dan williams

Bit more than a pin hole. I don't see anything that would indicate water or fuel/air mixture in or out of the hole. I suppose the real question is why did it overheat in the first place? If that hole went through to the water jacket the system would depressurize and over heat but it would also spew coolant. If the hole went into the transfer port you'd see spooge on the side of the cylinder and the bike would run lean causing it to overheat. I would hope that's a casting defect Beta will replace but it it isn't leaking and they don't replace the cylinder that hole should be filled with JB Weld or something similar just to make sure it doesn't start a crack or punch through to the transfer port.

Congratulations, you have a Beta ​I'm not familiar with GasGas clutches but this is an old problem with Betas and the fix is pinned at the top of the Beta forum. Don't be afraid, just tell them I sent you.

It's not usually design issues but execution that gets you.

I typically see ~140-145 PSI near sea level. To be realistic it's only 8 or 9 bolts to take the head off anyway. If in doubt you might as well just replace the gasket.

Might just have to trade in the Beta and get me one of those, thanks.

Yeah local dealer did that to no avail. He did note her CDI isn't strapped in properly so I was thinking one or more of the wires might have work hardened from flexing and be intermittent. I also think pulling the flywheel off and checking the coil and trigger module screws/wires would be a good idea.

Ok problem not fixed. Rode with friend yesterday and she was stalling and blaming herself. I hopped on her bike for test ride and same problem. Still leaning towards electrics.

If you don't do anything to lower spring pressure the engagement speed shouldn't be any different for just dumping the clutch. It should actually be slightly faster as the plates will hang less on the basket. If anything the release should be more consistent.

I'm pretty sure there's no game changing technology in the factory bikes. TRS can buy Reiger shocks from Reiger if they want. With the weight limits there's not even incentive for the hand machined titanium goodies. The big differentiator in the factory bikes is flawless preparation and fine tuning to a rider preference and maybe the custom part to replace an identified problem area but that's about it. Not like the old days when Suzuki or Honda would spend $200,000 on a factory MX bike or Ossa factory trialers had titanium frames.

Try moving your bars forward. It's common for new riders to have their bars too far back because it just looks weird to an enduro guy for the bars to be angled forward. What happens with the bars back is you rotate your hips too far forward and your hands are too close to your body to get proper leverage so you bend forward and stick your butt back and put pressure on your hands to maintain the wrong position.

Nice one Billy.

HEY YOU DAMN KIDS GIT OFF MY LAWN!!! I think we're just getting old and cranky.

Without a doubt the best clutch I ever tried was on a Fantic 307. Remembering that is what drove me to sort the Beta which is damn close now but I never want to go back to the terror of a drop in with wet drum brakes. I suppose there are cable disks for bicycles but I don't know how well they scale up to motorcycle size.

I do like stopping.

Had the same on my 2013. New pads didn't fix it but a rebuild did. Rebuild kit comes with pistons, seals and an O-ring. Not as bad a job as I feared. Front brake works properly now.

Rather than a clutch a bank of super capacitors that allow a rapid dump of current into the motor beyond what the batteries can do should synthesize the clutch slingshot quite nicely.

Yeah I like my 2013 but wish I hadn't snapped the white front fender I had put on. Bad line choice.

Yup Bold new graphics. Still think the 2014 Factory my buddy has is the prettiest bike I've ever seen. Well certainly up there with the old Rothman's Hondas

I cut the round lug off so I could fish it back down the harness and attach it to a hard frame ground with another lug that I soldered on. I think I ran a separate wire up through the harness to the kill switch from another hard ground and tied it to the other ground wires at the bottom of the harness. I don't have that bike anymore but that's what I remember. Having all the grounds tie to that one lug on the triple clamp was the dumbest wiring mistake I've seen a factory make.

Caliper rebuild kit comes with pistons.

I have a 300 that I put a low compression S3 head on. It also has VForce carbon reeds and I dropped one tooth on the countershaft. I also had some custom clutch washers made with less preload and replaced the two thicker fiber plates with the thinner plates. As someone pointed out the 250 has a lower compression ratio so I'm not sure how much of a change you will see. On my bike it mellowed out the hit that occurred at mid throttle. It also made the bike easier to kick over. It does seem to have limited the ability to run at high revs/low load as the bike burbles wide open on fireroads. If you want the bottom grunt enhanced I highly recommend the carbon fiber reeds. My bike pulls a gear higher on hills and is almost impossible to stall. this is literally the first thing I do to any new bike.

It does but mainly on the plains. I don't get all the angst. The Vertigo looks like a great bike. It's a pretty fair bet no one on this thread could push it past 30% of its ability. Dibs is a hell off a rider. Other riders are just a tiny bit better and that shows in the scores. That's just the way it is. It was the same for Steve Saunders though I loved to watch him ride there was just that tiny bit of inconsistency that kept him from world champion. The same thing dogged Diego Bosis. Dougie, Jordi, Toni and Adam are that rare breed that can dominate a small sport but the guys that can run even close deserve a hell of a lot of respect.

Fajardo was getting up a few things in RI that only Bou and Raga were getting up. It was fairly obvious he has upped his game.

That and the 200s are very popular for resale if you do decide on a bigger bike.

Learn something new everyday. Plug replaced and problem fixed thanks to Stewie at Jack's Cycles.