paulthistle

Boo Hoo, that lane is so wrong and hurt my "Feelings"! I think maybe turn off Oprah and switch to some ultimate fighting, that should give you some perspective. Even those "Pro's get paid. Who gives a rats tail if you agree with lane or not. Why can't you give your opinion without having to qualify every thing Lane ever talked about. Will the kids at daycare beat you up if you agree with him? or is it the nursing home? You waste a lot of thread space constantly whining about what Lane may have said at some point. Why not "wow Lane Great Point!". You are an asset to TC. Or "Lane you're dead wrong, And here's why........"

The dog COULD be a politician! He'll rollover if you throw him a bone!

HVI, Stands for High Viscosity Index. It is a rating of the oils ability to maintain viscosity, or it's durability. The better the polymers the better the rating. I believe when the rating was made a 100 viscosity index was thought to be the best. Most good suspension fluids are now 400 or over hence the "High" viscosity index. As far as what weight, the lightest weight oil you can use is usually best. If the fork action feels to fast, go one weight higher.

Half way to the Atlanta Supercross last night, a one hour and thirty minute ride. My wife said"I forgot the tickets!".

Wow, I guess if I had intentions of posting pictures of a Ty175 project on TC, I'll need to up the quality of workmanship! That bike looks fantastic. Your blog looks good too. More pictures of actual production would be cool. Work like yours makes me want to go wash and wax my bike. As if that would make it look as good as yours! Paul

I'm still waiting on the grooving iron. I just called and left a message, again! Those car racers.... When you flip the tire, you are putting a less abused edge in the direction of travel. Which means the abused rounded side is now on the braking side. It can be quite a dramatic difference in stopping power. I am not only grooving the tire to try to get more useable life out of the tire. I would also like to see if it makes the tire work better, and if so in what conditions. New or not.

How many trials people are motorcycle industry people? At the Expo I saw a lot of trials people, that are deep into the industry. Are you as a trials rider connected to the motorcycle industry in such a way that provides you income?

Looks like a nice footrest for extra leverage.

wow I was just sitting here looking at my new taser thingy, thinking I should give it a go. Guess not! And Duh! You get your little brother to pee on the fence.

At some of the longer enduro's, they have two gas stops. If you don't read the flyer you'll get to the event and have to go to the local gas station and buy an extra jug. I bet I have ten extra jugs. I have forgotten my helmet liner at a motocross before. So you mooch a helmet but it's a little large. I use a check list to make sure nothing is left behind. I go through the list before I leave. So I had to add helmet liner to the list. Since I've got more hauling room now, I keep a full set of spare riding gear. So if one of my goob buddies or myself forget anything, it isn't a problem.

The Sunglasses are really nice It does make you wonder why they don't fix some stuff. Beta, how much more is a carb with an angled fuel bowl ? Peg mounts coming off! Good grief charlie Brown! The japanese have the same problem. Sometimes not changing a design until the original engineer is long gone, so as not to dishonour him. But even the silliest changes to manufacture can add huge costs. Although I don't see how mass production costs could be much higher than assembling bikes in small numbers. we should send in spys to find out why! Or maybe just call em.

You missed Distributer margin! I was figuring cost per ounce on plastic sunglasses. Oakley also makes titanium ones that are about $200.00 and ounce. So that would more than double the price of our hypohetical production bike. $230k for a bike, that puts me out. Damn capitolism.

When I started working in a honda dealership in the 70's, I rebuilt motors all day every day. Bent valves, seized, broken, porous castings and points. Points still baffle my techs, they will dive into a fuel injection problem. Run circuits on the latest bizzarly large wiring diagram. But for the most part they do routine maintenance, and very few major failures. So jump down off that stump and kiss that modern bike that's "So Bad". Because it's starving me out! I'm like a maytag repairman. I'm looking forward to the chinese crap so I'll have something to work on.......if I could only get parts.

The motor looks like one of the 125-200cc pushrod honda's. It could easily be one of the chinese engines. Maybe the Chinese are copying a GasGas and putting that motor in it! That rider was sure making it look smooth. Does he know he can't do that with a small four stroke!

They are low production, specialized competion machines. Look at bicycles, when quality and precision go up, you're paying 10k for a high end competion BICYCLE. Thats about $40 an ounce. Are you willing to pay $20k for your next ride? There seem to be a lot of trials enthusiasts stuck in some sort of $ time warp! Quality ain't free. And if you are making less than a gozillion of them, it costs even more. I think the quality of the bikes reflects the market. All manufacturers do what they can to keep product at the top of the market. They rely on input, sales , R&D and seat of the pants experience to maintain that all important balance between profitability and bankruptcy. Does Gas Gas have a corporate Jet? Ya know, Oakley does! They have a whole fleet! But then again they get $100 and up for a couple of ounces of well designed and made plastic. So if a trials manufacturer could charge $50 an ounce, a trials bike would be around $115,000.00. I bet they could make a nice bike for that!

