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Read read and investigate further. Therapy barely scratches the surface. Look into the self message video. It takes a lot of work but worth it. Mine became so bad I bought my own electronic machine for self treatment. (One hour a day, I am an a voltage junkie) Not riding was my worst nightmare as I got to where I could not grip the bars at all. https://deeprecovery.com/forearm-pain-treatment-and-relief/

Go for it Mitch, even my son is liking them. He rode a new one at last event and is now wondering why he would be another Beta 4T when the TRS feels so much better. It looks like you won the CRC this year!

Factory bars in the rearward mount position so you are not as bent over.

You can worry about pack thickness all you want, but reality is finger height. Closer around 18mm the better.

There newest Scorpa and Sherco seem to be doing great. My son had a 2012 Sherco 250 that we are long done with. He now rides Beta 4 strokes and is happy.

A little grease on the yokes never hurts,

I have had 12 Beta`s before my current 2016 factory and they all had cold stick. My new evo does not. But the front brake M/C on my`16 is a POS. That`s another story. You could sand down the existing plates to see if that helps before buying a new set. That became common practice on the Gasser clutch issues. The clutch hub has no notches worn in it? No plates are warped? Steel plates are actually directional as they have a round side and a sharp side, might make sure they are all in the same direction. Still could be a crappy M/C like my front brake, just pumping up with use. I still have not seen another stick badly. I just replaced a shift shaft on a 2017 300 4T Saturday. Everything inside sure is nice and neat. Of course it did not drag at all.

Could be a pin broke where the shift shaft actually pulls on the shift drum. Not crazy expensive and you just have to pull the clutch.

Our vintage club uses letter size construction paper and we use a gallon size freezer bag. It is cheap, but with your weather the bag would probably fog up.

needle jet

You might have screwed it with carb cleaner and air. The o ring under the tower (torx screws) is not available. You enter at your own risk. You could try just contact cleaner through the pilot jet. There is two holes it should come out . Under the slide and in front of the slide.

But back then they had bikes that gripped!

What tire?

You can do all that even better with just washers small enough to fit inside the springs. But you are still limited by the stock springs.

I would change out the condenser first. In fact you can relocate it to the frame by the coil. Save you a lot of frustration if that is the only problem since you have no points experience.

They will swap, but take different spacers. I had years of spacers laying around when I did rhe reverse of what you are doing. I used a 2001 shock while rebuilding an Ohlins.

Sounds like the clutch is gone. Do you have free play at the lever? I would back off your adjustment to make sure.

The Sherco is actually very easy to work on. The trouble can be the mains spin in the cases. The short cure instead of new cases was to dimple up the cases where the bearings sit. That was actually a service memo from Sherco.

Complete engine teardown.

That is an 03 by the way and you need new mains. That year was known for the mains to spin in the case.

With a TY and all posts in twin shock I assumed you were making that better. My Evo I run gas gas 160 springs that I shortened. I have the lightest clutch that I know of that does not slip. I did this after damaging my clutch finger in a furnace fan last year..

Scifi you are better off to pull everything off including clutch arm and clean and lube than to remove springs. New cable and quality lever too. If still not satisfied try to find lighter springs or add small washers under the bolt or trim the springs. Good luck.

Spark plug enhancer. I know I have one from the 90's somewhere. I need to try it on my '16 Beta.

Your friction plates are coming apart. Take it apart.

It is a different spring between the 2t and 4t. My son`s 4T is quite bigger than my 2T, just for comparison.