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Great advice from Telecat. One last item. Get a real pair of trials boots!!! Garne, Hebo, Novo-Gar, Sidi, and Alpenstar all make good trials boots. Avoid ATV and MX boots. Ciao Doug Wilson

Amazing bunch of kids. I would love to be able to ride as well as any of them. DFW

600 ml of Mobil 1 synthetic ATF works best. Ciao DFW

MikeID, Thanks for the suggestion. DFW

The manual calls for a Champion RC 89PYC. Any one get good performance with other brands? Thanks Doug Wilson

I run 600 ml of Mobil 1 synthetic transmission oil in the tranny and the clutch works great. Ciao DFW

tim scorpa 03, From the factory the bike comes with a 10/38. You might go back to that gearing and see how you like it. I have an 03 and I think the gearing is great. I don't think taller gearing would be good... Ciao Doug Wilson

Holy crap Boofont-man that is long and steep!!!! Thanks Webmonkey I installed the DivX player and everything worked fine.

Boofont, Ditto with the sound track and no video. I tried both Windows Media Player and Quicktime. Ciao DFW

I like the large concrete skid plate. Looks like it could and maybe has taken a lot of abuse. It certainly assures a low center of gravity.

If you use compressed air make sure to turn down the pressure regulator to about 15-20 psig. If you leave it between 90-120 the grip may blow up like a balloon and be ruined.

Looks like a stream of smoke eminating from the rear brake. ????? DFW

Charlie, Valve grinders must be just like ties, if you keep them long enough they will come back in style. You may want to figure how to how to hook a computer to your valve lathe. Ciao Doug Wilson

The Scorpa web site has a nice brochure up. SY-250F DFW

The bike looks great. I am disappointed it has a carburetor instead of fuel injection. DFW

Might this be it?

If it backfires too many times here is what happens.

Get a SY-250 Racing model and put a Long Ride seat on it. That way you get the best of both. Ciao Doug Wilson

600 ml of synthetic transmission oil is good. I use Mobil 1. If your bike does not have it, buy a flat skid plate. If you ride in a rocky area you might want to get a water pump cover. It

boofont, All kidding aside. Your KTM looks great. Did you also paint your helmet? Cheers DFW

moofont, Looks good is it urban camo or Holstein. Ciao DFW

bronson, I went trail riding on my 03 Scorpa SY-250 last summer with a group of friends near Grand Lake in Colorado. They ride enduro and dual sport bikes. We rode single tracks mostly. On the single tracks I was able to keep up with them very well. I rode a few jeep trails that the others with big bikes didn't even try and I had a great time. It was fun to hop over logs and then turn around and watch the others struggle over them. I wasn't able to keep up with them on the fire roads between single tracks but there was a fair amount of traffic that consisted of cars, trucks, mountain bikes, and 4 wheelers and it wasn't really save to speed. It would have been nice to have the long ride seat with the larger fuel tank but I did just fine strapping on a couple of Nalgene fuel bottles. All in all I had a lot more fun on the trials bike than I would have had on my XR400R. Having had both kind of bikes I prefer a trials bike. Ciao Doug Wilson

Looks like the chain is well lubricated with an Iron Oxide compound.

boofont, Are sure that it is not aluminum that you are seeing? My 03 SY-250 came with a slow aluminum tube. When I took it apart to clean it I thought the same thing. Ciao Doug Wilson

City Trials, Blame the Texas Legislature for the cow crap. You can't afford to own land in Texas unless you can get an agriculture exemption, which means either cow crap or trees. Other than that I hope you enjoyed the event. Where you able to participate in a cow chip throwing contest? Wi-Fi hah it's a wonder your cell phone worked. Ciao Doug Wilson