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Are we talking about proper motoring or electrical washing machines? If it doesn't fill air with that nice 2-stroke smell, then it's a no go. It may be even smoother, but I'll take a proper fully breathing OSSA over any electrical toaster, it's the sweetest 2T trials motor around!

Cheers mate! I now see how huge and many meters deep hole I have in my garage, must be more careful not to fall into it!

As they say, haters gonna hate so I actually fully expected such style reply or a misquote Now let all of your OSSA hate come out, we can only imagine how much hate and evil laugh it will be in here when the factory finally closes doors (again! LOL) Meanwhile independently from all that we'll keep riding and loving our OSSAs! They are just fab bikes, I love mine to bits and while doing so I won't show any such hatered towards any other brand!

Well, with OSSA in difficulty also Kokusan Denki (the japanese maker of OSSA's fuel injection system) name is gone, it's now bought by german Mahle corporation I see on their web page: Effective January 1, 2016, the company name of Kokusan Denki Co., Ltd. has changed into “MAHLE Electric Drives Japan Corporation” Good thing is Mahle is very good quality stuff, I've bought filters etc consumables from Mahle for my BMWs (they're OEM producer for BMW too) and really top notch quality, so I don't see it being a problem. But pity they had to change their nice sounding Jap name into some rough german "Ramstein-ish" sounding name. Anyways, just sayin', those Kokusan Denki stickers on our beloved OSSAs are now old relics

Hi Johnny! Long done with any sort of RTW. Keeping apples and oranges separated myself Just a quick research tells i.e. Vertigo RR-equivalent or race model is 58kg wet, or i.e. Ossa TR300i Factory goes close to 60kg with just couple of modifications and everything at very reasonable cost compared to Montesa. 4T is usually 3-4kg more if you compare i.e. Beta model lines. It's fine to have more if you added superb engine, reliability and top-notch robust build quality like Montesa does the best, but "RR" badge supposed to be targeted at something else. So I say even for a four stroker 75-76kg trials bike with a competition RR-marking on it is slightly off. PS: Cota's are among the most desireable bikes in my list, so I'm a bit jelous too!

This is a long known fact that the 4T are considerable heavier than 2T, but one thing is speciefic high-grade "RR" marketed model, other is "average joe" (regular) model. There's not a considerable difference there so I think they've gotten this "RR" marking a bit wrong here. But hey, we should all know this by now: modern marketing is all smart bollo*ks anyway and we passionate bikers tend to pay for those nice badges and markings on our beloved bikes and brands

Hmm... Looking good and always like 'em Cotas visually, but 72kg dry (must be some 76kg or so wet?), why it's so pig heavy for an supposedly "RR" bike with carbon fibre etc expensive lightweight fancy bits?

Cheers for the info! This PDF looks like a decent tutorial how to do it.

Anyone have any instructions how to maintain those Marzocchi forks on the newer Ossa TR-series? Mine's 2013 model with fairly good amount of usage, so thought about doing some maintenance on the forks. Haven't found any instructions how to open 'em Marzocchi aluminium forks, seal replacement, how much oil or any oil level marker on filling? Any info, photos or links on this would be highly apreciated! TIA, Margus

