trapezeartist

1000 watts of solar is pretty big.

It looks to me as if Toni Bou is getting more pressure than in recent years. He's still the No 1, but not by the same margin as before. In a year or two I think he will start to slip, just as is happening to Adam Raga at the moment. With those two out of the way, Jaime Busto and Gabriele Marcelli are clearly going to be dominant. At present it looks to me as though Toby Martyn and Aniol Gelabert are the contenders to join them as regular podium sitters.

Getting back to the original question, I've never had a problem with a magnetic kill switch so I would not differentiate between Apico and Leonelli. I use the switch to disable my motor every time I stop, so IF the magnet ever came out it would be more likely to be when I am stopping rather than falling off. I wouldn't use the curly lead type sold for outboards as they are too stretchy and probably won't cut the motor unless you totally dismount. My only issue with kill switches is the strap itself. Mine frayed for some reason and broke so it currently has a knot tied in it. Eventually I'll get round to replacing it. I really liked the link to Etsy but the postage costs more than the item so that's out.

Suggestions?

Yes. I wouldn't have wanted to be the one fielding phone calls at the ACU over the past year or so.

I just spoke to someone at the ACU and was told that neither test is required for trials, only road racing. When I said "So it's just another Sport 80 cock-up then?" she simply said "Yes." The very helpful lady is going to get the info taken off my record so it won't bother me further. (Hopefully).

I've just renewed my trials registration for 2024 and the ACU have come back asking for a medical (because I'm over 70) and an eye test (because I am over 55, though never needed one before). They have to be filled out by a doctor and optician, which is obviously going to be an expensive business. Is this for real? Or another quirky mistake from the Sport 80 system? If it is real I think I will stick to AMCA in future as the cost and hassle won't be worth it for just a couple of trials a year.

Good point, though I don't think I'll bother. It's not that big an issue. I think the next mod will be to add a few small holes near the ankle and at the top of the boots as I noticed the lining at the top didn't dry as fast as the foot.

With hindsight I should have pointed the handle of the hair dryer downwards, but all the glue is set now.

I have wanted a boot dryer for ages. There are dozens of different sorts online but the only ones that possibly appealed to me were very expensive, and I still couldn't be sure they would be right when they arrived. So finally I made my own, which saved some money, exactly fits my requirements and it was satisfying to make something rather than just flashing my card. The hair dryer was under £10 from Argos and I'm running it on low setting. The rest is 40mm waste pipe. The four-way joint was the only way I could get an equal tee-piece so the fourth opening is sealed with a piece of plywood. When it's running there's just a gentle waft of warm air coming out of the boots. None of the plastic parts get warmer than slightly warm to the touch. Likewise the inside of the boots.

My point was that electric bikes don't have a limited ability. They've completed the Scottish Six Days and Gael Chatagno performs at a very high level in international trials.

Electric bikes limit ability to fully experience or navigate trials terrain? Obviously no-one told Gael Chatagno that. 😂

I had never paid much attention to the breather tube on the clutch/primary drive case until today. While doing a bit of fettling I noticed that the oil was milky, so obviously I changed it. When I looked for a cause I spotted that the breather tube ended near the swing arm pivot. Well, last weekend I washed the bike after a trial by riding through some deepish water. The end of the tube would have been under water so I'm assuming it sucked up a bit of water then. I've no re-routed the pipe to finish near the spring top mount. Just a heads-up to anyone else to check it before they fill their clutch with mayonnaise. And on a different (but related) note, what was the designer thinking of when he put two semi-captive nuts at the front of the engine plate where they are easily accessible but loose nuts and washers at the back where they are a swine to get at? 😡

I suspect Tenaci Wong is going the same way as Xispa and Jotagas. Never quite caught the imagination enough to sell sufficient numbers to keep the importer in business. (Shame about the Jotagas as I thought it looked a really nice bike.)

You probably know this, but just in case: a Fantic 200 is not 200cc. It's 156cc. (And a 240 is not 240cc either. It's 212cc.)

On rocks like that I think you are better trying to keep the bike rolling rather than stopping and balancing. Within reason, I find the faster the better.

If you find anything I'd love to know about it.

It looks like they need to make a super-plushie for trials (if they are really as good as they claim). Or maybe they are only needed for the Scott and SSDT where 6-8 psi might be the norm. (Is it? I don't know.)

I've never heard of a minimum ground clearance requirement. But it shouldn't be much of a problem for an off-road bike 😆.

Converting "classic" cars to electric is fine for Morris Minors and VW Beetles. There are loads of them, they're relatively cheap and originality is not highly valued. I can't imagine anyone doing a conversion on a Ferrari Daytona or a Bentley Continental though. Many of the people I know in trials are Pre-65 or Twinshock riders and for them "old" is a virtue that outweighs nearly everything else. They are unlikely to change. EM in particular have bent over backwards to woo petrol riders by making their bikes behave like petrol. Personally I think that's a mistake and they should embrace the benefits of electric. However the biggest obstacle is price. It's what stops me chopping in my '21 EM for a newer one or a Mecatecno. I understand the high development costs that the manufacturers have incurred but perhaps they should spread the amortisation of those costs a bit more thinly and then they would sell more bikes.

I don't know about a Montesa specifically, but I always warm up aluminium housings with a hot air gun before removing or fitting bearings.

Hookwood is a little over an hour away. I believe you can practice fairly often, but not sure of the details as it's too far for me.

Where do you live?

Yes, we do each have a personal folder. I found mine and cleared out some old photos that hopefully won't be needed. And now here is my bike in it's new livery. I think maybe I need to change the rim stickers to complete the effect.

Well, I went for it and I'm pleased with the result. In my opinion the Stealth colour scheme looks quite sophisticated and the quality is good. Unfortunately I can't show photos here as the max total size is 33.42 kB. (Does each forum user have a personal image folder of finite size? In which case mine appears to be full.)