1994 - that was a great venue. Wonder if that is possible again?
I just think its a shame that the sections have to be built for the UK round as it isn't really reflective of our terrain.
I couldnt agree more. The whole idea of making sections that are more typical of spanish terrain than british terrain really annoys me, virtually to the point of why bother? Isnt the whole idea of a world series to produce a calender with varying terrain? It just seems to be "spainish like" terrain on repeat, and then everyone wonders why spain win everything. It reminds me of when the british mx gp moved from farleigh (100% grass) to hawkstone (100% sand), the dutch thought they had struck gold! bar Thorpe, the chances of a british winner at a british gp all but vanished! Just look how dabill went in a wet japan and imagine how he could go in a venue like hoghton towers. Dont we want the possibility of a british winner? because while we keep marking out sections for the spanish that will never ever happen. Everyone always goes on about when will bou or Raga ride the SSDT, and its a weekly joke at a local muddy trial, "i bet bou wouldnt get up that in the mud". Why not make them?! The british gp is our chance to mark out a proper british trial. What do we do, bring in big rocks and mark out indoor style sections. What a joke. All this pandering to the big wigs to provide facilities commensurate with the team's big trucks, just tell them in advance they are going to be parking in a grass field and if they dont like it, then dont bother turning up.
Wavy discs are to clean the pad surface, because there is a leading edge to scrape the mud off. Ride through a muddy puddle and a brake with a wavy disc will return its braking efficiency quicker than a plain disc. Plain discs just accumulate a dirty scum on the braking surface. An increase in leading edge area also increases brake performance in the dry, because there will be an increase in bite, something required for low speed trials. Pad life and braking performance are usually inversely proportional, you cant have both.
All of this depends how standard you want to keep the bike looking but IMO a wavy disc will provide better braking.
Bangor stopped because the local authourity didnt feel it was justified in spending the money to get a world round there.
Nowhere in Newcastle is siutable.
I was asking for a specific venue not a "general location" , and you can see why your choices dont work as above. Its you that needs to keep up and answer the question @faussy
What are you talking about I named 4 specific venues and one general...
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