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Wow, that's a full-scale heist

Had a bit of a ride last night, going to fit a slow throttle tube and a magnetic lanyard, there doesn't appear to be anything else that needs attention right now The plan is for my other half to ride it on the Downland trial, and then it'll be a 'family bike' for green laning and light trials practice (I don't think I could handle it in a proper competition)

Rides like a tractor, great fun! :)

Yup, same reason I could only have cameras mounted to the bike on a recent track day. I can foresee circumstances where a gopro mount could catch on something during a fall and cause someone to break their neck (though it's unlikely)

If I'm in a real hurry I stick a hairdrier down for a minute at a time, and pull it out when my fingers start to burn; otherwise I just sit them on the floor near (but not on) a heater and let convection be my friend Just ordered some Sealskinz yesterday ...

Awesome, thank you!

Ok, well I've managed to avoid messing about with carbs so far, so figured I'd ask - I know this is a common mod on TYs so thought someone could possibly just rattle off a part number or two from memory

I've got a WES single box to go on my TY, and plan on openning up the top of the air box - what size needle should I move up to to account for the additional breathing?

Unless you're crap like me, and have to pick the bike up or drag it around a lot ... My GG is 70Kg wet, and the TY 84Kg. I do hope to cut the TY weight a bit, but so far it's gaining weight what with the longer swingarm, etc.

Aaaand, it's up and running and looking like a motorbike once more ... still lots to do, but at least it can be ridden and enjoyed now!

Wurth dry lube is great in the summer if you're not washing your bike on every outing. Wurth also do a light oil spray that's like WD40 but with more oil residue left, which I like. On my street bike I use WD40 brand chain wax, which would probably be suitable for any longer distance rides like if you're taking a road legal trials bike up into the Pyrenees or along the Florida Way or something.

Fair doos, I've never had to do work on a modern auto - probably for the best, lol

ATF usually needs changing at 50K ideally, engine oil at perhaps 10K on a modern car, or 3K on an old one. Most motorbikes use combined gearbox and engine oil, and have a wet clutch (rather than an automatic gearbox's belts and torque converter, which is a seperate fluid coupling) which means it all gets dirty faster; trials bikes also don't have an oil filter, which is why I can do 4K between oil changes on my Triumph but a fraction of that on the Gasgas.

First result in Google: "If you ride with a visor or goggles they must either: meet a British Standard and display a BSI Kitemark, or meet a European standard offering at least the same safety and protection as the British Standard and carry a mark equivalent to the BSI Kitemark ( UNECE Regulation 22.05)" If you buy some from a reputable bike gear shop they should be up to spec, for road riding you can get sealed sunglasses to look cool with I have an 'adventure style' road legal full face helmet for when I'm on the road, I'd rather put up with slightly less visibility* off road than take the risk of loosing my chin on the road (17% of head injuries occur to the chin / front of face in road accidents). *hardly any loss of visibility, has a visor and flip-down sunshield, and can take MX goggles, which is all handy for longer jaunts

See if you can get a Haynes manual, they go through doing engine work in beginner-friendly wording (I have one for the earlier TYs, would be surprised if there wasn't one for the monos, too)

Ok, after months spent running around in circles screaming with my hair on fire, the Pampera is slowly going back together. My GF is doing all the work at this point, I just supervise and occasionally lend an extra pair of hands. We got a machinist to make up a new swingarm spindle after having to cut the old one out, it was simple and has a M14 fine thread on each end now so we can extract it more easily in the future. The only other cutting was to get the original bottom headset bearing off, which took ages as it was rusted badly. All the bearings are standard sizes, however the biggest PITA has been sorting the ones that go into the shock itself. After being told the official price was £50 each we figured F that and found some that are the same size on paper, but with a brass outer ring for £18 each (couldn't find steel like the originals). Now, the problem with brass is it's soft, so you press it into the shock and it just squashes the bearing together, making it useless. So, you have to gently file, wet n' dry, and polish the outside of the bearing, over and over, until it fits juuust right. Because if it was too loose it's just going to fall out at the worst moment. Anyway, now it's just a matter of time (although the outer panels still need plastic welding for all the cracks). It's going to be awesome, but in retrospect I wish we'd just got another XR250 like mine (or similar) and lowered it.

In that case, I'm glad I got a cheapo Spada and put my own stickers on it

That top one looks cool, and ideal for a little extra safety on road trials

To add to this, my new Wulfsport MX trousers arrived last night and they feel more comfy than my Hebo (but lack any knee padding)

As time has gone on, my Forma Boulder boots are neither comfy nor waterproof (or even resistant), and are wearing really badly on top of the left toes ... which seems like really bad value for money to me Conversely, my street bike Alpinestars are super waterproof, comfy, and apparently indestructable. So I'm a little disappointed to hear their trials boots aren't any good, 'cause I was going to go for a set of those next year.

I've been riding in Tescos stretch Jeans, but they're not suitable when it's wet so I just got myself some cheap MX trousers off ebay. I've also got Hebo trials trousers, but I don't find them comfortable.

Just ordered a pair of Wulf MX trousers because they were in an excellent colour and on sale, hopefully they'll be more suitable for autumn than the jeans ...

There's a couple of seams around the padding in the knee that feel very scratchy when I bend my legs

I've been eyeing up motocross trousers for this purpose, as I'm not super keen on lycra (I have some Hebo lycra ones and they're not very comfy, so I've just been wearing stretch denim jeans from Tesco recently)

Dunno about that, you can be conpetitive on cross country on a £2K bike ... anyway, this is getting away from my main point, which is that modern mountain bikes are super convenient, multi-purpose, low on faff, and can be ridden anywhere. The cost is a more minor consideration. Another thing is that riding a trials bike is less environmentally friendly, which matters to many young people.