I was passing a motorhome in Yellowstone on an xl 350 and almost hit a Grizzley that was running across the road out of my view. Scared the crap out of me. Luckily he was at a full run out of there.
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I had this manual changer for over thirty years. Lubed every tire I ever installed. All trials tires I could usually mount just by hand. Street tires were just as easy. Some of those rock hard knobbies were still the worse.
Wish I still had it, but I quit working on bikes for the most part. Just my own. With all my grand kids growing up, it's still would of been usefull!
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Don't need soap or water with mounting a tube tire except to test for leaks and to wash the wheel before you work on it.
Edited yesterday at 06:09 PM by lemur
The canuks must use Moose urine! Mounting a tire without lube is lunacy at best!
Is it a tubless or not? Just putting a tire on is pretty simple. Alot easier if you heat the new tire up first. Laying it on the dazh of your vehivle is the easiest. Some sunshine needed. Soap and water mix and lube well. Lots of vids on it. Good luck.
You are asking someone from 5 years ago? You will be fine, bend your knee`s a lot. Trials is about body english, Use your body a lot to make the bike move. It will take a lot of practice at your age, but it is worth the fun involved. Good luck. I am the same age, but I was an expert at 14!
I think the 9 was over kill. That's like going to a 46 tooth rear. Puts you right in the middle of the power. If you look at a dyno of montesa power, the graph goes almost straight up from idle.
I messed around, the 42 was almost good. A 43 was too low. So I ended up with a 9 and a 38. But I am on a 301 which is much quicker.
This was actually more of a problem on the 2004-2004 300cc models. Could be the position of the lever to over rotate. Due to the bart gear. Also getting the correct timing of the parts during assembly was critical. Jim Snell had great diagrams and video's on this.
That`s a great idea. But a 301 that`s new needs to get a paper trail of issues before they refuse the warranty. The 4rt`s are competition machines, honoring any warranty is optional at best.
Look under Montesa 4 ride oil filtration issues. It even has models and serial numbers.
The side cover waz defective, which could also cause a blown seal. The oil has to go somewhere.
What year. They just had a deal where the outside left cover was bad. The details are in this thread.
Out of curiosity, just how did you figure that out with so low hours?
Good trick question. Ajp went under. AJP made a better product. But Brakteh uses thier design in a different body. I use the old large body AJP. Mainly they are more dependable. But they use the same pistons more or less. The Braktec feels smoother when bled well. But I still get a firmer brake overall with the ajp.
You need a 301. They removed most of the engine braking starting with the 2020 models. My son loves his 300 for the engine braking. He hates my 301 as it acts more like a 2 stroke.
