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Yea, those Itialian and Spanish girls are hard to beat!

And some think I am twisted? God man, you read some wierd ****! I think you need a cardboard cutout of me in every Zippy section! Holding up a ONE!(my trademark)

B&J racing in the states should be able to help you, call them, ask for Bob!

I admit I have a "farmers tan" and try to stay protected in my old age! Don't get much tan in trials gear for sure! Might as well be from BC myself now, although when I was a kid we all looked like mexicans in the summer! I have several logs in the back yard, and I am thinking about setting some lights so I can ride in the undies and boots at a cool 90f evening ride, then jump in the pool! I have developed a high intensity training regeme which only takes a few minutes, it includes most the manuvers, such as front hop, rear hop, pivot off the fence, then the tree with a 180 turn, then to the logs for the blips and zaps. All ends with the cooldown period with turns and balance. Then once I fail most of these again, I get more beer and strip to the Jockies and hit the pool! Only takes about 15 min.! I remind you it is very difficult to perform all this in the dark after I get home! I need one of them headlight things! I am a bit shy about going outside the fence at night in the undies and boots, someone might think I am off the rocker!

I am glad to see shirts going to Spain! Iceman? You need to call Dad! Do your pitchman thing!

I think they are a good sturdy beater, but for that much dosh, you should be able to buy a later, lighter performer such as a TXT gasser or Sherco in this decade. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and even a newer Mont(01-02) would compare in weight.

And your money down now! You can get one early!

Good info for all then, sweet bike i am sure! Never understood why more folke don't get a 250 of any brand out there. Does the Raga 250 have the Kiehin?

smoothing effect

Let me try this again, are they #659 , is the raga indeed different? The Sherco is on #665!

Holy crap, that even scares me! I don't know where those frenchies are coming from either? All this makes me want to do a trials in Laredo in the winter, maybe New years ?

It's time to play 'Find the Canadian!' This week's challenge is especially difficult. View the candid photograph and use logic to locate the clues that will let you ..'Find the Canadian!' Do you have the skill? Do you have the ability? Do you know enough about your Northern Cousins? Can You "FIND THE CANADIAN?" Taking notes is permissible but try to limit your time to no more than 5 minutes!

Nutter, did you just run the crap out of it on a lower oil mix , or overheat it due to the mud clogged radiator? Sounds more like a thermal meltdown! Oh well, maybe you can save the cyl with a hone job and over piston!

The '09 EVO 4T in 300 cc version that I rode was extremely quiet and very docile, yet more grunt than the 250 version. Actually seemed too quiet and restrictive, ran near flawless as I deliberataly tried to misuse it. I understand the Sherco 4T has two options in muffs, standard and quiet, not sure what they are coming with as standard. Just as a seat of the pants guess, I don't recall either being more noisey than my Serow 225 trail bike with full on standard exhaust.

So are they different?

Personally, I think all of this is total crap! I have ridden the Monts, the new 300 Evo's and the new Sherco 4T's! A friggin Mont needs a battery because you cannot chug it along like a normal 4T because the capacitors cannot hold up, then forward motion suddenly stops, usually at the wrong time! Not good! Works in the right aspects though if one is aware. Spit you on your head otherwise. The Beta is better at chugging along and yet keeping a good response with the CV carb. It works fine! One would find it hard to stall under normal conditions. The Sherco, albiet with a more conventional carb, SPS or not, still works well! It is a more high performance bike and likes the rider of proper use! Same principals! I do not want or need a FI on a trials bike! And if it ever comes to that , I hope it does have a small battery pack rather than some quickly depleted capacitors. I find no fondness in the costs of fuel pumps and throttle bodies on a trials bike! Map This! Get a grip! Ride what you brung! And then look at Caby on a ****ty carburator! Do you need more? Learn how to ride the bike! Get real, and back to the basics.

God man, from the looks of things you could make a drive to Germany in a day and get a real bike of that vintage! Matter of fact, Tommi Avalah may have a good old bike for you in Finland! Look him up .com! You may well engineer something together, yet without the proper referances for suspension it will not work together correctly! Oh well, have some fun! It's all good! If you decide exactly whot it may be, put the follow ups on that (Beta)(other) forum and keep us posted! Best of luck!

Learn to switch your weight on the pegs to initiate the figure eight turns, keep your inside arm straight while offsetting the bike lean with body and peg weight, look ahead of your path. Little to no weight on the arms and hands, let it FLOW balanced throughout the turn, then switch! With a poke on the peg and shift in weight! Yes, a lot of things changing there, takes much practice! Once comfy, just throw a little board on the loop, then a rock. If you are balanced on the bike it will roll right over them with little disruption. Front, then back, add as you go, body lets bike move to compensate. Split them with the wheels then. Learn your placement in the turn. Just lots you can do in the driveway!

