billyt

I use the 5/40 in the clutch and 10/40 in the gear box. The lighter weight oil works great in the clutch and the heaver oil for the gear box. Even though this oil is a synthetic it does not cause clutch slippage. The Trizone technology is the secret. Trizone as in Gear Box, Wet Clutch, Engine. I would suggest you educate your self on “Trizone” on Castrol’s web site.

We used to ride at Rennie, Lac Du Bonny, or Stoney Plain? Here is a picture of some of the old Take 5 club members. I am on the front row second from the left (with grey jacket on). There are some great places to ride there on the Manitoba Ontario Whiteshell border. They should have named the club “The TY Club” as 99% of the bikes where TY’s. BillyT

Guys......... That bike is Trials Porn.................. LOL That is awesome. What year is it? Where did you get the decals, white fenders, blue hoses etc?

Yes they need powder coated. Best wait and let it match the bike once it is magically transformed into a faux Rothmans Honda Replica. I will be looking to you Honda/Montesa guys for suggestions on graphics, colour schemes etc when the time comes.

Thanks Mags One of the Repsols will be turned into a 2014 Rothmans Honda Replica. Should be an interesting project......... The trailer is a Kendon trailer that was modified by them to carry trials bikes. Cheers BillyT

How about three of them. This is us heading out to ride Sunday. We got lots of stares on the highway as a troupe of Repsols go driving by.

Evo I 100% agree with 0007 on his comments. Your lack of trials bike specific technical knowledge could instigate new problems or in fact exaggerate those that are already there. Best take the bike over to Lampkins the Beta importer in Silsden, Yorkshire.

daggs888 Was your post deleted or moved to the appropriate forum location?

To start with....... Switch the front brake cable over to the right hand side lever on your push bike. That way at least the right hand lever is the same on both Trials bike and push bike i.e both control the front brake.

Dadof2 Good advice from you. If you live in cooler climates; Caveat: that alone does not work when you are not used to high elevations (7200 feet above sea level), high humidity, and 100F plus degrees temps. One can run, exercise all day long at one elevation and then go up a couple of thousand feet in elevation and then you are knackered. That is one of the reasons there is a base camp at everest to afford a person the ability to climatize before they climb higher. The high heat/humidity and elevation saps you mentally and physically. The British and European soccer teams can attest to what the heat did to them and they are in shape. I can ride all day long with no cramp or issues around sea level or 40 > 70F. Over here in the USA you can live at sea level and drive to a trial around 7000 ft. If any of the riders live around the high elevation they usually kick butt on that day. Hard to train to compete with that change. In the UK one does not see abrupt changes in elevation or temps as they do over here.

Excellent........ Without music we can hear the engine, clutch, basket, suspension, chain and swing arm as it bottoms out from jumps. We can even hear the obstacles bending and creaking, and perhaps hear the riders sphincter valve snapping shut as he gets up and down the obstacles Well done....

There is another reason why it is there. The vacuum draw on a 4T is much greater than a 2T thus the air filter can and will distort as it draws in air. If you live in dry dusty conditions you may notice dust/dirt lining the sides of your air box. It is getting by the sides of the air filter where it mates to the air box as it distorts upon engine air draw. As well as what the previous posters have said, the screen helps maintain the shape of the air filter as the engine is in the sucking stroke. A good helping of grease along the surface of where the air filter meets the air box is a very good idea.

007 Breaking point by his comment I guess (Speaking of tools, How you doi'n Billy?.) Mark and I go way back. I don't see it as kicking him in the teeth. He has lots of great technical ideas and knowledge and well worth sharing on this site. But be up front that he does not actually ride a trials bike weekly, monthly or even yearly for that matter. 007 Being new to this web site you are only seeing the tip of the iceberg. 007 so what did you think of Dave & Steve’s little banter? Was that okay in your books? I have the utmost respect for Dave & Steve and keep in touch with Steve quite regularly. I have known Dave R for about twenty years and Steve F around thirty years. I let them have their little go at each other, seeing points on both sides and keeping out of it. We all have our moments. Mark and I will kiss and make up soon, (hope he spits out the chewing baccy first).

In your yard........ Exactly my point.. You never ride any trials events in Texas, you dont ride any practice weekends with any of the trials riders in Texas. Just check all the Texas trials posting and /or results going back many years, your name never appears on any of them. I ask around and nobody has seen you at a trials or practice for years. So riding in the backyard and only your backyard qualifies you to doll out trials advise? I don't fly/pilot a light plane but I have flown in one. Does that qualify me to doll out light plane technical advise? Time you leveled with the guys on here that you don't actual participate in the local Texas trials scene and have not done so for maybe twelve years? Your member picture was taken at a Katemcy Rocks trial almost five-teen years ago, I know as I was there at that same trials near Austin as you. I have no problem with you pitching in and sharing your knowledge but it comes from memory not actual recent riding. Let the members on here appreciate you are a “bench trials rider” only not an actual real life weekend warrior like the rest of us that busts their butt each weekend. These people have the right to give advice, share tips, warrior stories. They live the sport you post from memory only, sad but true!

