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GOing to disagree with the above posts. I would not put ATF anywhere near a motorbike gearbox, even less a gasgas. Your clutch might like it, but i can assure you your gears and main bearings will not! Id use light gear oil of any brand, followed by a car engine oil. For me id use options 2 or 3 and ATF as a last resort. Your limiting factor will be your clutch, if you put the 75W motyl in and your clutch still clears, go for it

That year of bike should be fine, anything pre 09 id stay away from. 09-10-11-12 are for the large part identical. The main thing to check would be the clutch, does it clear properly with no drag? Can you get all the gears, even up to 5th and 6th? Theres a selector that can bend. Check the wear in the suspension dog bones (specific to all makes bar your scorpa) if you can, by unloading the rear wheel. Anything greater than 10mm play these will probably need replacing ~70quid. Check the tail pipe isnt worn through from the rear tyre. If its a raga (magnesium casings) and maybe even check on the standard model that the bottom engine casing mount isnt broken. Check for any cracks in the frame. Most of these are unlikely but as they say forewarned is forearmed.

I couldn't DISAGREE more with everything in this post if it was possible. The original poster was hypothesising the return to that level of trials, not a return to those exact bikes. If you are blaming a points ignition system (the simplest of igntion systems!!) for an ill running bike, then it is anything but a well fettled bike. You also seem to lack the understanding that when the overall difficulty of a trial drops, the riders scores will concertina. Why do you struggle to understand this?

They did hold a world round in fort william a few years back, but for some reason they now prefer to hold the world round at terrible place full of man made sections. Worst world round in the championship in my opinion

I largely agree with the original post. 15 riders at a world championship is not good, i dont think anyone can dispute that!! Less riders is bad, for basically everything, and less riders usually makes it easier for one person to dominate. You just have to look at F1. The level has become too dangerous, not too difficult, too dangerous, and when a world round comes to your country and no people are capable of riding it, thats not good!! In the 70s and 80s you could have had close to 100 people competing the same line with the winner on a reasonable 50 and the lower down riders dropping lots of marks but not getting killed. I think the level has to come down, you can still make a trial difficult without 30ft drops everywhere, and i think the only realistic way is through tyres. Back to 4 ply i say.

Id be surprised if they could make it, fork tubes are rather thin walled, and what grade of steel will they be using? Why do you think they would last longer?? Both are chromed are they not? Philpotts rechrome a set for 120 or 150, cant remember which, getting a company to make a one of pair cant be cheap, that include threading and/or circlip grooves... However, to answer your question, you can make the the tubes longer, but this will not increase the movement of the fork remember, just give you longer forks...

What i want to know is what happened to dougies 5?!!

Up to the early 60s. Was called marks gained rather than marks lost.

No, cant say i have, though i am always conscious about over tightening. They are pretty cheap though. I remember the old amal throttle bodies made in alloy (the dominos are basically a plastic copy) and they were brilliant, you could really tighten them.

No, before that trials used to be marked in reverse. You started with a high score and got 10 for a clean, 0 for a failure and you subtracted your marks from the total, and whoever had the least at the end of the day would win.

I think an 06 and 08 will fit. An 05 im not so sure, because its the older frame.

Kuroyama's was a 4t yam scorpa. Nozaki's was a scorpa twenty painted blue. Why it had yam written on it i dont know.

Perfectly normal

Im 6'2 and recently bought a set of jitsie (jacky brown to be specific) and they fit me pretty well, probably better than any previous gear ive owned. The shirt (M) is a little weird fitting, tight sleeves loose chest, but the trousers (34) are pretty spot on. Others have said they find the jitsie fitting kind of weird, maybe its suited to the taller rider, i dont know.

2 hours of solid riding, no. 2 hours consisting of 45 minutes riding then yes.

Personally i wouldn't trust a 2 stroke bike that hasn't oil in the exhaust or smokes. Currently running 50:1 on a 2015 300 and wouldn't entertain anything below 60:1. Ditto

Sorry for maybe being stupid, but what exactly is wrong with this? Are you ultra paranoid of having a clean bike and uber environmentally friendly? These must be the worst reasons EVER!!! for doubting the amount of oil you use in your fuel.

Oh dear, i wish you luck. I recommend 'prestige electro-plating' in the uk for any future work you need done

Id never expect anything as simple as a few small pieces to be more expensive that rechroming fork legs, which require machining post plating. 345 isnt far off the price ive been quoted for complete frames being plated! PS Have you tried prestige electro-plating 01709 577004 ? Id guess that 50 quid should be more than adequate

I would avoid using it, you'll be putting unnecessary strain on the big end and conrod Its impossible for it to be anything else other than the crankshaft turning in the opposite direction.

Just to expand on what has "most likely" happened. Your ignition timing has somehow moved and advanced itself, hence when you try to start it,the engine fires and runs backwards. Has the bike been kicking back lately? Why it has moved... if you haven't been working at it yourself, the most likely cause would be the woodruff key shearing (as stated above) and the flywheel moving on the crankshaft. If its that, its a relatively easy and cheap fix, though you will need a flywheel puller.

Your ignition is too far advanced

New starting ideas are trivial. Id be very surprised that a good percentage of no-shows is due to their starting number. Most people genuinely do have a reason for not showing up, especially when entries are required so far in advance, they go hand in hand. Either enter on the day and be prepared for a high number or require entry in advance and be prepared for no-shows.

Only ever heard Dabills, and personally i think it sounds terrible. Like an old greeves or something

I know its pretty obvious, but run as soft as you can unless you feel it bottoming. You need it soft to grip over the small stuff like wet tree roots and the like and the bounciness actually helps for any lifts or hoping you may be doing, as you are using the rebound to do this. Any big hits is usually taken up by the rear if your body positioning is correct.