dan williams

Looks like I’ll have more time to play with this stuff. Just got made redundant. Can’t complain though. It was a good 37 year run.

But? But the new Beta has bold new graphics! BOLD NEW GRAPHICS!!! How could you?!! ?

So where do I send the parts?

I wonder if Beta brake lines have more flex in them? I remember Ron Commo always had custom hydraulic lines made to improve braking power.

From Christy Williams-Richards via Facebook.

Yikes! Not my experience at all. Only sport I can think of where you can go to a banquet after and be served champagne by the world champion. Where you can call a factory and get the owner. Where you crash and your competitors pick you up, dust you off and offer advice. Where a novice can finally clean a section and have a national champ give a “whoop!” From the loop trail because they stopped to watch YOU ride.

This might be a dumb question but why bother? Are you trying to change engine characteristics? Is this a complete rebuild?

Partial to sesame oil myself but that’s a different application. Beta’s are notorious octane pigs. If you want it to run properly feed it the good stuff. You can also get a low compression head which reduces the octane requirement somewhat and makes the 300 a little less hyper though it will occasionally remember it’s still a 300 and surprise you if you’re not careful with the noisy grip.

Oh you are just evil!

Sorry to hear no success. Make sure to let us know when you do get it sorted. Knowledge shared is knowledge multiplied.

Typically a blocked main jet. Is it a Keihin or DelOrto? When you say you cleaned the carb are we talking full disassemble and blow out of all jets and holes? One thing that is common on the Keihin is putting the little brass needle guide/jet thingy in upside down. Done that before. The beveled edge goes up?. Will behave as described. If there is water in the CDI it may not be dry inside even if it looks dry outside. Might take a few days extra for the water to evaporate.

Perfect. That’s exactly what I need! I owe you?. OK just an update. The FOX buckle didn't pan out but S3 sent some replacement parts to Ryan Young and they're sending me one. Yay!

Ah, just looked at the S3 pants and the fastener looks the same but the marking on the back says ITV (or ITW tough to see because it’s stylized) Fastex. Could explain its early death.

Been there, done that. Can’t go back.

My Clice and Jitsie pants have the same closure. Looks like a Nifco SLCRF. Now all I have to do is find somebody who stocks them without requiring a 10,000 piece minimum order.

Ryan says they don’t have parts.

Just pulled my relatively new S3 pants out of the washer and the buckle was in pieces. Anybody know where to get replacement part? Closest I can find seems to be snowboard toe buckles.

Perhaps not. If GasGas was unable to pay their suppliers that would put considerable stress on those small manufacturers.

I’m not sure about the 2015 but the earlier bikes powered the incandescent bulbs from the ac windings pre-regulator. The fan and, I believe, the microcontroller in the CDI ran off the 12V from the regulator. The new bikes with the LED bulbs run the lighting off the 12V from the regulator. Worth looking at the documentation on the Beta website.

A KTM world trials champ in a few years?

Not yet. Was too busy using bad words and throwing tools. Decided walking away was best option.

Aargh! Went to replace rear brake pads and stripped out the head of the pad retention pin. Not a happy camper!

No love for the Dunlops? They came on my 2018 and I’ll admit at first I wasn’t convinced until I learned they like less pressure than the Michelins. Now I think they are pretty good in most terrain only giving a little away in mud.

I think it’s just cheap insurance adding to the capacity of the pump plus getting rid of the strip prone plastic impeller.

Probably still has the voltage regulator in the headlight. How about getting Keihin to put the mixture screw on the proper side. Or increasing the float valve diameter so the 300 doesn’t suffer fuel starvation at full throttle. Or, gasp, figure out how to keep the kickstand from getting wobbly. Obviously the attention is going to the higher margin enduro bikes.