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I have the same issue as you on a brand new 2023 Cota 260 with about 7 hours on it. I noticed the outside mantle was broken after hour 5. The cable loops up steep from the throttle housing as if this cable is 10 centimeters too long. It is routed according to the manual but at my trials club most guys rerouted the cable via the front of handle bars instead of behind the handle bars. I'm going to reroute also.

I also bought my first Vertigo, a 2017 Fajardo a few weeks ago and I also mix 1:200 which is 50 ml for 10 liters of fuel. This has been recommended my Vertigo dealer and several owners.

Thanks for the answers. When the time comes to take off the chain I will reverse it. Seems overkill. Never lost split link yet.

Recently bought a brand new 'used' 2017 Vertigo Fajardo 250 with literally an hour or two max on the clock, lucky me. Anyway, lovely bike but one question about the chain link fastener. It is mounted on the inside of the chain? I have never seen that on a motorbike before. Looks like a pain in the ass to change and was wondering why they chose this 'design"? What's the reasoning behind this akward location.

Sounds good and glad to hear you had a good ride.

I think you are taking the zap-on-top too literally ? It seems according to Tarres, Ryan and Pat that the intended purpose of the zap is to land on top or as close as possible or like Pat says where you land your front tire (somewhat near the top). In essence when I look at Pat and at Tarres video's the zap is about the rear wheel jumping off the ground towards a high part of the object preferably near the top by weighing/unweighing the pegs heavily and timing that with second blip and clutch dump. It makes sense when watching Pat's video with the undercut log. With the zap you want to jump the rear wheel higher then the undercut. In case of the video where he approaches the slippery log at an angle he zaps so there's minimal contact of the rear wheel with the slippery surface. Whether that's exactly on top or slightly lower is not the point as long as the contact is minimal so your rear wheel doesn't go sliding sideways. To do that you have to 'zap' the rear wheel onto the object as high as possible. That is very different from the Double Blip in their video's where the rear wheel on the double blip more or less doesn't really leave the ground, at most just a bit, but slams into the object near the ground and then rolls up the object. Indeed, I'm going out to ride today

Thanks and I'm happy with the different distinctions as it makes learning or teaching easier. However, you send me two video links where in both video's they say: "the purpose of the double blip is driving the wheel into the object" In the second Double Blip video with Pat at 2 minutes he talks about bringing in the clutch at the double blip for higher obstacles. He's still driving the rear wheel into the object and rolling up. In this video Pat is demonstrating the zap and basically he's telling and showing the viewer to land the rear tire where the front tire hit which is near the top or on top. Several times he says that and also several times he says on top. In the next video he's using a zap to cross a slippery log at an angle and again he says 'landing the rear wheel on top'. So from a standpoint of labelling different techniques I think there's more to it then just double blips are clutchless and zaps are two throttles with clutch. Each has a different purpose. But it doesn't really matter. Your controls-video's are helpful and I hope you find a skilled rider to video his/her clutch/throttle control.

Interestingly, I also have a video of Jordi Tarrés, former seven time world champion who describes and shows on video exactly how Ryan Young describes the Zap landing the rear wheel on top using the clutch twice. And that also goes for the other techniques such as roll up and splatter which he describes as Ryan Young. Neither describes a fourth, double blip without a clutch. I assume they see that particular clutchless double blip technique as a slight variant on the roll up. That's why Ryan Young literally says in several video's: "The double blip or roll up..." In below video at 10:07 he starts demoing the double blip technique with and without the clutch. His definition of the double blip is not clutchless double blips but mostly about "driving the rear wheel into..." The zap is getting the rear tire on top according to him

@bikerpet As a newbie I appreciate the 'handlebar-controls' video's and also the clearly defined definitions of the techniques. Makes communicating much easier when learning. I just looked at the Ryan Young DVD video's again: Double Blib or roll up: In the video there's no distinct two blips but a first little bit of throttle to lift the front wheel which is not shut off but maintained at that minor throttle position until the front wheel hits the object. At or just before rebound of the front suspension against the object the throttle is opened up more aka second blip. The rear wheel hits the object and the wheel rolls up and over the object. Though he does not mention the use of the clutch by listening to the sound I can hear that there's no use of the clutch when he opens the throttle again in other words when the second 'blip' comes on. Though there's often a distinct second blip when people use the roll up/double blip, it seems the clutch is not used. Perhaps the term double blip causes all the confusion and the alternative term roll up is better since this technique can but doesn't necessarily require a distinct second blip, just a bit of throttle and then more throttle. (Jap) Zap: Ryan says used for undercut objects such as a undercut log or a picknick table (And for slippery logs etc). Since it is undercut there's nowhere for the rear wheel to hit. According to Ryan the second blip of the throttle loads the suspension and the rear wheel is launched of the ground directly on top of the object. It doesn't hit the object on the front it lands on top. He literally mentions with zap: you can also (but not persé) use the clutch when the front tire hits. ...We pop the clutch so that the front wheel comes up really high which helps us to hold a wheelie ... What he emphasizes with the zap several times is: "... so we set the tire on top..." So rear wheel hits the object on the front and Roll's (DB) up the object and Zap launches rear wheel off the ground to top of object. Not my words but Ryan's. Thanks again for the video's. They really helped me out.