I think you may gather a bit on this thread referring to "usefulness"! I had one for several years, along with the big bikes, and would ride the 125 by choice at a number of club events. Great fun to ride, although one needs to be prepared to ride the bike much more aggressively in the revs and such, using the clutch a lot more, and forget about "poke" just off the bottom. Very gentile though off the bottom? Good in the slick stuff. Put you on your ass if you let one lag on an uphill! Great to train with, technique needs to be good! Otherwise fat an lazy folk like me tend to get along much better with at least a 200 which does have some true "poke" in the lower revs.

If Bud Abbott and Lou Costello were alive today, their infamous sketch, 'Who's on First?' might have turned out something like this: COSTELLO CALLS TO BUY A COMPUTER FROM ABBOTT ABBOTT: Super Duper computer store. Can I help you? COSTELLO : Thanks. I'm! setting up an office in my den and I'm thinking about buying a computer. ABBOTT : Mac? COSTELLO : No, the name's Lou . ABBOTT : Your computer? COSTELLO : I don't own a computer. I want to buy one. ABBOTT : Mac? COSTELLO: I told you, my name's Lou . ABBOTT : What about Windows? COSTELLO : Why? Will it get stuffy in here? ABBOTT : Do you want a computer with Windows? COSTELLO : I don't know. What will I see when I look at the windows? ABBOTT : Wallpaper. COSTELLO : Never mind the windows. I need a computer and software. ABBOTT : Software for Windows? COSTELLO : No. On the computer! I need something I can use to write proposals, track expenses and run my business. What do you have? ABBOTT : Office. COSTELLO: Yeah, for my office. Can you recommend anything? ABBOTT : I just did. COSTELLO : You just did what? ABBOTT : Recommend something. COSTELLO : You recommended something ? ABBOTT : Yes. COSTELLO : For my office? ABBOTT : Yes. COSTELLO : OK, what did you recommend for my office? ABBOTT : Office. COSTELLO : Yes, for my office! ABBOTT : I recommend Office with Windows. COSTELLO : I already have an office with windows! OK, let's just say I'm sitting at my computer and I want to type a proposal. What do I need? ABBOTT : Word. COSTELLO : What word? ABBOTT : Word in Office. COSTELLO : The only word in office is office. ABBOTT : The Word in Office for Windows. COSTELLO : Which word in office for windows? ABBOTT : The Word you get when you click the blue 'W'. COSTELLO : I'm going to click your blue 'w' if you don't start with some straight answers. What about financial bookkeeping? You have anything I can track my money with? ABBOTT: Money. COSTELLO : That's right. What do you have? ABBOTT : Money. COSTELLO : I need money to track my money? ABBOTT : It comes bundled with your computer. COSTELLO : What's bundled with my computer? ABBOTT : Money. COSTELLO : Money comes with my computer? ABBOTT : Yes. No extra charge. COSTELLO : I get a bundle of money with my computer? How much? ABBOTT : One copy. COSTELLO : Isn't it illegal to copy money? ABBOTT : Microsoft gave us a license to copy Money. COSTELLO : They can give you a license to copy money? ABBOTT : Why not? THEY OWN IT! (A few days later) ABBOTT : Super Duper computer store. Can I help you? COSTELLO : How do I turn my computer off? ABBOTT : Click on 'START'.............

And I am the SICK one? That last song brings back memories of all my mates fat sisters! And their friends, and then the one whose hubby was in jail, then the twins, and, I better shut up now!

A bit surprized by lack of resopnse on this one, as still the highest of all time as I understand, yet I will leave it at that, with the recent reported passing of the last remaining survivor of the ship, we may well just turn this one onto a silent tribute to honor those aboard. God Bless them all, not to forget the recent D-day rembrance as well. Topic closed.

Ahhh, patience is a virtue man, couple hours watching that crap, serving up some wine, might just get you the Flic'n flop, the Roundabout, and the Tounge Twister!

This is the type of stuff that makes the Muslems want to blow themselfes up! After about a min. I am ready for a weekend trip to Guantanimo for a bit of waterboard therapy so I can get right again. A couple of Havanas and rum coolers after, and all back to normal!

Well. I did a lookup! He is not funny, he just sounds like me with a ****ty scot accent,at work! he must be from down south or something, as he can at least pronounce the F word without the "ooo"s here