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Yes, the `95 started with water cooled cases and then Gas Gas came out with a Base Gasket Kit to block the water to the cases. Trouble is communication was not very good back then (Is it now?) and not all owners got the parts necessary to fix the corrosion issue. Telling someone their new bike was going to rot away quickly probably was not a priority.

He is not going to answer as it`s been 2.5 years. Kawasaki parts are not going to work. Ask for help and location and you will get real advice.

I believe you need to take them apart. They come apart very easily if I`m thinking of the right bike. The whole fork seal cup comes apart.(It just unscrews by hand) The problem is the first batch of bikes (I`m guessing here) took 38X48 seals. And then they came out with 38 X 50 seals and the whole cup was changed. Some bikes got the new parts warranted and some did not. I think the original was red wipers and the new one`s were green. I`m sure it was the `95`s as I remember at the first national it was quite entertaining. GasGas had a line of bikes replacing the fork seal cups, and the Fantic Importer had a line of bikes replacing the intake manifolds on the early Sections! The early 95 250`s were quite a problem, now that I think about them. That was the year Gas Gas tried to water cool the center cases! All kinds of corrosion and expense!

Being they come standard on most bikes this year, you would hope fitment is not an issue. Mine is working well on my old pro, will see how it goes when I mount one on my son`s Sherco with the newer rim.

If you ride the easy line, you can remove two springs. In the real world of trials, it will slip. This thread is about drag, not an easy pull.

Right now they are getting ready for the indoor series.

Our club has always had a lot of Montesa riders. Many have tried the bike and moved on to mainly Beta`s. We still have quite a few 4RT die hards. The bike is fun to ride, but it does take some getting used to. Try to get a long test ride.

http://www.wdtc.org.au/trials-training/suspension-setup-trials.htm

First time I saw hopping was at Daytona in 1982. They had the trials race with the union `76 balls. If you listen closely to the video you can hear Dale talking in the background.

I`ve seen plenty of the early pro`s crack the case right there, but that is a tidy little hole. Check out jim snell`s gas gas repair video`s on you tube to get the picture of how it`s supposed to go together. It is hard sometimes to get the assembly all the way in, that is what appears happened as too much shaft is exposed.

Tire sizes are never very true, they can be plus or minus 10 % between brands. Kawasaki started messing with sizing when they came out with a 4.10 tire measured across the radius. It was still a 3.50 tire but made the specs look better. Just like a 5.10 tire equals a 4.50. The conversion tables are off due to many sizing differences plus the 10 % rule. Those sizing charts are for the buying public.

If I were buying a 2016 it would be a new 300 Scorpa! I had my son test ride one yesterday, and he was impressed. Of course I had a go too!

To answer the rest of your questions. The early `95`s came with Del Orto carbs which were hard to jet, the later ones with mikuni`s. The Techno`s had a very low first gear, I usaually rode everything in second.

Dan`s clutch fix is for dragging, not worn plates.

The old Michelin is a 4.00 tire. The new Dunlop`s are 120/18, the old Dunlop`s are 4.00x 18. The conversion between the two can be off, it`s still a 4 inch tire, just the metric size in a new tire.

It sounds like in the upper gears the clutch is slipping, that is why it feels jetted better.

Better that the fan runs than not. Pull the tank to get to the radiator cap.

The damn exhaust hole. Shheez. I have a air lift bike stand. That I have had about thirty years. I have a certain placement for most parts. If it`s not there, I`m lost!

Still in the socket, sounds like me looking for something I just set down.

in the shock!

The correct way to put it on is with soap and water. The other solutions are for when there is a problem. Corrosion, pinched band, etc.

http://www.trialscentral.com/forums/topic/57566-replacing-a-2009-evo-250-with-newer-model/

I would check the handlebar switch, but if it was mine I would remove it.

You could use a punch and put several divots all the way around. Don`t laugh, Sherco put out a service bulletin using this technique to solve the main bearings spinning in the center cases! It works! Clean or bust beat me to it!

http://www.trialscentral.com/forums/topic/53494-pilot-jetto-go-big-or-small-and-which-is-which-its-all-so-confusing/ If you followed my advice here, you would of tried a 42+. So how did it go?