jonnyc21

Crap, how did I miss that... Yes automotive gearbox oil is out don't use that. I thought it was there motorcycle oil... Turns out thats "Motul's Transoil Expert Gearbox Oil - 10W40" Witch would be fine. Deleted my first post.

Welcome!!! FYI: Looks like your autocorrect is swapping trial to trail... On a more important note, at 16 stone and your past bike experience you should be fine on a 250 and I would think a 125 would feel a bit under powered. As for brand of bike, try as many as you can at a club event and you should have your answer. Glad your still with us as and I hope trials gives you back some or even more of the fulfillment your old KTM did. good luck.

Welcome! My advice... Ride your new TRS as much as you can and with others as often as you can! Good luck! oh and if you can take a good trials training... do it!

I have had good luck with cedar chips in a pair of socks placed inside the boots to help with moisture and smell.

oni nou has it... So cheep, just buy and try!

I have to side with oni nou and think it’s a sponsorship thing not a want to say. I would guess if he could get a GP sponsorship deal he would move up. but I could be wrong...

The smaller the diameter of the section the cable wraps around the slower the throttle, so by that logic if you can file down the shoulder the cable sits on you can make it slower. The limit is of course is just a touch larger than the size of the bar...

They are being cut to suit by the bike owners themselves. You would have to do the same if you wanted one. But you can't go wrong with the H&D MITANI 315 Rear mudguard (as stated by oni nou) if your after a clean install and look without the work.

Frame information would be the best, however I have a 2017 and it has a black front fender, the 2018 has a red one. Hope that helps.

Not sure if you can get this oil there but... We have good luck with Maxima MTL extra light 75w in my daughters 08 Gas Gas TXT Pro 125 transmission. its about the same as a 5-30 Mobile motor oil. And also use the fully synthetic Maxima 2T oil at 80:1 with excellent results for over 6 years.

I think you have it with keyboard error, autocorrect on phones and computers is more and more the cause of my mistakes on the forum...

Welcome to the group.

FYI: I have seen a rear tire shift on a trials bike at 3.5 psi and would have taken the valve stem off with the amount of shift. I think it was an older Dunlop 803 but don't remember for sure as it was some time ago so not impossible for it to happen, though I admit I have only ever seen it once.

I would see if you can correctly solve the problem and keep it tube less. The low pressures in trials with a tube will likely have you getting pinch flats frequently with a tube and will also need a rim lock witch would require drilling a second hole in the rim if you do that to prevent the tire from rotating and tearing the valve stem out. good luck making your decision.

Could be one, or the other, or both. However, I find more often than not when I would bottom out in the past it was my technique more than the suspension. If you are say 220 lbs (100kg / 16 stone) heaver springs might help but still technique is more important most of the time. Hope that helps.

I wasn't talking about how they actually scored there, was talking about how they are the only place that "supposedly" adopted the No Stop rules...

I think your hitting on at least part of the problem. How many other national events are No Stop... almost 0 last time I checked. The UK, world, who else? So if so few adopted it I wonder why we continue to see it in the world round? I have to agree with heffergm, haven't yet seen a post by him on this subject that I didn't approve of yet.

Interesting... when I hear something like "... rev them and then down to idle would take ages. Like they were pulling in air." my first thought is that bike needs to be jetted and adjusted. The one guy in our group that rides a 2018 (at least I think its a 2018) runs fine.

Your time limit is fixed, max out and you have your 5... Better than the current rules in my opinion. But I see your point, if a large number of the riders do this it makes everything feel slow.

Unlike the 5 that got changed to a clean this one could just have been missed by mistake... still feels painful when you consider the other though...

I wish everyone did it the way it’s done in Japan and Spain! love watching videos of there events.

Would like that myself, got a good scratch I would like to touch up on my 2017 300 RR.

Could be a lot of things... a lot of older bikes have a rim strip that might need cleaning or replacing and if so I would suggest considering a smear of RVT sealant around the edges to help. could be the valve stem has a leak in the valve core or crack if the valve core replacement should fix it, of stem is cracked it’s a pull the tire job to replace or find one of those quickStem replacements. You could have a torn bead on the tire, or a poorly fitting tire as there has been a few reports of some tires not working with some wheels. theres a few possible things. good luck

I agree with oni nou on forest riding pressure and will note that If your trail riding in sharp rocks at speed I would add a psi to each to prevent punctures.

the 315R's are great bikes, they ride nice, and are as easy to work on as any other trials bike I have done work on. There clutches can be a bit quick if they are not updated to a dimpled version or run a high quality oil like the ELF 740. They are harder to find parts for than the Beta's from what I have seen and the piston and rings are the hardest part to find from what I understand and other parts are going the same direction though not as bad yet. The older Beta's turn a little better but over all are about the same. They have a different clutch problem of often being sticky to the point of not wanting to disengage and this can require a well known Beta clutch fix of pulling apart the clutch and cleaning up the friction plates. Some older Beta's can also have corrosion in cover under the water pump that can force you to replace the cover or find a way to weld/patch things up. Both are good and if in good shape will be a lot of fun. Good luck and hope this helps.