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Trials takes years and years and hundreds of hours of practice!

Doing two wheel hops with a dead engine is very hard. Two wheel hops are normally done with power and precise timing on the clutch. My son can do two wheel hops with a dead motor easily, but learned with the clutch. You have to drive down hard with the legs for compression and unload with the whole body coming up while using the hips to rotate. Back to basics. Can you hop the front in a 360 both directions? Can you hop the rear both directions? My son has a hard time nose wheelie`s to the left, so that is his bad side with two wheel hops. Hope this helps a little.

By kicking it or a gauge?

It`s for his vintage classic Gas Gas.

Really, this is how bikes get flooded with fuel. I used to see the same guys show up at events with non-running bikes, just because they left the fuel on. In transport the floats bounce letting fuel in even with everything working good.

Are you turning the petcock to off when parked Have you ever thought to pull off the flywheel cover and give the crank a good tug? Bad main bearings play hell with ignition timing.

Take the float bowl off and pull the pilot jet out and clean it. Also to properly start the gasser, slowly kick it through until you get it to top dead center. Then give it a good swift kick. My son is quite a bit taller than me, it was irritating to have him kick the bike until I figured this out.

Ever since the pegs were lowered, (1990 ish) most riders have the bars rolled way forward.

I would learn to do single hops front and rear first. It`s a slow progress to really figure out the timing. Hopping both wheels at the same time is hard to do without the silly dab at the end. My son does it both directions rather well. He cheats being 6 foot 4. Lots of leg involved. Good luck.

You turn with inside peg pressure, not your arms at all. That is what saves your arms. Find a place with plenty of room and very smooth. Slowly get used to the idea of only peg pressure. Now start riding with only your right hand. Use only peg pressure and throttle control. When you can easily do figure eights one handed, go back to both arms and try your harder turns.

Actually this sport draws a lot of empty nesters. Our club has always had many people in it without any children. You almost must have a family member in trials to be drawn to actually compete. Amazing how many people have trials bikes and would not ever compete.

Trials require bending your knees more than most people do. The bikes Ergos are fine for a six footer. Relax and breath while in the section.

I bought one for myself in 1993 (Jet ski Type) It`s still in the wrapper. There is no way in hell I would use the Mag type. Long tether yes.

I do not think many 2015`s are even around. The shipments were so late .they were already sold.

The Sammy Miller Highboy I have still has the Amal. One kick wonder. Point being, no matter what carb you have it all comes down to everything being set right. Good luck.

Yes, I always got along with the Amal. Had one a Cota 200. Anytime that bike did not start in two kicks meant that the pilot jet was plugged up.

Sidi is the best , if they fit. I wear Gaerne`s as my feet have spread with age.

The tickler actually put fuel in the cylinder. Worked much better for starting purposes. And yes I had a Mar when new.

You could always bring the Fantic to our Itsa National next month. Pits are at 8000 ft.The sections a little higher! http://mtwestvintagetrials.org/event/sipapu-nm-rds7-8/

Well I know of one that was ordered. We`ll see what it`s all about in the fall. Maybe.

I doubt the stator is the issue if it runs good when warm. At 40 years plus the seals are more likely the problem. Speaking of the stator, has the wiring been moved to the top of the case? When new, they were under the motor.

Might be possible to just run Dot 5.

I`ve never sanded the friction plates as I have plenty of the steel. I would give them all a light quick sand and re-install. Measure the finger height during installation. And if you are still too low. Just run the bike awhile, then find a nice tree or something solid. Click it up to third or fourth and burn the plates in a little. It might take a few tries.

That`s nitrogen, should be filled to 225-250 lbs. Just going by what other bikes take.

For those that think an 1800 rpm tick over is no big deal. Take any other bike you have (90% of you have `other bikes`) and set that idle up. Try to ride it like usual.