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Depends what your budget and mechanical knowledge is. An electric bike such as an oset will be easier to learn to ride, zero maintenance but expensive. A ty 80 is a good start, but you may go a long way to find one. A beta 80... Dont laugh, but if you just want him to learn to ride a bike and not specifically a trials bike, a pit bike is just about your best bet on a budget.

Yes, and im saying if you go 6 years on one set of brake pads, sprockets or rear tyre you arent going too hard. People always wonder why there is no money in trials and bike companies go bust. Theres your answer. (Im not singling out yourself here, 90% of trials riders are the same)

1200 depreciation!! Who buys a new bike without selling their old one!!? You change your radiator coolant more often than sprockets, tyres and brake pads? Do you do a lot of revving in neutral?

Tyres - 120pounds/180 dollars Sprockets and chain - 50/75 Linkage and shock bearings - 50/75 Brakepads - 40/60 Seals - 20/30 Wheel bearings - 20/30 All these things need changed after 1 or 2 years, thats 300 pound, 450 dollars that could be going towards a new bike. Tell me where im paying too much?

Defo a chrome bore. Honing in the conventional sense isnt done on nikasil bores, more deglazing. If there are deep scores you will need it replated. Only way to tell is to measure it, and to so this properly you will need a bore guage.

Chrome bore or liner?

Id say not, he says its his first bike. 1.Fixable most definitely, although with a chrome frame id rather have it tig'd or mig'd rather than welded with gas. Gas will burn more of your chrome. 2. As above 5000ml/80 is 62ml. Gonna need a measuring cylinder of some kind 3. You may need to rock the bike back and forward a little when trying to find neutral. With a bike the age of yours id advise against starting in gear using the clutch, your clutch will most likely drag when cold. First time you put it into gear with the engine going be ready for it to jump a little!!

I actually think the opposite, why spend a lot of money on a old bike when that money could go towards a new bike. Set of tyres, sprockets, chain, linkage bearings, fork seals all add up. Money spent on those things could be about a 1/4 of the way to a new bike.

Yes and yes. Also its a lot easier to endo the bike the further your bars are forward. Bars back is ok for general riding, but as soon as you start to trick ride further forward helps.

I guess i would do over 150 hours a season. Had a 2010 gg for 2 years and a 2012 for 2 and a half years. Bike is good for 2 years for me no problem, after which you may need to start looking at rings and pistons, i think its worth changing.

Thats rubbish. Mustn't have been a top guy then

Looks like someone painted one of those orange bikes blue

^^ Some good info there. If you want to keep your suspension plush do not get bushes or oil lite bushes, too much friction IMO.

^^ Nice wee setup there Only thing i can say is tyres can be a real disappointment, even big tractor ones. They need to at least be filled with soil, too flexible on their own.

Definitely agree with this, a mx or enduro bar angle would be too low and far back. Im 6'2 and ive a few friends the same height and none of us run risers.

We need a hole in the head more like!

I hate to go on about this, but those handlebars look like a set of alloy braced bars minus the brace. If they are indeed alloy, i would not be going very far with them!!!

Dont think we are criticising!! Agree on the handlebar statement, i once rode over a year with a set of bent handlebars and couldn't tell until someone else got onto my bike and said they were bent. Its extremely hard to tell sometimes. These do look noticeably bent though, optical illusion probably. Fork wise, the red capped fork is up through the top yoke more than the black capped fork.

I think you are describing something slightly different, but when the thermostats are on the way out they cause the fan to stutter and come on for brief periods at a time.

Yes, especially out of the box, remember Graham Jarvis used to ride with the standard Gaernes when everyone was wearing the purple oiled version. He said they gave him more protection. I have two 10 year old pair and the standard pair are still slightly stiffer.

Looks good. Is it just me, the picture, or are your handlebars seriously bent?

If the bottom hoses are cold while the top hose is hot you have a circulation issue

When you fitted the 2015 water pump did you check the system is circulating correctly? Air lock maybe? When the bike is warm, are the bottom hoses as hot as the top hose?? If the bike doesn't boil over and throw all the water out of the radiator, then its not really overheating. Is it doing this?

Seen him ride in person for the first time a month ago. Very impressed with his smoothness and style, very like James when he was in the youths. Not surprised he was the first to get the win. Only negative i can say about him and the other two lads he competes with is their consistency. One week they are amazing the next off the pace a little.