Just for an experiment - all this year I've been using only WD40 to lube the chain.
It was a new Iris chain on new sprox & guess what - It lasted just as long as one lubed with good old sticky chain spray. I.E. one season. I ride most weekends and a few of the more interesting events - Reeth, Verdon etc so the bike does a lot of miles, for a trials bike.
The theory was the chain has less dirt sticking too it & looks cleaner (prettier!) too.
For rear wheel........get a mate with lathe to turn up a drift same profile as outer spacers , but solid. This does what R2W socket achieves.
Other method is insert expanding bolt - from your other mate, the builder, I think they're used to fix plaster board etc - expand in middle of wheel & drift bearing & tube out.
Yes, Thats the man. JMB - the only man to spank the yanks at both Supercross & MX, went on to ride 250 & 500 GP (road race). Always keeps a trials bike & rides the Verdon each year - sometimes only a day or two if he's testing for Suzuki.
Yes, nothing like the SSDT....warm , dry , sunny and....proper lunch stops.
20 years ago I found the Scottish too hard for my body & wallet. So France it was.
While Verdon is the best of the French trials, (IMHO) we could have done with a few more sections per day this year and some, on the green route, were very simple. However the course and day 3 in particular, was superb. Lets hope it runs next year.
Well...my team (Horsham Riders/RRND) was 11th (erm...from last) and dead last!!
After all we have a reputation to maintain.
Thoroughly enjoyed the trial...how could you not with that weather? Wee bit too hot on the Friday though.
Nice to have some new sections (to me) & different routes on the Friday & Sunday. That Sunday extra loop was spectacular (see pic) and that day squeezed a few more marks out of the Clubmen too.
Huge thanks to all the Richmond Club lads & lasses involved in what must be a massive task.
Mike H
Here's another pic, earlier on the third day. In the near rush to keep up with the flow of the trial I forgot I was carrying the camera round. Decided to take it easy on day 3 & blow time, in a failed effort to improve in the sections. So time for a few pics. Pleased to see time scubbed for day 3.......having said that I guess we were the only two late!
I too tried v-force reed block & found it flatten the power & restricted it. It seems the reeds are just too stiff.This was on an 05 250. Maybe it works on the 270 only....
I've tried several reeds over the years and only found Boyesen to be any better than std stuff. (I have Boyesen on the Pampera) Trying to get these for the Rev 3, but UK supplies slow.
I have a VHST here, one of the first batch, & I must try this again, with the mods/jets suggested here (thanks, chaps). I see the original photo I took of the first VHST is still doing the rounds.
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I use it without bulkhead now, but I'm sure I used to get bike in no problem with bulkhead in before, mine's a 96 caddy btw.