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Im going to have a look at this today , the bike is around 2004 beta 80 . im pretty sure its the return spring as I have to move the selector back up by hand , I havnt looked yet , but wondered if its a hard job ?

Hi all I’m after a replacement spring for my lads 80 my plan it to cut the spring down a little , and drop the forks through the yokes to give my lad an inch or so while he is getting to grips , are the springs the same as 125 ? I cant seem to find an 80cc shock

Hi , all .. my lads beta 80 has a bit of an issue with gear selection , feels very vague and lever doesn't seem to return to great, bit hard to feel through the gears if that makes sense ... is there any common issues, I thinking along the lines of return spring ? , Im going to be doing some tidying up on the bike soon so thought it makes sense to look in to this .. cheers ..

this has become a real pain to know what to do for the best, I dont seem to see many SW betas going ... well cheap / lower price ..

The 300 is quite lively , think 250 are more sort after and maybe the better choice , that being said I have ridden a few trials and seen guys riding 125 at a really good club level ... Id go for the 250 if it was me ..

Hi everyone looking for some advice .. So I wanted to get my son started in trials , He is 12 in Jan and is only around 4'6 (138cm ) roughly ... He is a bit small for his age I guess , reasonably strong and fit very active.. Anyway , wanted to get him riding , so the other day I saw a beta 80cc big wheel bike , which when I looked at it looked like it would be the right size for him with plenty of growing room .. well today I took him out with it , and the bike seems really big for him , he isn't able to start it yet , some because of lack of technique and some because the bike is big .. we pottered about for an hour or so, with me by his side , he was getting used to using the throttle and clutch , and was very wobbly on the bike to the point that I was pretty much keeping things balanced and upright ... I know its a big learning curve for him and we all started somewhere ... I initially thought the 80cc big wheel would be the better choice as he would grow into it , but im a bit unsure now ... I paid £950 its 2004 , all seems good with it tho it needs a good clean .. I was going to get him to work on it and clean it so he would learn all about them .. Now what to do ? , Should I try and sell the bike? , and try and pick up a small wheel 80 , or even a 50 cc just to get him going with things , or is it better to keep the big wheel 80 which I bought, and preserver with this .. Or should I try and pick up a 50 cc to give him a bit more experience on a smaller bike ? .. He isn't interested in any of the electric bikes at all . .. we are on a reasonable budget I don't mind buying something but cant afford to wast money if you know what I mean .. I was hoping to get some advice from other trial parents ... Cheers . .

ok .. I didn't realise this ..

sweet .... that's what I wanted to hear ..

I bought a BMX ... for my son , and myself .. I have been riding with him and It has made an improvement with my riding .. I know that trials cycles and BMX are different the bmx brakes are non existent and most of the tricks are done while moving , a trials cycle are strong on the breaks and most tricks are performed from stationary ... I found that a trials cycle were double the price , ... and I fancied a Bmx to ride with my son ... It has really helped with balance , and feels better suited than my mountain bike .. I even took it to the skate park and showed the youngsters how its done ..

hi , guys .. as it says , has anyone fitted an in-line filter on a TRS rr , mine didn't come with one , and I thought it would be good to fit one , simple job new hose with a filter in the middle , not been on a test ride but had a little 10min around the garage all seemed ok .. In the clear filter it seems to not fill up completely ? , and has a little air in there .. bike seemed to run ok .... was thinking was there a reason why a filter wasn't fitted as standard , by fitting one could/would this mess up the fueling of the bike ? im prob over thinking this ...

Im going to be swapping back to the standard 10-40 as soon as I need a new chain and sprocket , also the bike is fitted with a slow throttle tube, so it must be slow in comparison to a standard bike , I haven't had chance to ride a standard one yet

I chatted with Steve Saunders today about the gearing , he said that its a fairly normal thing done , he said that it should tame the bike down a tad .. said as I get used the bike and my riding improves to move back up to standard .. but the difference are fairly small , so im told...

sure , ... Im guessing its been done to make the bike a little more responsive in lower revs and maybe slower moving for stuff.. or maybe the shop didn't have any other sizes .. lol ...

Ok sure , its easy enough to swap bk to standard .. What purpose has it served by gearing the bike down , is it beneficial in any way ? bit of a newbie question ..