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Is this translation correct? Are the down-tubes aluminum? Plated? That would explain the advantage - weight reduction.

This help? http://www.shercousa.com/pdfs/rim_band_rep...ment_manual.pdf from: http://www.shercousa.com/?action=9

This should help: http://www.shercousa.com/pdfs/water_pump_s...replacement.pdf

They're hard to come by. This guy has them but hold onto your wallet! www.motorcyclecarbs.com You're better off drilling... It helps with the off-idle stumble but doesn't cure it completely.

Evaporative vests work great on street bikes where there's a lot of air movement. I suspect they'd be pretty hot for trials - except for between sections.

The US importer recommends Silkolene Light Gear Oil: http://www.motorhelmets.com/htm-enginepart...-light-gear.htm It works fine in my 4RT. Mine's a 2007 though and was promoted as having clutch upgrades so I'm not sure whether it reduces drag in earlier models.

Anyone know how much coolant the 4RT holds? I can't find it in the manual. I'm sure it's not much. Just trying to calculate how much Water Wetter to add.

I use the hotter CR5EH-9 with no problems at all. Here's the best deal I could find on the net: http://www.sparkplugs.com/results_cross.as...mp;x=47&y=8 Shipping was around $9 US (to the States). It didn't feel so bad spread out over an order for 4 plugs.

Is there anything left to try an impact driver ?

Guess I'd just have to push it to the first section...

I agree with the new plug suggestion. My "07" did the same thing once and a plug fixed it. They always appear sooty no mater what but you might try something I found elsewhere on this forum. Don't touch the throttle for the first five minutes after starting from cold - just let it idle. I have no idea why but plugs seem to last forever if you do this.

Have you tried B&J? They're also available on-line: http://www.ronayers.com/browseparts.cfm?Se...he.ronayers.com .

It's one thing to lap the field and entirely another if the track is so challenging/dangerous that only a top few riders can even ride it. If the majority of motocross riders couldn't compete by the same rules and on the same types of tracks as the big guys, interest and money would dry up.

A couple, many over the years starting with the first Wagner Cup in 1975 and ending with TN last month. "This is not about time management........this is about a rider's skills and how they ride a section WITHIN THE SCOPE OF THE RULES of the governing body. Simple....." I'm not trying to get into an argument here. I agree that rules are rules but it doesn't hurt to question them now and then. It just seems like timing out gets to be more of a factor as years go by and sections evolve. I guess my point is that I don't think time management should be a skill in trials - it isn't from the regional level down in most cases. Just one person's opinion though, probably because I come from the "no stop" era.

That's not entirely the point. There must have been some reasoning behind the 90 second limit when it was calculated years ago. You'd like to think they were allowing for a reasonable amount of time to make it through sections as they were set up back then. I'm not trying to minimize what riders were capable of doing in their day - they were amazing but sections are more difficult today. There are more hits to set up for and that takes time, regardless of whether riders stretch it out or not. Looking at some of today's sections makes you wonder how anybody can make it through in time even without setting up for the big stuff. What's wrong with extending the limit in light of how sections have changed? I still say that testing time management skills wasn't the original intent of the rule but it certainly has evolved to that point. I'd like to see riders take honest points rather than forced ones because they're tight on time.

I respectfully disagree. The original intent of the rule wasn't to test rider's time management skills. It was intended to keep things moving along. Would adding 30 seconds have made much of a difference in TN with only 39 riders? It might shorten their first lap inspection/mind-game time somewhat but do they really need to take as long as they do?

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It takes a while to adjust to traveling abroad no matter who you are. The more you do it the easier it gets but it

See "SSDT Beta Pre-Event List" in "Other News" (home page). Covers it nicely...

I got sick of replacing grips - haven't had to change any since adding plugs.

The success of riders like Taddy and Geoff Aaron in “Extreme” enduro events has created a lot of interest in trials here in the States. Used bikes are hot and new riders show up on a regular basis. Good trials riders make everything look so easy that a lot of people get discouraged and leave the sport before developing the basic skills. It’s also tough for an accomplished off-road rider to compete in the novice class with a bunch of kids. You really have to want to learn and there may only be so many people willing to stay with it. That along with the lack of “major air” or “insane” speed might be why the sport may never be huge.

The NETA has a beginners page: http://www.newenglandtrials.org/Getting_Started_Brochure.pdf Other clubs could do the same.

I rode TLs, RLs, TYs, Montesas and a KT in the 1970s and it was my least favorite. It just seemed like the least specialized of the bunch (lower frame rails and all). Or maybe it was the fork vent hissing at me all the time...

Be careful, honda_tlr's is probably a UK bike, I'm pretty sure they have different internal gear sets than US versions. I use BJ's ratios and find them to be slightly on the low side but a good match for the stock engine.