trapezeartist

Does the webmaster ever come here? I repeat: we need a Mecatecno forum. On the other hand, the Xispa one could be consigned to the bin.

Two more thoughts re cold stick, based on Beta ownership: My Beta 4T had really bad cold stick. I used to put the front wheel against the wheel of my car, hold in the clutch and kick it into 2nd. Sometimes I needed to bump weight down onto the rear wheel to get it to release, otherwise the wheel just spun. After trying various oils, I found Putoline Nanotech was the best for both cold stick and progressiveness. I never tried ATF though, that some people recommend.

Have you asked your local dealer or importer?

What that man said! On the other hand a good dealer is an important asset. It's not necessary for them to be close, as long as you get sensible advice over the phone and a good mail order service for any parts you require.

I don't think so. Fast throttle gives you full power without too much wrist movement. The throttle stop just gives you less movement and less power. A slow throttle gives you more sensitive control for slow manoeuvring but the power is still there when the wind it on. It's my guess that you could change the throttle tube in a limited throttle assembly if you wanted to.

The built-in search within the forum is rubbish. It's better to use google and include "trialscentral" in your search term.

When you're wearing a coffin, you're too old. Otherwise, you're not. 😃

Tidy looking bike. Have fun.

+1 for taking off the barrel and piston after your trial today. Hopefully you won't have the bore back in that state again after a small amount of running. I think you'll probably have to clean the piston rings and ring grooves as they are likely to have more of the gunk you found on the bore. Assuming the bore and piston top look clean, I'd put it all back and ride it, but whip the head off after a few more trials to check how things are evolving. While you have the top end apart, check the small end bearing and the up/down clearance of the rings in their grooves. There's maybe an outside chance that the source of your rattle is somewhere there.

That's what I'm hoping. 🙂

Yes, "peso en vacio" would translate as "dry weight".

I tried the no-weights version today in the rain, with the sections getting slipperier with every lap. No problems with traction but it was certainly easier to lift the front wheel (old non-athletic rider on green map). Hopefully I can try it again in drier conditions before finally making up my mind.

Out of interest, I timed my loading up this morning. 5 minutes from opening the garage door to closing it again. That included loading tools and clothing, putting a cover over the passenger seat, fetching and laying out the straps, loading the bike and strapping it into place.

The Quickload looks to me like a solution searching for a problem. I use a couple of ratchet straps and the bike can be loaded in about 1 minute.

All ePures have them. I don't know about older bikes.

I don't understand your tickover comment. If the throttle sticks, the engine is going to run at the speed/torque of the throttle opening regardless of tickover. Every petrol bike runs with a tickover without apparent problems. Notwithstanding, my bike doesn't have TKO and I can't see what benefit it would give me. I think it's just there to help woo petrol bike owners over to EM.

Electric bikes don't stall though.

I've not yet opened the flywheel cover of my 2021 Race, even though I've had the bike for over 2 years. However, looking at the instructional videos on the EM website, it looks like the flywheel has 2 extra discs held by a ring of 6 screws. Am I right? Has anyone here tried removing the weights? As I don't use the clutch I'm thinking that I don't need the flywheel for winding up inertia before dumping the clutch. Instead I think I may get a little bit more snap for lifting over logs if the flywheel is lighter.

Forgive my electrical ignorance (my skills don't go much beyond Ohm's Law and wiring a plug). I had always understood that the PRB would not work on some bikes (including mine) presumably because of a difference in the programming of the controller. From your wiring diagram it appears that it would work on any Race, just by fitting something that will deliver 0-5v to pin 15. Am I right? Your description of your hybrid design went over my head too. I get the concept. I just can't see how to translate that into real life. Any chance of part descriptions, part numbers, etc?

I found the regen section very interesting. If I read it correctly you seem to be saying that the regen terminals on the controller read 0 to 5v to give progressive regen, even on models where EM say you can only have fixed regen. Am I right? Having not ridden with PRB, but liking my FRB, my ideal solution would be to keep the FRB as-is, but add a little bit of regen on throttle closed like the Dragonfly has. There are occasions when I find the EM a bit too free running. This is all on a '21 ePure Race BTW.

Isn't it time there was a bike-specific forum for Mecatecno? They are real, they're here and there were two competing at the trial I did last weekend.

Up to breakfast time on trial day, I just eat normally. I take a bottle of 50/50 orange juice and water to drink during the event. If it's a hot day I'll need to supplement that with more water. I don't eat during a trial: it's only 3 hours! After the trial I might be tempted by the burger van. If not I'll eat a banana or apple on my way home and perhaps a Mars bar if it hasn't melted in the car.

I could, but not really worth it for just looking around. But my main point is that EM have included such hotbeds of trials as Israel and Romania yet excluded the UK (and USA). Why exclude any country? Have we upset the French again? 😆

I don't have a compatible bike (😪) but I decided to download the iPhone version of the app anyway, just to have a poke around. When I tried to sign-up I found that it won't accept UK phone numbers. When you click to select country (rather than using the phone's default) UK isn't there. I tried switching to Spain and it tried to send the confirmation text message but obviously I don't actually have a Spanish phone account. Something of an omission there Mr EM.

Well, the only common thread between most people is WD40, so I'll definitely stick with that bit of my process. Paraffin or diesel? I think I'll give diesel a go, and see how it goes.