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Looks like you have a good start! Suggestions? Try to get Ryan Youngs first video! Then three other tips. Practice Practice Have fun!

Think you will find they are all within a few mm really. Mine fits in the truck with the forks tied down(makes a difference) steering straight, bike angled silghtly in a 6'6" bed, so that would be what, just over 2 meters?

I think there was some mention while back about you loosing some weight!

I seen today they posted some temps like -50, -40 and such up north!!!!!! Wow, I'm driving south! Screw that! Call me when it gets better!

It does, now that you mentionit! And was it fact! Doubt I could ride the course on that hill, long way down! The bike at the bottom does give perspective, which is one thing that is normally lost in the trials photos, as it is many times hard to imagine the sevarity of the stuff in just two dimensions of a piccie. Maybe that is what caught my eye on this one. Cannot afford Cannons, and they wont fit me wee bum bag! Excuses anyway!

Hello, and welcome to you! Recommendations vary, yet a good late model 200 or 250 will carry you far! Get to a trials, as you should find some helpful folks and get some rides to get a feel!

Same lad, same setting up the hill as you can tell from the bike at the bottom, caught just right as using the available light, difficult to do just right, yet I still think it provides a more dramatic highlight and is natural on the eye.

Getting back to the photog stuff, have had the idea to use the shutter priority mode for a change. In the wood and late in the day, went down to 1/200 just to see what I got? This one is not very good really in most respects, but you do get a sense of motion! The mixed light is awkward. But natural with no strobe.

The Red Bull barn at Muenster, site of Last Man Standing's as well!

I should probably add the fact thour State Series is ready to kick off the first weekend of the next month in Austin! A series of two day events! All classes! We run three levels both AM and PM so 6 courses, and we get a few snowbirds down here this time of year too!

Tough going, so did you whip the old man then?

Well, you see as a continuance here, I am admittadly way too cheap to spring for new rotors or such over just a minor noise issue! Seems to me that if the Galfer pads are right, they can be too grabby dry! And I have told many to do the 4-5 good hard stop thing from speed, then douse with fresh water thing, which really brings them up after cooling and drying. Mine have always been top notch, yet almost too sensitive as stated! Other than the noisey front, I never complained untill it did get rather bad... Thusly, I have ordered the rears set as well, to improve the feel and feedback of the touchy rear, as once again and as many well know, the rear lockup on a slippry downhill can be critical and really touchy! Little to no feedback throuth the boot at best! God knows , I have done a few out of control muddy slides just trying to keep the rear in the rear and visavie! Almost as though in a muddy trial you would be better off spraying the rear disk down with WD40 before the trial, just to keep some feel in it! Touch, touch, must be careful with that, you know! When it does rain here, things seem to turn to pure grease! I see Addy did chime in on this, as I have no idea how he manages to wear out pads like that! Must be the dirt and mud and such taking its toll! As here in the mainly dry, I could go for years without replacing them for wear! Touch , touch!

Do they offer MATH in school, there? Example! 5000 / 62.5 = 80:1 4000 / 50 = 80:1 or 5000 /80 = 62.5 ml 4000 /80 = 50 ml Now try your own with just one liter! Convert all that to a US gallon jug an tell the answer! in ml!

Any other time, and Wayne's would be sitting here next to the 2.9! Because sometimes you want to feel like a nut, and othertimes not! Just made another tuition payment on the daughter, gawd! I could have a friggin fleet!

Don't bet on all that down here Biff! We had i believe our 30th anniversary Novice Cup/ Presicents Cup weekend last Sat and Sun. The weather was not terrible, but it did get into the teens Sat night and Sun morn. For those that camped, their water froze! We have good days and bad this time of year! I think it did warm to 50-60 on Sun. Sadly I admit that after spending my enjoyable off time pulling posts and rebuilding fence ovet the new years, my back was killing me and I did not ride. But I did get in a little play time and som photog stuff on Sunday, for the Presidents Cup! Advil works wonders, for a while! Young David Mizell won it this year on the 125! Wow! As he beat out brother Caleb, who was a bit sick, and Josiah was sick at home. One of my old retired MX buddies, Phillip Ramirez took the Novice Cup on Sat. and then proceded to win the intermediates on Sunday, another Wow! Good job Phillip! (he is a few years youger than me) Not bad for his first year out! Sadly, I talked to at least two more experienced riders talking about going back to the morning SR class due to old age and injuries!

