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Powellriver, The carb needed no rejetting or adjustments at all from stock, Ralph has been a little slack with cleaning it every ride but the carb has not missed a beat once since he bought it. Its been used in streams, deep mud and dusty conditions and no problems at all, if I had the spare cash I would buy one tomorrow. The main changes to the bike are: Extremely smooth throttle/rev range all the way through No leaking of petrol Bike starts pointing downhill Lots of low end grunt and torque I have had a go on Ralphs bike and can honestly say it is the nicest bike I have ever ridden, and I have been on a few over the years

I,m with Dabster on this one, I would love to say I had ridden the SSDT but wow!! what a punishing week and cost, it just does nt interest me at all. The Reeth is without doubt the Trial all of us lot really want to do in the year, if we had a choice of 20 Trials in the year or just the Reeth, the 3 day would get the vote every time. Big single laps, perfect sections set in amazing countryside and 3 days of it, its like Christmas in July. About 10 of us are going up this year and we will have a great laugh again, We just cant wait. I do wonder how the entry list will be sorted next year though? all the riders who did nt get in this year will surely turn up at Angelas house Sunday night as we did to ensure we got in. I think next year it could be even more popular and more dissapointed riders who wont get in,

Come on Kenny first in todays free practice Casey third, and Rossi way off, but he does have a habbit of doing that early on.

I heard that BVM's monthly turnover increased by 16% today and GPM by a further 2% for the quarter. Mark was also seen booking a Mediterranean cruise later in the day and they shut up shop just after 3.00 pm. Lampkins should be restocking the shelves Monday morning as they were running low on Beta spares, Airoh helmets, Exciting jeans (XL) and Gaerne boots. Now was it a coincidence that Ralph was spotted leaving BVM at 2.55 with 16 bags of goodies? Lisa

Make sure you keep a good eye on the plug colour first time out incase the bikes too lean, and be really carefull taking the reed holding screws out of the block. The screws are tiny and will round instantly if you use the wrong screwdriver size. Put a little loctite on the screws when you put them back in, going to be costly if one falls out at a later stage.

Danni first, Casey, Capper third, Rossi will crash pushing to hard to keep up. Bradley 5th or better (I hope) in the 125's

Nice one Eddie it was all in my head all along, popped plugs, fuel p****** out everywhere, too rich, bogging, running bad,carb mod,float heights,drilling mod really wish I had nt touched it now

Entry List for the Reeth so far Cant bloody wait!!!!!

Leggins, hes not me real Dad, we just call him that because hes like one to all us lot (looks out for us and full of good tips) top bloke if theres a right bloody awkward section that most will three or five he will clean it guaranteed, he just does nt give bugger all away especially now hes got a new 4rt. See you there mate

Ralphs going confirmed today, we will have to leave at a about 5.30 from here, first stop Tesco Express for Red Bull and cakes, remember the clocks going forward Saturday night though really looking forward to the Trial

Neon, there was so much crap (old Jelly like Sealant) in my block I was amazed the bike ever ran at all. Most of it was hanging into the intake. I cleaned it all up and just used the blue gasket sealer you can buy from any motor centre etc. Bike ran alot better once it was cleaned up and I think alot of my initial running problems were due to the mess Beta made assembling the block. Ssiegmund I have Boyesen dual stage reeds in mine and they are are really good buy, increased low down grunt loads and the bike is next to impossible to stall at low grunty revs, cheap as well at

ssiegmund, I have removed the reed block spacer on my 06, this made a slight difference to pick up from low throttle openings for the better but not much. It has the big benifit though of making the carb a piece of p*** to take out and put back in , also swap the boot around so the standard air box end of the boot goes on the carb as its a larger opening. To put back on, put the air box end of the carb in first, push the carb towards the air box and the reed side will go straight in, real easy

Turning this one around abit, the least travelled this year has been Ralphs 06 Rev 3, one trip to the Bemrose and 4 trips to the dishes just up the road possibly the least used trials bike so far in 07.

Thinking about getting a Nissan Primastar SWB or LWB, anyone here got one or tried one? loads of room and they look pretty good vans My 98 LWB transit is like a dinosaur now, very noisey and slow for long journeys

Mines usually 1.75-2 turns out depending on how the weather and sections are going, the needle drop should work nicely mate

I'll come and say hello Leggins if your on 14, I will be riding with a rather elderly gentleman (Dad) on a 4rt who finds it impossible to put his foot down up North

I use TTS on my 06 270, I had too rich problems (popped plugs etc etc) I now use 65-70mlitres in 5 litres of super unleaded (Shell V Force) 27.5 pilot and 145 main jet, lowered needle one notch. Bikes runs really clean, good plug colour and no bogging low down.

Thanks for all the comments and advice guys I will let Rod know tonight

They have quit!!!! real shame, lack of money by the looks of things, hope Jezza and pitty can find something quickly.

Dads off line for now, kids messed up the computer . The clutch on his 4rt was perfect for the first few weeks but is now next to impossible to start the bike in gear because it is pulling? Hes been using the Elf oil and has bled the system through so it not a cable/cylinder problem thats causing it. Has anyone had any problems like this and what can be done mod wise to sort it out. He does have Hyspin AWS32 high performance mineral hydraulic oil which is very thin like the Elf, anyone tried it? or is there a better oil to stop the dragging. Many thanks for any comments or answers

Tordi, that is Dad (Rod) on here, the portly bloke you borrowed the foot pump off was Ralph on here, I gave you ralphs pump that you bust we will be at the Jack Wood if your coming, saves posting. Thanks for leaving your details as well, sorry you did nt finish mate Just pm Ralph on here for contact or me

Tordi, that is Dad (Rod) on here, the portly bloke you borrowed the foot pump off was Ralph on here, I gave you ralphs pump that you bust we will be at the Jack Wood if your coming, saves posting. Thanks for leaving your details as well, sorry you did nt finish mate