Life can go in a strange way... I'm from a bit younger generation who started with digital. Got bored at one point some few years ago, and ironically beating the same old drum "how good the digital" was and "how crappy the film" is, aka the endless film bashing by digital guys, me used to being one of them. Till I tried film myself one day out of awkward curiosity... And guess what - I was blown away how much more depth there was, how artistic and "real" my shots suddenly looked. Now after a couple of years almost 95% of my shots using film for my personal (art-) work, that 5% I make some extra income using digital to pay off all of my film needs (with very low standards the clients have these days). Shooting mostly 6x7, with two Pentax 67 bodies - the main one of them is as around old as myself and with me it has been in over 80 countries, 6 continents and endured some close to 300 000 kilometers of motorcycle vibrations, from -35C Himalayan to +45C Arab dessert, still runs like new! Also 6x6, a little 6x4.5 and occasionally I also shoot 5x7" (13x18cm large format) and lately I've had lots of fun with 35mm panoramic on old Soviet Horizon 202 I do my own scanning and use very little post processing, I also recently started to do my own darkroom B&W printing, mostly using alternative methods such as Lith-process - true and real hand made prints that as a ex-digital guy myself I've now started to apreciate as a real hands-on art form (vs digital prints I used to do). Hard to put the reasons into words actually. It's not about quantity or quality you get enjoyments and rewards in life, I just love the film rendering, tonality, grain and love also how it visually differs from all the mostly sterile and lifeless digital I was getting too used to, always hunting for that "ideal" image and shooting way too many images from many angles and settings and never really thinking about doing just one single image and doing it really good. Film taught me how to do this. And later when I was into digital I've tried hard to "emulate" analog with advanced digital post-processing but never could get anywhere the real film. So I've ended up "if you want the film-look you just have to shoot film", the easiest way. That being said I wouldn't recommend film photography to everybody though, it's a lot more work and dedication and that's not for most people IMHO. So I'd only recommend it for those who look that speciefic "film" or "analogue" feel in their photography and willing to put in some more time and handwork (developing and scanning which I do myself). Just some very random uncropped raw scans from my film work: The Ride by Margus Sootla, on Flickr Explore by Margus Sootla, on Flickr if I could only fly... by Margus Sootla, on Flickr Within Space by Margus Sootla, on Flickr Indian Threesome by Margus Sootla, on Flickr Beneath by Margus Sootla, on Flickr Gamelan man by Margus Sootla, on Flickr Dogwalk by Margus Sootla, on Flickr Cheers, Margus

Cheers for the info guys! Thought about buying a pack of these carbide tipped studs. What do you reckon, will those do the trick? Price seems to be very decent compared to some outrageously priced stud kits the motorcycle shops sell. 12mm of lenght probably won't go through the carcass of the rear tyre so I reckon those will run on tubless allright as well(?)

True, but many people though GG will liquidate & sell off OSSA just to save itself. So I'd say it's somewhat a good news, at least when it goes down in flames there's no GG to blame LOL.

Some good news: Latest I heard OSSA finally got itself loose from the Gas Gas (Torrot) situation, back to Joan Gurt hands and he's actively searching for an investor to restart the production in a smaller factory as I understand. So the good news is at least GG doesn't dictate anything currently. Another question is if OSSA finds enough funding in Spain in it's current rather lagging economy. IMO, OSSA seems like a good if not excellent deal for any investor with even a tiny bit of a clear minded vision or even for those who're quite risk-paranoid. OSSA brand is pretty much worked up into trails sector plus you get a niche design ideas and engineering concept to separate itself from the rest of the competition so it would provide an excellent platform to market & develop on. Hopefully someone will step up and take OSSA under it's wing so we can have new OSSA bikes again. Hell, on a second though even I'd buy the OSSA company in a heartbeat it if I just had enough resource

Anyone thought of studding their tyres on their TR-series for some more serious winter fun? I have many frozen lakes around for sliding practice, plus my own garden to play, both are very icy and slippery during the winter. With stock trails tyres it's too much slipping, especially the front end. So I though studding the tyres. Anyone done this on a trails bike? I see many kits around - screw-in type of studs. I guess the problem is the rear since it's tubless (albeit tube can be fit there too I reckon).

Hi all, Just popped in since got into trials just this year. From dual-sport and big trailie background and I always wanted a trials bike for many years in row till recently I saw an Ossa TR280i 100th Scottish Six Days Trials model - I was blown away and man I was in love! Function and beauty match made in heaven. There was simply no way out from finally getting a trials bike since then and it preferrably had to be an Ossa TR-series. Just loved how these awesome bikes are built with a fresh engineering approach. I've always had a soft spot for radical design ideas, so there's was bit expexted ownership love and passion involved in the final decision too I guess. So got myself an 2013 Ossa TR280i and love it to bits, first rides I made in -15C weather, can't wait the snow to melt away... Cheers all, Margus