billyt

Thanks for posting some pictures. The pictures are many years apart in age, a VERY young Jordi with hair and an older Karl. Maybe try and post some pictures of Jordi say 5 > 10 years ago and they look alike. Jordi without hair looks like Karl.

Is Jordi Tarres and Karl Pilkington one and the same person. Did Jordi get a face lift, Or is this Jordi's stupid cousin? Anybody else see the resemblance between these two? BillyT

Why Liverpool? Why not Austin TEX?

Emh...... you took the carb off to clean it, that is what went wrong! As RLRacer said is the best advise!

Classic signs of pilot jet being to lean. Richen pilot jet until symptom go away.

RP I totally agree. Tweak with oil viscosity and the Beta's suspension is great. Spend more time practicing. Cheers

Hi Several other 2012 Beta's"? Have you modified yours? I am not the one complaining about the Beta's suspension. I like the Beta's suspension. Maybe you should read all of the posts on this topic to get the gist. Cheers.

There is no compression adjustment only pre-load to the spring. The other adjustment is for rebound.

To each their own I guess. Do you have a stock throttle cam, stock valves?

Dan Go to the four stroke forum. Go to "What is the future, two stroke of four stroke". Go to page 4, should be there. Cheers BillyT

Hey Steve I am waiting on a 2012 Beta 300cc 4T. Should be here in a week or so. I ordered it with the factory Titanium silencer and the aftermarket shock that American Beta offers on their web site. Should be interesting. How are you getting on with yours? I will update you when I get mine. Cheers mon ami.

Been in/around trials for over thirty years. Thought I had seen it all heard it all! So, I met this guy at a motorcycle store here in the USA, he heard my Scots accent and starts to chat with me. He starts talking about trials and how when he was stationed in the UK during the second WWII he and his fellow air force buddies used to hang around some British trials guys. So far so good, now here is where it gets FUNKY he swears up and down that one of the bikes he saw and had a go on was a diesel yes diesel engine....... Is this even possible? I mean can one have single cylinder diesel engine let a lone put one on a trials bike? This guy was old but still had his wits about him and could talk two stroke and four stroke technicalities till the cows came home. Any diesel guys out there that can comment on this, is this guy yanking my chain or was there some attempt by a backshed mechanic in the UK during the WWII in installing a diesel engine on a trials bike?

Guys Just as a reference point to what I an trying to say about getting energy in to the front forks and then getting a percentage of it back in the rebound stroke check out my video post (four stroke forum) of me on my old 4T Beta Evo. I shoot this video so I could check out the action and balance of my forks to the rear suspension a couple of years ago. Look how little energy goes into the the front forks and the rebound stroke. The bike is alive and moving quite easy from side to side. Cheers

Dan The oil viscosity variability suggestions I make depend on where you live i.e. weather. In Arizona we sometimes rode in 110 F I have also ridden in 40 F weather. This weather extremes will play havoc in your suspension performance. Livlob is correct in following the manufacturers recommended oil levels, the viscosity however is up to you! I start with 5 weight in the rebound and 7.5 in the compression.

Guys a little Scots wisdom here. The forks are dead until you put energy into them. So, with that been said you can put the lightest oil one can find into the rebound fork all day long it will just sit there until you put some energy into it So where does this energy come from? It comes from riding of course but more importantly it comes from having the front forks compress The more the front fork compresses the more energy will be stored in the spring The fork spring will now will try to release this energy by rebounding and the rebound oil will slow down the return energy So, the moral of this story is the light viscosity of rebound fork oil has to work in harmony with the compression fork oil and spring. You can put in light rebound oil but if you can not compress the forks due to a heavy compression oil there will be little to no return energy. There is a delicate balance between fork compression oil and rebound oil viscosity. Try changing the compression oil to a lighter oil as well as the rebound oil

Dave I stand corrected. My point is still valid though! I have been riding or should I say it has been riding me a Beta Factory 300c 2T and it tends to get away from me........ I like the slowness and silkiness of the 4T and if I over shoot something which I tend to do a release of the throttle tends to sort me out on a 4T. So, Dave, a quite hogmany in Kelowna? Awe the best for new years to you and yours.

To me the real question is not about being "green" or maintenance costs but rather do I like engine breaking or not when riding a section on a 4T vs a 2T! The answer is YES..... That is why I am going back to riding a 2012 Beta Evo 300c 4T. At my age and skill level the engine breaking is a must! BillyT

Mark Yes it is all relative and one has to use some common sense when doing this heat/cool technique. Saying "get it hot" is all relative to whom ever is doing the "getting it hot". The guy I saw doing this got it so hot it was almost changing colour no wonder the cool water he poured over it (the water came out of his ice ladened cooler) caused a rapid drop and subsequent hairline cracking of the disk and then when he rode placing stress on the disk going down a BIG hill BINGO! over the bars he went as the brake pads caught on the crack. Not good...............

"I usually perform 2-3 good hard stops from a good high speed run in 5th gear to warm them, then let them cool and resume normal operation. Do this 2-3 times to thermocycle them, then on a final trip do the same to get them and the disk good and hot and douse them with a water bottle to steam off." Warning to the wise on getting your disk hot and then dosing it in cold water! I have witnessed this resulting in the disk cracking and or warping due to the aneling effect that the radical drop in temperature causes. I was present when a friend of mine tried this and and then went over the bars after the brake disk shattered

How good? As ma maw would say, juist a brodie - a big roons slap o' dough wi' the tap hauf spread wi' steak cut sma' an' chappit ingins." "Syne the boddom hauf's luftit an' laid ower the tap an' scolpit ee aidge." "Nick oot twa holes ee tap fauld an' there y'are - a brode pie - a brodie - a bridie."

Hugh You may be correct! That would make sense.

Is the Evo frame painted or powder coated? My black frame is holding up okay, even after dropping it MANY times.