Billycraig No idea what test he ran. I agree about the levels and relationship between the electrolytes. As I had stated, I was taking Magnesium, Potassium, Calcium, Vitamin D etc but only as pills of various potencies. I think the Salt Stick works for me due to the levels and mix of the ratios that they have designed into the product. Regardless, it is working for me, why it works is another story. If you try them your mileage may vary so to speak. I take one pill the night before I go riding, one pill before I start ridding, and one pill every hour or so after that. So far nobody has had to remove my curled up cramped hand off the bars/clutch, or see me double over with cramp pain due to my legs spasming. It was getting so bad my leg would cramp up whilst in a section, I would stick it straight out and the judge would give me five or a point. I had to plea it was not a dab but rather a involuntary erection of my leg out and off the peg due to muscle spasms. Hee hee, that only worked for a while. If these pills work now I will have no excuses for dabbing!

Hey Cope To comment on what tools to take on a weekend trials excursion don't you have to actually ride a trials bike?

I got it at REI I also tried Hammer products from REI for cramp but did not do a dam thing for my cramps. You may be able to get the Salt Stick pills at any good bicycle store. The Salt Stick’s web site is www.saltstick.com

Dont know about you guys, but heat stress kills me and my trials stamina, performance. Being originally from cold, rainy Scotland and now living in the really hot, dry, southwest USA the heat just saps my energy and subsequently brings on muscle cramps that are totally painful, subsequently causing me to cramp out of the trial. I have listened to many a person telling me to eat bananas, salt, magnesium, drink more water, drink pickle juice, take an Aspirin before the trial etc etc. Nothing worked. I had a doctor check my electrolytes and all was well. I tried numerous off the shelf products all claiming to stop the cramps, nothing worked. I have taken high doses of Magnesium, Potassium, etc. I even had to go to emergency once due to the cramps being so bad, the ER doctors told me I drank too much water subsequently diluting my electrolytical levels to a dangerously low level. I gave up and rode each weekend not knowing how long or when the cramps would hit me and end my day of riding. Am I the only one who suffers from sever cramps? Last month I came across this product called “Salt Stick Caps”. Okay here we go I thought another product claiming to stop the heat related cramps, I bought it and tried it with much skepticism, the jury is still out on this product but so far four rides in altitudes ranging from 1000 ft to 7200 ft and temperatures from 90F to 104 F. No cramps to report. Nothing else I have tried has had this result. I will keep using it and report on my findings, but to-date I am very optimistic that I may have found something that works for me and my cramps. Stay tuned. BillyT

Well said.

Nothing beats riding in my kilt. When the fan kicks in my wee laddies get a nice warm breeze. I stick my score card in my sporran. LOL

Neils on wheels. Two factors com into play here. Repsol predominantly underwrite the cost of the “Honda/Montesa/Repsol” trials team. Secondly the R&D costs have long being amortized due to the qty of bikes over the years you mentioned. Little changes to the design over a long period of time. Where as the other marques change quite a bit from year to year resulting in having to recoup the R&D cost in shorter time frame. Honda/Montesa is more evolutionary while the other brands are more revolutionary. This is also witnessed by the Japanese car brands and such cars as Camry, Civic etc they don't change much over the years and they slowly evolve.

I Guess The ELF HTX 740 kicked in? LOL

oops good catch Shyted. Actually the "T" in BIllyT stands for "Tardis" LOL

A tip: When you are teaching a rider to do a “Pivot Turn” is it VERY important that when they put their foot down to turn on they should place or point the foot placed down at the angle or direction that they are turning to. Why, just look at the example in the video showing the Pivot Turn, the guys foot and ankle is all twisted and as he put the pivot foot down in the straight on direction of the bike before the pivot turn. That is hard on your knee and ankle as you are twisting them as you turn. Their foot is planted down so all the twisting forces are placed on the knee and ankle joints. If the foot is placed down initially in the direction of the turn it also saves you from lifting it placing it down again for another point or five. The turn is so much smoother and fluid if you place the foot down in the direction of the turn. Once you do the pivot turn this way both feet are pointed in the direction you are headed (one on the foot peg and the one on the ground)and makes it easier to take off especially if there is a rock there. in the angle or direction you are trying to turn and take off in. Some guys even put the foot down and pivot on their heel bone but that is too easily mistaken by a judge as one or two dabs as the front of the foot comes off the ground while the heel is on the ground with the riders front part of the foot going back down to the ground, Best to just plant it down the first time solidly in the direction of the turn. Try it for yourself and you will see what I mean. Cheers