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"you say it best....when you say nothing at all" Should be a song about that

I use "Flashget". It's freeware and works very well, with very little setting up. Can select a default directory to save in to, control bandwidth usage, so you can still get on with something else while they're downloading, even schedule them to be downloaded when you're not using the PC, and it's just a right click selection to save anything with it, same as usual. Clicky Here

Yeah, but his twin brothers riding it and he's facing the other way

Get an old flat headed screwdriver in from the other side of the wheel. Push the spacer to one side and you should be able to get the screwdriver on the inner side of the bearing. Bit of a bang with a mallet and move it round the bearing and it should come out nicely. The spacer is just a hollow tube, you'll have a job to hit anything except the bearing (which you're going to throw away) so no harm done (except possibly to the screwdriver). I normally use a bit of wood to tap them back in, just make sure you get them straight and tap the wood with a mallet.

For diesel, I don't think there's anywhere you'll get it for under

A well written piece in the local paper might get some sympathy, or even a letter to the council: Something like: In this day and age where kids become over attached to games consoles, I think it's important to get them out of the house and interested in other sports. Indeed the government would probably agree that competitive sport can be a great positive benefit to kids of all ages. My family has been involved with motorcycle trials for years, one of the most skillful of all motorcycle sports, involving balance and mainly very slow speed riding. In an attempt to introduce my nephews to responsible motorsport at an early age, with a hope that they will progress to trials in the near future, they have been given the opportunity to ride a childs motorcycle on a few acres of land which I own. These are not ASBO's in the making, this is not a field full of racing motorcycles, this is a serious effort to show two five year olds how responsible sport should be done, taking other people in to consideration at the same time. It's disheartening to find that the very people who have an interest in creating sporting and recreational opportunites for young people, are immediately against anything like this happening anywhere near their own homes, no matter how infrequent. In days gone by you would expect the older generation to enjoy the fact that children are out doing something productive and responsible, rather than hanging around street corners and shopping arcades. It seems that in this day and age, the immediate NIMBY reaction is to type up a letter to have them removed from sight. Most of us want our children to be introduced to responsible, productive hobbies and pastimes, but only some of us are doing anything about it. Tweaking to suit your own circumstances, just an idea.

Even as a Sherco rider I have to agree with all of Yamfan's comments. Although you can get all of the bearings from standard bearing manufacterers, they're still not cheap, although I've only had to do mine twice up until the 4 year old point, the second one very recently, so I'd say 2 years for a heavyweight with interim (fairly simple) maintenance. Correct there is slight movement in them even when all new (we even tried the new 08's at Hawkstone and they had minor play) so if it's designed like that it doesn't matter to me, you don't feel it when riding. I think the summary is, like most have already said, you gotta try both and see what you like. Neither of them are a dog.

Hmmmm....maybe time has faded the memory. I do remember it being a bit of a job at the time and ours is only about 11 foot square. Just got to be methodical and take your time with the instructions. I agree though, don't underestimate it. On the other hand, it's been solid as a rock since.

Put some sheep on it and use the bike to round them up Or you could fit a plough to the back of your bike like Kinell does [i won't use the photo again]

I have no idea about the situation in the US so excuse my ignorance. If the official importer is not importing then this year he (or she) isn't an importer. Is there no way that dealers can import direct from the manufacturer? Or direct from Spain? I'm not particularly in favour of any kind of grey imports, but you wouldn't be competing with anyone it seems. What's the background to the lack of imports?

Don't Sherco recommend 50:1 ? I have to admit I don't use anywhere near 50:1, but isn't that what they recommend?

Oh well thanks for taking the time to at least say B******s. You make the effort for Dabster - do I have to slag you off to get your attention ya big Ginger Whinger Lots of Love Baldy B****rd

I think maybe Beta won't be quite as quick to get things changed if Doug needs a bit of tweaking. I know my bet's looking good at the moment, but I really do think he'll get on top of things within a couple of months and be back in the limelight towards the end. I would love to be able to lose the bet. He'll be back, and Beta may be better for it.

How much is your TLR worth Bow Wow? Got any photo's?

Come on Atom, put some detail to it I don't know much about the Scorpa yet, but 340mm ground clearance doesn't seem too bad, got to be some compromise between ground clearance and seat height? Comparing it to something like the KTM 250, you've lost 45mm ground clearance, yet they've got the seat height 75mm lower. 7 litre fuel tank isn't too tight for a hybrid, the KTM is only about 9 litres, but maybe they could grow that a little? What's surprised me a little is they've only managed to shave 5Kg off the KTM weight. I would have thought they could get a hybrid bike much nearer to 85Kg (the Scorpa is 95Kg, the KTM is 100Kg) Guessing a bit saying they need to develop suspension when we haven't seen what they've done with it yet? Strength? Is it a problem? Dunno? I've not killed my bike yet, hammered it pretty well, you seemed to break yourself more than your bike too Come on Atom - gimme some detail (not too much though ) I thought they might have put 6 gears on her, but I'm sure the experts on here may put me straight on that one. That was one thing that I thought more of the enduro guys might have done for the Tough One, shoved a big sprocket on the back, to give them a little more subtlety on the slow stuff.

Well it did say that in the program, but I was looking out for No. 26, just to see what the T Ride looked like in the flesh, but I didn't spot him. I reckon he was either a no-show, or retired very early. Anybody know?

No comment What d'ya reckon to the T ride?

Maybe you want a wooden shed for a workshop, but I bought a metal 'Yardmaster' shed for around

I considered having a go at the trials race, but thankfully I thought better of it. I'd have a go if there were a few more of my kinda fat bloke fally offy riders Having said that I would have killed my bike over the full race period. My KTM I decided was a little bit chunky even for the clubman race. I've not seen the Scorpa T ride in the flesh, but when I think of the bike I'd like to do the Tough One on, this is it: What other improvements would you look at?

I've used the bottle opener far more than I would have used the plug spanner. I've only got one cylinder, but the fridge is always full

There can be only one - Mr B from Merthyr?

I've mentioned this before, but if you manage to try them, try the same section on both and make it something you don't easily clean. I really would like to see a proper test like this with a variety of bikes, something like the performance bike mags do with road bikes. The reason I mention this is that the Scorpa seems to be one of those bikes that you get on and think "Oooooh this is nice, I like the feel of this", but the results don't seem to come quite as easy as other machines. I've got to add that this really is just my gut feeling, and may also be biassed. I've been Sherco for 4 years. I think the Scorpa is a great workhorse, but I still don't put it in the same class as the others.

If you want to keep things authentic then, you can just grass them up, send 'em down here and we'll do the rest

I usually use around the 75:1 to 80:1 mark. So just divide your 4500ml by 75 and that'll give you around the 60ml of oil needed.