Several years ago our area suffered a blizzard. There were trees and powerlines down everywhere. The roads were impassable and remained so for days. While home bound we listened to the local "chickenlips" radio station. The announcer was winging it taking calls from people trying to get help. There were constant calls like this:(spoken in your favourite hillbilly cabin5 drawl) " Hey we're stuck up heryer and we ain't got no cable er beer or nuthin. We need sumbody to git out heyer and hep us out! Oh yea we need sum smokes to!" Jethro is alive and well!

I can't ride without some good kneepads. At the first trials last year, in the first section i dislocated the finger beside my pinky. When I pulled my glove off it was vertical of the others,the two joints on the end pointed straight up. My ten year old kept asking "When are we gonna ride"! A med tech finally put it back in place,felt much better. Luckily it was an easy TTC event. Rode the event anyway with son. Totally sucked. The next week the finger was very sore but had good range of motion. Just doesn't quite straighten out still.

Yea...THATS what I got! I wired it to my comodore 64 for a little BOOST!

Wow! At first I thought he was going to cut his head off or something, then I thought surely this guy isn't intentionally flying like that! My money would have been on the scrap heap!

You could use a Siping tool. The dirt track car guys use them. You are basicly leaving the knob intact, but with a cut across it. The tool is like a slodering iron on steriods. They cut two sipe's in one pass, so one pass and the knob would be cut. It would allow the knob to flex more putting the new sharp edge on the ground. On the dirt track the sipes are used for edges and for heating the tire quicker. I don't think heat would be an issue but knob strength would be. I bet it would work good in the mud or slick hardpack! It'd be fun to try on an old tire. I may just do that and give a test report.

Being reluctant to leave something I know works well, the NGK Platinum. I have an iridium in my sherco 125, and has been flawless for months. My sons Sherco 50 went through seveeral standard plugs, and the Iridium lasted quite a while longer.

But a monday morning quarterback that played in the arena football series. Was Bernie in the NFL? Anybody can ask an organization to change direction. New York for example said people are to stupid to make healthy choices and required resturants to do an oil change. For the better. Maybe Lane was waiting to see if the NATC would in fact change the mission of their organization. Going back and reading old posts, it seems nothing has changed. Or has it? I believe there is a 125 class now. That should at least be interesting! And we will see if that bumps our riders up any. Of course, how could you prove that? I think a poll every now and then would be good. Like maybe what is the single dumbest rule, let everybody suggest some, then have a poll. Obviously "The Man" is watching, maybe it would keep everyone thinking. I like the thread that required you to post a suggestion for fixing anything you were complaining about. It appears Lane wasn't banned, but if you remove the posts from view....that is censorship. Lane you were posting on threads well after Andy decree'd a trial. Maybe you need stronger bifocals or maybe read before pasteing the same post. Or stop posting after a six pack. Everybody has a limit.

A CV carb has both a butterfly and a slide. The throttle being connected to the butterfly. The negative pressure in the venturi is vented to the upper side of the slide, whilst atmospheric pressure is vented underneath the slides diaphram to push up as the pressure drops in the venturi. Thereby opening it under heavy load. The FCR carb is used on most Yamaha YZF's (or All!) and many other brands. I believe it was originally developed for road racers. It has an adjustable accellerator pump that can greatly improve instant throttle response. You can adjust the timing, duration and quantity of fuel sprayed with the accellerator pump. And it has a roller slide that helps keep engine vacuum from "Locking" the slide open.

Early 90's YZ125 clutches were prone to dragging. But the problem stemmed from release mechanism issues. If left unrepaired the steel plates would blue and warp, making the problem worse. Maybe bleed the clutch. If it is better for a while then starts dragging again perhaps the clutch system needs to be disassembled serviced. Paul

I thought Lane answered pieces of the quesions multiple times after Andy asked them. But he answered them in different threads and woven in other diatribe....er..enterainment. I didn't see any quotes around the specific statements leading up to the allegations. But since Lane would not address Andy directly in the appropiate thread, addressing the charges point for point, who cares. You either have to admit you were wrong and apoligize, or produce evidence to support your case. He was willing to go on and on about what "They" should do, but not even a paragraph to "set things right"?