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Got to be the monts, they just go like hell.

What a trial, never done anything as physically hard as that, due to the wet moors, very tight for time, running out of petrol 4times! the lovely scottish weather and pulling sister around as much as i could, although she had to pull me around on saturday. Good to see WOFTAM out and about, you all looked very profesional in the team gear, like you were there to do some giant killing. Did anyone else find it hard work? Kinell, big girls blouse, try it with 8 stitches in your left knee and a bent bike after a mega 50+mph crash! Well done to all the lads who finished, it wasn't easy. perce seemed to be enjoying himself all week, didn't see him smiling that much tho. Only in the pub after copious amounts of refreshments. Andy- any chance of getting that picture of my knee on here, he caught me with my trousers down in the alex and he couldn't resist a quick picci. Congratulations to maria conway for a superb week, she was having some cracking rides, certainly worring myself and her brothers as she kept clocking up the 0's in the sections before us. Well done to the organisers for such a brilliant event, although it was perhaps too tight for time, which called for some "on the edge riding" and some risky overtakes. But overall a good week.

Good luck to everyone who is riding!

if we go expecting the worse, like last year, a week of waterproofs, freezing conditions, maybe snow and hail, then we cant be disapointed as anything is better than that.

Good bike had 3 between 2000 and 2002, no problems, rode em at british expert championship standard, never found them short of power, perhaps people need to improve their technique as a 200 has ample power for the majority of riders. Yes the lump is 10 years old, what does that tell you... Its bloody good, no problems with mains or waterpumps just a well sorted engine that can be tuned. If you were riding at european or world championship level, then a 270 kit maybe required, but the bike is more capeable than any rider on this forum.

as perce says, you have to split the air box and re bond it, not with silicone but with a proper bonding agent, once it has been done properly, you will never have ****e in there again.

plenty of pain killer gary, worked for my leg! Any way all the best, hopefully cu sometime.

if you have just recently bought the bike, it would be worth strippig the rear linkage down to see what kind of state it is in, replace the bearings if there is any rust on them, if they are ok just grease em up, check the bushes, clean or replace. Depending on what you want from the suspension, standard should feel quite soft only bottoming out on the major hits, if its too soft wind the spring on say 5mm and test again, if it then feel too bouncy, give it some more damping on the little dial at top of shock. until desired feel is reached.

you aint lookin in the right place if you cant find them, Try the TMX.

SEE IF YOU CAN GET USE OF A VICE TO PRESS THE BEARINGS OUT, I THINK USE A 15MM O/D SOCKET TO PUSH THEM OUT. MAKE SURE YOU PUSH THEM OUT STRAIGHT. RING ME IF YOUR HAVIN PROBLEM 01325 483121

yep this is normal, done mine twice in the last 6 months, check the linkage arm has not gone oval due to whacks off rocks, Grease or replace the bearings, clean the rust off the bushes or replace.

LOOKING FORWAD TO IT!

yep, they are the same as the forks used in the 92/93 gas gas with usd forks, size of the seal :- 35x47x10

It seems the ssdt has got considerably easier over the last 10-15 years, i can remember watching it when saunders won on 80, Tarres 90 and Phil Alderson on 110, now its won under 20. Is it the sections that are easier? or is it the bikes that make it easy? or are we better riders? i think not!! it would have been pretty hard for the average rider judging by their scores. What do the regular riders think?

2 strokes need fully synthetic oil, wheras 4 strokes usually take semi, mainly because it burns too much, although i'd recommend on race and track bikes. A yamaha R1, will use 1litre of fully synthetic oil in 1000miles, and this is in the owners hand book!!! Back to proper bikes, that take some skill to ride correctly, I run my 04 mont at 62ml of fully synthetic oil to 5l unleaded. Some oils make the bike run better than others, The silkolene comp 2sx and the castol a747 seem to be the best.

Doug isn't looking as comfortable with the indoors this year, he's not as suited to them as raga, but i don't think anyone will be good enough to take the championship away from doug outdoors, he's got the mentality, probably even more determination to win his 8th crown. I think that alone is enough to give him the edge. Raga tends to spit the dummy, shake the pram and throw teddy out if it's not going his way, he's not thinking like a world champ yet, although his time will come.