As brakes are always a touchy subject, I can only comment on my own behalf on this topic! But you see, due to comments and recommendations made on this forum by certain other riders much more spastic and somtimes more disorientated than me, I did decide to give the "Braking" pads a try on the front! The Noise alone from the stock Galfers had become an issue on this latter bike with the wavey rotors by the company, Braking! As such, my front brake had become "the horn" of such, honk , honk! Just touch it-honk! Yet the stopping strong, and I have often said "if they ain't making noise, they arent right!" When right, the doo stop! And NOW! Specially dry! Then came the topic of recovery when wet! Well, I admit this has not been such an issue with me, as Texas is more dry and we generally tend not to just plow through a mudhole to see what happens, although it has been done, the results are somewhat predictable and the riders tent not to like it! When I started to put these things together though, it started to make sense! Firstly, the pads were made by the same folks who made the friggin rotors on the bike! Secondly, claimed less noise problems! Thirdly , claimed better water recovery! Well, I decided this could not be all bad and decided to try them. So they were sent from a supplier in the UK, and recieved here within the week. Good show there I think! Put them on the following day and went out on the drive and street to try them and they were soft as predicted! Not my first rodeo on this sort of thing you see! Lets heat them up a bit! The instructions actually tel you to do 50 stops to seat them! But you see, there has to be reasonability to this! As you do not really want to overheat things! Thermal cycling is important as well! Sometimes you can rush it, and i did try a bit witha few hard stops and a quick quenching of the rotor with water to steam things off, yet no joy! The things simply would not stop quickly! I ran them through cycles for several days in my area round the house, up the street , in the back and such, and things did start coming together, took a while! Best thing was when I was best able to do a good nosie from 30-40 mph for a long steady progressive stop. Never been able to do this on this bike as the front was just too grabbie for me and would quickly pitch you on your head! Suddenly more progressive and managable! Still would not stop on a dime, took two fingers to pinch it down for a hard stop! Time went on, and I adjusted, a few more rides about the practice area in the rear of the house and things started to come together! I started to stop! Nosyes off the curb and such, with a little flick! On the spot! One finger again, yet still good progression and less noise! A plus! Do still squeal and moan a bit, yet not as before! It will stop now! More later!

Well, did you fix it?

Does it even have enough fluid? And you cannot really just keep adjusting the screw on the lever you see, because the lever piston will not return enough to pick up new fluid. Thete should be a little slack, or take it to zero. That is all, as it cannot push any more fluid than that! Yet if overadjusted, cannot return fully to allow more fluid in, you see. If the fluid is low, you may have a leak into the gearbox section as well due to the seals in the case cover. And there are other possibilities with the clutch plates themselves i think. Specially as the bike has sat so long.

Seems the '07 shocker is better and quicker. Makes the rear more lively. The pegs are a bit lower and the bike is very stable. I run the Delay fork booties, and have never had a leaky seal. My '03 was very aggressive! With the '07 you do get fat bars and the newer Paioli's which are nice, yet not neccessary. M2C

Seems you would do well, as the '06 is a really good bike. The geometry and suspension better, and the power is more usable, more easily de-tuned for even smoother power. The RYP j-pegs work a treat on this bike(1/2 back). If the shock is leaking, they will run for a long time, till a new TRP or Ohlins is in order!

So is it locked, as if the lever is out fully, or does it just drag a lot and creep? Does the lever feel normal?

Good to hear from you Vicx, you are missed! Hope you are riding a bit, and doing well!

I think if you are well adapted to a standard 2.9 and have no problems with the power, you would love a 3.2! They are great fun to ride! The engine braking takes some adjustment! As a crap rider, I do de-tune my 2.9's to suit! My current '07 is Butter smooth, and although the 4T is gentile and smooth off the bottom, they do get to be a handfull as the throttle opens up, and much more power than I need, so disgression is advised, probably NOT the best novice bike! A good advanced/expert rider will love it! And I say this as even though I would like one to play with, I have neither the time or money to transform this thing into a more rideable steed for ME! Seems the '05 4T was much gentler to begin with. And although there have been ideas spread between the clan to develop a more gentile (read 250-270cc) bike, I see no such thing happening in the near future. All said, they are Bad Ass, Cool, and Fun!

I need to figure out how to do that! What happens when the check bounces ? He probably screwed himself!

Coming back from the trial late today. Could not resist a snapshot about sunset. Seems they ave built a windfarm up near Muenster, so along with the oil wells and lots of cattle, you must be careful where you step! The cold morn at 17f, turned to a sweet day! The windmills are pretty impressive, at about 400ft tall each, think there about 75 of them!