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When I worked for a compressor manufacturing company in Broken Arrow Oklahoma a couple of the guys in the shop invited me to go noodling for catfish. I thought I might accept their invitation until a week later when riding my bicycle, I saw a large shape at the bottom of the creek behind the house, it turned out to be a snapping turtle which was about 36" from tail to nose. Later at the barbershop in Coweta, OK the barber had a picture of a snapping turtle that his son had shot with a bow and arrow which measured 44" from head to tail, its head was 6" wide and its mouth was big enough to bite your hand off. From that point forward I decided to fish from the shore with the water moccasins and cotton mouths. DFW

Bugatti, French????? Sounds like an Italian who got tired of competition. DFW

Quite right. By the end of reading the message I had already gathered up my assault rifles, my sniper rifle, 10,000 rounds for each, 100 lb each of hard tack and bacon, a bag of pinto beans, informed my militia network, and headed for the hills. Yee Ha DFW PS I did bring along my two trials bikes. Might need them for recon.

If you use the welding method just make sure to disconnect your ignition module and that the ground does not go through any bearings i.e. don't hook the ground to your kick stand or counter-shaft sprocket. It would be better if you could ground directly to the plug using something like a smaller pair of needle nose Mole Grips Cheers DFW

Have you tried using a set of Vice Grip pliers? These will bite into the metal and twist the bolt loose. Another approach is to use a small grinding wheel and re surface the bolt flats. Good luck DFW

tt5th, Great video. Thanks for the link. DFW

What incredible fun on a trials bike. The guys with enduros would do better if they had trials tires. Thanks for posting the links. DFW

This is a great letter. I hope it does the trick for asc. DFW

I have a Cota 247 with a Mikuni and it ran great (it is apart right now to fix the frame). The conversion required an approximately 1" thick spacer. I made the spacer out of Delrin plastic. DFW

Rodzilla, The part of the trail we ride is the upper Gilsonite. It is definitely a single track and is shown in yellow. DFW

Welcome Rodzilla. You will find the Gilsonite trail is a blast on a trials bike. Gilsonite

I agree, You can't eat a Beta when times get tough.

I have had one of these for years and it works pretty well. You can scan mounted slides and film strips. scanner

I hope all of the TC members made it through the gale unscathed. High winds DFW

cman, Fantastic video! Thanks for posting it. DFW

It is a poor quality remix of Out of Section by Julien Dupont If you can find the original it is much better. DFW

Thanks for the invite. I will let you know when I am out that way. Doug

Thats just a quick 720 mile jaunt down US Highway 60 form my house. Through interesting places like Globe, Show Low, Pie Town, Socorro, Willard, Vaughn, Texico, Herford, Panhandle, and Pampa. Thanks DFW

Thanks for the video. Where did you shoot it? DFW

Mobil 1 synthetic ATF works great in my SY-250. Cheers Doug

Have you checked to see if the silencer has split along the rear seam? This happens with most SY-250Rs. If it has split you can get it welded and it will be quiet again. Hope this helps. DFW

Spencer, Welcome. I hope you will join the Top of Texas Trials Association Link . We host two rounds of the Texas State Trials Series which is usually in April at Lake Mackenzie Reservoir which is about half way between Pampa and Lubbock. I wish I could help you with information on any of your bikes but you have come to the right place. I have a 74 Cota 247 which needs some parts before it goes back together. I look forward to meeting you. Doug

Great story!! I fell out of my chair laughing at this one. Fortunately it was only 16 inches to the ground. Cheers Doug

Amazing!

600 ml of Mobil 1 Synthetic ATF works great. Best clutch action ever. Been running it in my 03 SY250 since 04. DFW