dan williams

Just another thought. Chewy posted measurements of his basket and hub runout. I wonder if there is some eccentricity in your clutch assembly. Perhaps a bearing is bad? That could also cause a whine but only with the clutch out and the tranny input shaft driven.

Ooooh the whining noise doesn't sound good. Usually indicates a missing or chipped gear tooth. Check your tranny drain bolt. As for the clutch going to hell after sitting that is not something I've experianced after the fix. Once the excess glue is removed the time to cold flow becomes irrelevant. Do you have the 4 thin 2 thick fiber configuration? Are you using any additives that might swell the fibers? Do you have any bent plates? I think a disassemble and inspect is in order. Nothing in the fix should cause what you are describing. Something is definately in need of attention.

Carbon reeds do help the low end torque. I put VForce reeds on any new bike I get but the carb clean is the place to start. If that doesn't fix it you can look for an air leak. Typically done by spraying small amounts of hot start fluid around the cases of an idling engine and listening for a change of speed. This is of course dangerous as hell so must be done in tiny shots with an extinguisher at hand. You do have access to the jets without removing the tower and you can blow air through enough holes to clear out the pilot circuit with the tower still on.

My experiance with the Keihin carbs is the pilot circuit gets blocked because the exit oriface behind the slide is TINY. Even a droplet of water is enough to seal it off. When that happens the whole carb should be taken off, disassembled and blown out with compressed air. If you take the jet tower off (requires security torx bit) be VERY careful not to damage or lose the rubber ring gasket at the base of the tower. What you describe could very well be a blocked pilot circuit. Typically the bike starts running sluggish off idle so you turn the idle speed up which keeps the engine running but makes for some inconsistant behavior at low rpm.

Usually just to direct overflow to back of cases. If it's missing there shouldn't be any issues unless you spend a lot of time in deep water. Since it won't siphon like the vent lines length is not an issue.

Honda just wants to win. Trials bike sales is chump change to their bottom line. Beta just wants to sell bikes and they know the market is good for them and the world champ is irrelevant because most won't buy Honda because of price and most still prefer two strokes. If Honda released a competitive low price two stroke and Toni won on it there'd be a problem for Beta as market share could seriously erode.

No but if you get the chance to see Jake Shimabukuro play While My Ukelele Gently Weeps it'll change your perception of what can be done with four strings.

Yeah I got some but waeyonwan and clabber threw me.

Well since I intend to go see Trainspotting 2 tomorrow I better get my head into it.

Could be. I haven't seen it in a long time but I just hate that things are made dangerous to make it spectacular for the proles.

Usually I go back to the mounting point on the ignition coil. Any clean point (no paint) on the chassis is good as it is still a big piece of aluminum. I'm not sure of the wire on the new ones but it doesn't hurt to add extra wires if in doubt and you're right about small wires not being optimum for reasons of current/resistance voltage drop especially for high frequency ground bounce which can theoretically affect the microcontroller in the CDI box. On my 2008 I took the thick wire from the top of the loom and pulled it back down out of the loom and attached it to the lug that mounted the regulator to the frame. I ran another wire from the same lug over to the coil attachment and another back up through the loom for the kill switch. The 2013 appears to be wired correctly so I didn't touch it.

I'm glad you guys understand this. Thought I was having a stroke!

A former expert champion in New England died while playing on his bike during 4th of July holiday several years ago. That one hurt. George Tormey was the nicest guy. Always a smile and a good word for everybody. We also had a rider almost die when playing after an event. Took a big fall off something that was above his ability. Had to have his heart restarted on the way to hospital and survived. Yes it is the safest motor sport but nothing and nobody is perfect and we are all mortal. I was called "Helmet Nazi" when I was NETA president for strictly enforcing the helmet rule. I have no regret for that. A $300 carbon fiber helmet might as well be a plastic baggie if it isn't on your head.

This is what I hated about indoor trials. I still think if Kenichi Kuroyama hadn't broken both wrists in a serious indoors crash he would have been world champion.

No fish or shoes

Just curious, what are you running for an oil/gas ratio? Most new trials riders start out with far too much oil in the mixture and end up with an exhaust system dripping with oil that smokes profusely once the exhaust heats up.

Welcome to the dark side! I'm seriously considering the EM5.7 as something new but I'll keep my Beta. At least for a while.

+/- 3dB

Anybody know the difference between the 2016 & 2017 versions of the Sport?

You're scaring me Grant!

Ok, now I'm confused. Did you ride one or not? If you did what'd you think?

That's only a poor simulcrum of a clutch. A real clutch allows you to release stored energy in the flywheels of the engine to provide acceleration beyond what the engine will provide from rolling on the throttle. This thing is just a parallel controller to the twist grip. It's totally unnecessary. Like swimming pools full of fat german businessmen pretending they're acrobats, forming pyramids and frightening the children (another obscure reference) Now if that controller was linked to a bank of super caps that dumped additional current into the motor for a short period it might be closer to an actual clutch as used in trials.

It'll cost ya! Here's an obscure reference. Let's see if anybody gets it.

Talked to Stewie at Jacks. Real close to pulling the trigger on one.

Hi Steve, I tried to message you several time but it says you cannot receive messages. I know my box was full and wouldn't allow me to send or receive after the site upgrade so your inbox may have suffered the same fate. But we still love you Andy. Really!