the addict

I know what you mean Barry, this sport is begining to take my life over abit, never skived off work so much as i have in the past 6 months, really enjoying it. Good luck with the move and get that land sussed out for us all.

Barry, lucky sod!!! apparently houses are available from

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Alexz Jack Maria Ralph Joe Mike Ian Caber

Neon, always worth checking the disc bolts every ride, can get abit costly if they come out to far and score a bloody great groove in the caliper, or busts all the bolt heads out. We usually check the disc ones half way through the day as well to be sure

Thanks for that guys, may have to work on editing the clips as they will be more than 5mb I think. Andy I'm pretty sure I can only mail 1mb which is useless but thanks anyway. Did nt bother riding tonight, just watched in ore, he is absolutely incredible, really friendly and up for a laugh . Maria and jack put us all to shame as well, really great day out. Caber no I missed the big off on tape mate, but heard it though bet you'll be sore in the morning, think yours topped mine the other day on the bank from what I heard. Mr D, first post on here mate, hope it wont be your last,

Great day at the quarry tonight and this evening, Alexz, Maria and Jack Lee came out as well, got lots of video but not to sure how to post it somewhere for viewing? any help would be appreciated as its pretty good and Alexz is simply stunning. Also have a 2 minute clip of Ralph doing a section wearing nothing but his black pants pulled up to his chest, not pretty but one of those clips that must been seen to be beleived. Dont think I can post any of the videos on here due to file size but a link from somewhere else would be good if anyone knows. Got loads of pics as well of everyone which i will load later

Happened to me whilst riding, sheared three in one go and Ralph sheared the lot tonight at the quarry, get them helicoiled or Tight Fast inserts which mine have, all of our rev3 disc bolts come undone and need loctite to give you a chance of keeping them in

2/4 mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm ram air on a rev3? on the other points, all most of us want first is a good relaible bike and easy to maintain but still competetive as the Beta is, all the other bits colour scheme, bars etc are just comments on the look of the bike. The rev 3 07 is pretty much the same bike as the very first so there isnt really any major comments to make except on its look. Re the carb, some of them have a mind of there own and are virtually beyond fixing, very poor in my opinion as they have been like this quite sometime now. Good points Rev 3 Easy to work on Relaible Well made to a point(but getting worse) Plenty of power Good spares prices (most things) Bad Get a contract with Delorto and dump the Mikuni Tyre way to close to the swing arm I am still convinced Beta bought a job lot of Mikuni carbs a few years ago, about half a million and need to persevere with them regardless, I bet if they ever bring out a fuel injected bike it will still have the mikuni in there just so they can clear abit of shelf place in the factory

Joe, Its a real job to tell them apart these days all that light riding,hopping and jumping about, Ralphs become a finely honed athlete now, There is a rumour Ginsters are looking to sponsor him next season, just negociating whether the deal will be full time or just breakfasts. Bringing the cameras this morning mate

Now theres a challenge for them Perce, our Oxford lot are going to be making an appearence next year for it by the look of things, mainly as grip and kickers for the top lads though,

Feetup, I m amazed it starts at all with such a lean mix plus the race fuel, most of us run 65-70ml of oil in 5 litres of superunleaded, I had been using 100% Avgas but it was too much for it, only use 50-50 now or just Superunleaded. Try it with the standard pilot in again, I found mine was too lean with the 27.5 in, ran ok but you could tell it was loosing power due to lack of fuel

Dave, Beta are telling us to use bpr5es in the UK not 6 or seven and they do seem to run better with them.

Thanks again Dougie, looks like I need the 6 inch rise which are also 20mm wider than the 5.5 and 5 inch rise renthals

I find it a lot easier without a finger on the front brake, feels awkward to start with but gives much better feel to the throttle when you blip it

Beta must be close to bringing out a completly new design 08 I expect, the rev 3 is still a great bike to ride but must be getting really close to having its day. I hope we dont all go 4 stroke though, could mean the end for companies like Beta,Gasser etc as I just cant see them getting it right for a couple of years if not longer. I certainly will not be buying a bike that is heavy or down on power over the mont and I am sure most of us here who ride wont either. Imagine what really poor sales would do to these smaller manufacturers over two -3 years Trials will become a one make series

Heath, I packed it all in as well when the no stop rules came in, I was bloody useless without being able to stop and hop and just did nt enjoy competitions anymore. Some of the big non stop trials are still worth riding as they are set out so you have no need to stop but the rules are pretty strict if you do suddenly come to a stop for whatever reason. Love riding as much as possible but still not really interested in non stop and all our practice sections involve being able to stop and hop about. If you ve got enough room to go up something with a run at it without stopping surely the obstacle will be bigger and higher than a step with a 1-2 metre run at it.

Thanks alot Dougie, thats a great help, can check mine against the chart now - nice one

Couple of mates have wider bars on the Beta's not much about 1 inch each side and I found the riding seemed more balanced and controlled, I am using stock Renthals at the moment any one using wider bars?and what type/make, could do with slighlty more lift on them as well

but still that muck-uni carb...do you get a free drill bit with it to cure the carb problems Nice one Ham2

One trial I would love to say I had done, maybe next year hopefully, seen a few vids of it and some of the sections look quite stiff and not looking forward to being used as traction or a kicker if you lob it mid flow. A little like the IOM TT, you need to have done it a few times to know where your going and be used to riding like they do

About right, like the black look though better, top end looks good and it looks like the tank may be a little narrower or slightly different shape. They've edited out the pool of petrol under the bash plate by the looks of it , still have one though, hope that 1.5 kg weight drop wont mean reliabilty problems somewhere most of us buy the Beta because of its reliability and ease of maintenance

Your right Beta120690, will take ages to get good at it, find it easier to do on a slight slope with the back brake though, remember practicing wheelies years ago, took agaes as well and one day you can suddenly do it as if you always have done. Think the hopping will be the same, practice,practice cant do it and then one day the timing will come and it will be easy or near to it