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My brother had a shotgun cartridge thing he used in his pickup after he had two trucks stolen last year, works off a wire and has the same noise as a shotgun going off when triggered. Not 100% how legal it is in this country but i will ask him this week and where he got it from, all you would find in the morning would be your nice shiney bike still in place but a large pile of **** near the door. Could always spur off the garage ring main to the bike frame and wait for the lights to flicker, same thing in the morning, nice shiney bike still there but scorched chav welded to it

Joe, I havent found away yet and I ve had Betas for the past 6 years . Doesnt take long to take the exhaust off though

Barry, the Beta site just isnt Blue enough for me anymore

Haha, yer video them nice one, August hopefully should be drier so maybe I was impressed at the level of all the riders there today considering the conditions, all of which had a good go at all the sections. I saw one lad on a Techno I think attempt the graded hill climb 3 times on the trot and each time throw his bike over his head on the rock step near the top, takes big balls to try a second time let alone 3, fair play. Even the Goat didnt make it to the top and he is renowned for big flat out hill climbs hence the nick name. There was a young lad on our route trying everything 100% and had better attempts than me on most of them, and too be honest if that trial had been set around hear 90% of the riders would have gone home on the first lap so well done for those who stuck it out to the end or went round a second time. Hope the leg heals quickly Malc, hopefully see you in August

Malcolm, yer one of those days, not our best introduction to Abergavenny AC. Personaly I would have scrapped the Expert course form the start and made the Clubman route the Expert, would have been about right but still hard. The Clubman route should have been the easy route and I bet it would have still taken marks off the top Club lads. Me and Ryan entered on the Expert and packed up after the first lap after the sections got way to hard and slippy. I tried a few of the clubman route sections later on and they seemed hard enough for Experts considering the conditions, god knows how some clubmen even tried some of them. Even the Easy route was way to hard and I have never been to a trial where I have seen so many crashes and bikes flung over riders heads. I wasnt going to post anything but I did here one of the club guys saying well we didnt think it was going to rain? Its a great place for Trials but something should have been done before to ease the trial either as above or move some markers to ease the event off. I'm sure every club has its bad trials and its a shame for the organisers after the effort has been put in before hand. Hope the next Abergavenny trial goes well and the heavens dont open for you, nice to meet you this morning Just

The Goat Ewers is coming as well, if theres any big steps or nasty stuff he'll whoop me and Ralph.....bahhhhhhhhhbahhhhhhhhhhhhh Dog **** Ralphy!!!!!!! anyone got the post code?

Nice one Cotakid

Neon, like barry said could well be a bad batch of fuel or oil come to think of it. Go and get a new can and oil and see if that makes a difference and swap the plug at the same time. I would have thought if you had a blockage in the system the water would have p****d out everywhere by now. Could be float heights or blocked jets as well so give the carby a good clean if the fuel doesnt cure it. Did the plug look white? or normal colour? If youve got a local Shell garage try a can of V Force well worth the little extra money

Nice!!!

Dave, not 100% myself to be honest, i am waiting for Ralph to wake up from his afternoon nap (Bless) as he knows, pretty sure its enter on the day though (I hope) I'll pm you when sleeping beauty wakes

Dan did'nt see the Drewitt Replica was out already, will have to ring Kempy Monday morning to see if I can book one if available dont mind waiting abit longer, it looks the B*****ks, and yer ralph might have to PX the misses to afford the Caber rep Copemech, lots of people have told me this week that the 250 might not suit me and its easier to tame the 290 than try and get more out of the 250, time will tell though. Dan, have I started a trend for the dishes going blue? Ewers will do his nut if we all go Sherco

Hopping and flicking more then the big man? youve got to be joking, years off yet, the Bletchingdon Kangeroo is still the flick and kick master. Months away, thats why Barry, cant wait really and doubt there will be massive changes anyway, got the Reeth coming up in July and quite a few trials up north so the new bike had to be done now really before the Rev3 starts getting abit tired. I am seriously thinking of swapping my Mikuni over to the new Sherco as its given me loads of laughs over the past year and i will miss the little trail of p*** the Beta leaves behind it

Thanks Guys I will be riding Blue in three weeks time, ordered it today and really looking forward to a different ride after 6 years on Betas and Dan, its a 290 mate Nice!!!!!!

Me and Ralph are thinking about crossing the bridge this weekend and entering, anyone know what the Trials are like? the ground should be good over that way and hope there will be a few nice streams to ride Thanks for any info

Pretty sure Ralphs has a 110 main and 37 pilot Nick, not sure on the choke jet though yet, I will ask the big man tomorrow to see if he knows

Nick, could be the wrong jet or jets in it, ralphs dellorto has been faultless for months now and he doesnt clean it out as much as the Mikuni. His starts easy from cold or hot and I am pretty sure he just drains the bowl every ride rather than blowing the carb out. He does use a Jitsie filter and seals the lid with tape to reduce the **** getting in. Hes not riding for a couple of weeks after sunday so I will see if I can borrow it and have a look for you inside re jet sizes, needle heights etc.

Skid, higher the octane the less the knocking (pre ignition) probably nothing to do with carbon build up. Someone explained octane rating on here a while ago and basically the knock is caused by the fuel pre igniting in the cylinder under compression rather than the spark. Get yourself better fuel or octane boost and the problem should go.

Jack, dont the 06 plastics fit the 04? I think Heath bought a black front mudguard for his earlier this year from a much earlier model as well. The 06 decals have a black decal that fits onto the face of the tank and SXS repsol decal kits are mostly black for the forks/swingarm and side frames.

Heres the timing setting from lampkins site, says 2002 but I took it off the 2000 FAQ part http://www.beta-uk.com/Technical/Ign00_02.JPG

Mikee, thats a 145 main not a 140 when you ring lampkins, try just the pilot first top end on your bike might be ok as it is. Make sure you check the plug to make sure the bike isnt running to lean and set the needle either back to standard or one notch leaner, dont lean it full out as you have now. What colour is your plug at the moment? balck and ****ty I bet, the 27.5 should make it run a nice dry brown colour as it should be. Once the plug is the right colour and the bogging has been cured dial out the popping if its still there with the mixture screw. Well worth the 27 quid for the boyesens whilst your doing the changes the old reeds may have seen better days after 7 years. I will see if I can find a setting for the timing on the 2000 rev3, the timing mark is easy to alter if its way off but I doubt it is anyway

Mikee, try a 145 main and 27.5 pilot jet, keep the needle jet one up from the middle standard setting to lean the main jet and do a plug chop after trying the new settings. Most peoples Betas are transformed by these small changes. The Boyesen reeds also make a big difference to low down revs and pickup but next to no difference top end. The BPR5ES is the correct plug for the UK, as stated by Lampkins, the bike may also benifit from a good clean out in the exhausts and repack the silencer. Use the highest Octane fuel you can get, Shell V Force if possible (99) and a good 2 stroke oil (TTS/Repsol etc) Avgas is really good but only use it 50/50 with premium unleaded

Looks like I am going to make the change from many years of Betas to Sherco next month Whats the new 07 like to ride compared to last years bike? may go for the 250 over the 290 but will it lack abit of power as I did here on here the 250 was lacking abit? Also are there any mods that need doing from new? carb, suspension etc. I have been impressed with how the Sherco grips and how free the motor is after watching variuos riders on them this year Thanks in advance for any help Just

Is this the site?

Like Barry said, stick a new plug in (BPR5ES NGK) and give the main jet another good blow out with the air line

This is from Lampkins site, shows a bit of info on the 97 Techno, hope it helps Lampkins