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Christ!!!!!!!!!! the thought of Ralph welcoming the riders back in a mini skirt,lipstick,G string and pom poms, have nt they had a hard enough day as it is? The sock trick would get a good laugh though mate

TooFast, I have heard the first 10 years are the hardest, gets easier from then on,

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Freixa's got nothing on you, he does nt load the suspension like you do and makes sure the last hop is a 90 degree flick turn

Kinell, yer seen those thanks, nice to see them again though. I am going to persevere at it for a while as it is a great feeling when you get 5-7 in one go up a hill and can turn a loss of traction up a hill into a clean

Just learning how to do this, always been impressed how the top lads do it so easily and how much of an advantage it can give you if you can master it. Ralph is like a f****ng kangeroo at it and will always go up the last 10-20 foot of any climb hopping even if it means giving away a dab at the top. One of those skills that will take ages to get good at and really hard on the arms and legs but great fun to do.

Ever seen what damage a flung chain can do when it gets wrapped up in the front sprocket and chews the gear box, wont take the chance i recon

Just had some spares delivered incase of any breakages whilst in Wales, gear lever

Ducati Ignition!!!!! Christ, god help you gasser riders

Great racing again yesterday, looks like the pocket rocket will pull it off this year, seems to have moved up to the level required to be British Champ at last. Kiyo looks like hes blown it but still loads of points up for grabs. Greg cant quite get his speed back but I am sure will be mega strong in the last few races and deserves to be in World Level next year. Think theres a good chance the team will go world next season mainly due to Greg staying this year, cant see why else he would have stayed if he was nt promised WSB next year.

Jonny, warm the bike up and dump out what oil is left in there for new, could do with a change by the sound of it. The window is a level guage and you should see oil in it especially if its been in there for a while. The rev 3 takes 550ml when empty and i think the Techno takes 500ml but may be worth checking with a Beta dealer

Ned, the gasser may already have a weight you can take off first before removing any material, or you may be able to buy a lighter flywheel for your bike.

BVM moto , great mail order service, should be with you next day delivery if your in the uk http://www.bvm-moto.co.uk/bikeprot.htm

Ad-aware, best I ve used along with Zone Alarm, always run it every night

Ned, it will make the engine respond quicker (more lively) not make it spin quicker, some people like the bikes to pick up quickly over slower responses to opening the throttle

my almost standard works lovely thanks... !! Exactly Heath, almost standard? why arnt they supplied like this in the first place? Rick, would nt bother asking mate, we'll never get hold of the proper bits for the Mikuni anyway. Did some work today on the carb thanks to Rod, pretty much sorted the lower end running during the past couple of months but the bike will not climb hills strongly, main reason for this is me shutting off due to the huge amount of pinking at mid plus throttle openinging on biggish climbs, pinks so bad never wanted to push the engine harder incase it did a full lean out. Tried for the first time today to absolutely nail the ****** in third and forth up big climbs and the bike is ballistic. Seems the problem is carburation at the point where the main takes over from the pilot and not as I thought too small a main jet. After about 10-12 full throttle runs did a plug chop and the plug was nice and clean, maybe a little weak but would expect that after continuos blasts and immediate shut off. Not 100% sure what to do about the big pinking but may lift the needle one notch and see how it goes and cross my fingers it does nt mess the lower throttle openings to much

Like AJ said, be carefull when drilling it out, make sure your nice and centred with it. May have to check some of my bolts later after the off I had today, made Barry look like a Novice, will suffer tomorrow I think!!!!!! Ralph it was D0g ****!!!!!!!

Never tried, but personally I would nt, good reason for it being it on there mate, the bars without the brace are Fatbars and are much thicker than stock ones. If you want to inspect your steering stem work a little more closely today ride with the brace off, should get a really close look at it after 5 minutes or so.

10) Photography of Landscapes and buildings, ties in with the site and all the trips to the WTC

Rick, try this, may work? when you start it from cold open the throttle wide a couple of times, stick it in 2 nd gear and rock it back and fore so the engine turns over. Do it about 10-12 times then kick it over, mine fires first time every time doing this, but not so good without it.

Ferret, never had any doubts the top lads Mikuni's are different, no way any of them would put up with such a ****e carb

This should work http://www.beta-uk.com/home_page_2.htm

Hi Carl, yes found the Dunlop like a used Mich on the rocks on Sunday in the wet, Mich seems much better. As I said above worked really well on grass but dug in too much on the shale climbs and bogged, probably due to the stiffer side walls. Will try it out in the mud tomorrow, sneaking off at 2 for a play with the lads at the quarry Fergygas, exactly what a mate said at the Lyn Traders, took a lap to wear it in then it got alot better on the slippy rocks, not as good as the Mich though

Yer, will be having that done and the other couple problems it has, tell me this, why dont Beta do these mods at the factory for gods sake if it has to be done to get the bike run correctly? Why do we all put up with S***e like this, I would rather pay

Good one mate, thing is i used to do this regular with the WR so its not the first time. The WR would nt fire for about 15 seconds on the starter motor but then it would spit the bung out at mach 2 and fire it about 100 yards, would nt want to be in its range.