It sounds like the carb needs cleaning out, Check all jets for blockages. Doesn't sound like air leaking, as that generally makes the rev flat out.

Ive often fancied that, managed fender grabs before. Very impressive.

what you all need is a vauxhall nova, put the back seats down, take rear fender off, rear wheel out and it fits in. plenty of room for kit and girlfriend. Doesn't do the car any good tho. Perhaps a Mercs Vito would be ideal.

There is lack of consistancy throughout the centres, an intermediate in one centre in not an intermediate in another, they maybe the same on paper, but rider skill can be worlds apart.

The problem is there are no national gradings, i.e you can be an expert in say the cheshire centre, come to a yorkshire trial, you are expected to ride the experts course, which is by far too much for those centre riders, a good example of this is Toby eyre, he is one of the best riders in his centre, he often comes to ride in richmond trials, the hard course is way beyond him, he just likes to have a good ride around, not get hurt and have a bag full of cleans on the green or clubmen course, by rights he should be riding the hard course in all trials, but it does nobody any favours making them ride something they dont feel comfortable with. there will always be someone winging that there are people riding the wrong course but, it should make you try harder to beat a better rider. what the we need is a national points scoring system, for example the british championship riders should be the top, Jarvis no.1 right through to no.55, who was last in the experts championship. The next level could be the novogar series, which should exclude all riders who have scored championship points, this then opens the novagar series to riders who are not capeable of the hop skip and jump in the championship rounds, by bringing trials back to the majority. The points could be awarded to the top 30 or so riders. These trials are pretty straight forward, you dont need to be able to hop and bounce, just straight forward sections where 10-15 people can win a round. Anyone any ideas????

The problem is that there are so many riders at a very similar ability in the expert class, bar Jimbo, ben hemmo and bricey there are probably 7 or 8 riders that can take 4th place spot. Its got to be hard to decide who rides and who doesn't, Maria is our top lady, a long way ahead of the others, it will do her good to ride with the lads, i have no complaints there. But there are perhaps some names on there who have just entered for the hell of it. I had my doubts that i'd get in,only doing 1 round, scored well tho then was forced to take the rest of the year out due to injury, but a good way to decide who gets in would be to kick out the riders who have just done 1 or 2 rounds and give the places to people who will be commited to doing all or the majority of the rounds, i for one will be mounting an assauult for some of the top places, that will mean doing all the rounds. timpers must be gutted not to get in, as is roger williams. But the line has to be drawn somewhwere. If i wasn't accepted in the experts i would have called the acu and tried to get in the masters, (they need some more riders) but it wouldn't have been as enjoyable to ride. what the acu need to do is to kick out any 1 hit wonders that have only done their local round and give the rides to people like Richard suffell, who may not have scored points, but he is willing to support the whole series. Or they could just let everyone ride, where's the problem in that, cant clubs deal with ore than 55 riders, or is it the acu that cant deal with it.

i take it the picture is of the main s/arm pivot point. if it is, find a correct sized socket, a perfect fit against the bearing edge but not too big to catch the housing. Now you need to press the bearings out in the vice, using a larger socket to press the bearings into. confused? i am.

putting 1 extra tooth on the front is the same as taking 4 off the rear.... a hugh jump in gearing, probably too much may be worth a try tho.

mines virtually standard, Changed to renthal bars, the origional bars were too wide for me, couldn't reach on really tight corners, and renthal chain, short ajp levers (i prefere the feel), geared it up by 2t off the rear sprox. 1st gear for most stuff now. I left the baffle in the exhaust, (got plenty of power for me). Obviously taken the restrictors out and put the jet kit in. Jitsie Kevlar fork protectors, Braybrook off road accesories, filler cap, oil filler cap, hebo footrests. Dunlop tyres and apico sx rated brake pads. I eased the spring rate off a litttle to give a softer feel on the forks, the rear i have left alone, quite happy with that. Well after all that i guess its not virtually std.