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@cello As you say this is not a Country that it is easy to find any place to ride , It is best to join a club that has a practice venue for its members use and just use that sort of place as it makes it more or less fuss free when you want to get out on your bike , but if you do not live 15 minutes away it makes it inconvenient if you have other commitments in your spare time. You have to be determined if you want to ride competition bikes here , on the plus side it is a cheap sport compared with other motorcycle sports so not so bad. Hope you can find a club near you that has some facilities.

Bottom left fork on a 23 Factory is supposed to have a small flat blade screw driver slot in the centre of the nut style lower fork leg fixing bolt that adjusts the compression damping , if there is no central adjuster in the centre of that fixing then you must have a cheaper version of the fork fitted to your bike, If you bought it second hand then perhaps a previous owner swapped the original Factory forks for something else. Perhaps it is covered with dirt or silicone sealant ?

@celloHere is a look at Trials suspension https://youtu.be/rbLltLQCcMc?future=shared

Its OK Trials suspension is that soft it is normal. When you are practising at first try putting 3.5 psi in the back and 5 psi in the front when you are in the garage to help you its much easier to static balance on grass or dirt with the normal trials pressures of around 6 front 4 rear. Hope you enjoy it enough to stick with it.

If you are practising static balancing try changing your handle bar position by pushing them forwards in the clamps it makes it easier to balance if you get your chest in line with an imaginary line coming up from the angle of the forks by leaning forward and you will feel the difference there is between being further back , this also helps when you start to hop the back wheel around during static balancing as your weight positioning is onto the bars to push against them as you unload the rear end to lift the rear wheel off the ground.

That is the trouble with old bikes it can be a pain with ones 10 years old never mind your one , if you are serious with your commitment to the FANTIC it would be wise to just find and buy another complete bike then you have all or most of the major hard to find spare parts in stock if and when you need them it is cheaper and easier in the long term.

@cello It does not make it a certainty on your engine size but standard gearing on a 2014 EVO 125cc is 9/43 200cc is 11/42 250cc is 11/41.

Hello @luke7129 Champion Motorcycles is breaking a K ROO they have listings on ebay.co.uk at the moment for all sorts of bits perhaps they have what you want.

Hello , Adam Raga just upgraded to a SHERCO ST300 and came 2nd at the DL12 Arena trial against Jaime Busto so everyone will be expecting great things of you. Have a great time and make good friends with the SHERCO rear brake pedal.

The breakage is caused by the outer cable not having enough slack in it from the point where it leaves the tank/ frame gap to the throttle tube housing if you google images of a 300RR specifically you can see many images of the cable being such a length that the cable exits upward and forward of the throttle tube housing more toward the front wheel where as yours kinks on a backward exit of the throttle tube housing exit. Hope that is of some use to you resolving the problem , have a good evening.

@Cota300rr it looks although it is not completely clear that your throttle cable is routed across the tank to the left hand side of the frame , if it is then this is the reason for the breakage in the outer throttle cable as your throttle cable outer casing has no slack in it as it would have if is routed to the right hand frame side.

2012 made in march 2012 frame number 307 of bikes made that year. Go to www.teknikmotorsport.com for some limited technical info specific to your model

I know what you mean it does seem like it would be weakened by being like that but it works fine, I never saw a problem on one caused by the gap as long as the bushings and spindle are good.

As long as you have the large pressed steel washers sitting in the rear swing arm spindle hole of the engine casings then the gaps between the outer swing arm pivot points and the frame do not matter as the engine casings as one unit keep the swing arm centered., the steel washers protect the casing edges from wear obviously.

https://www.trialscentral.com/news-archive/world-trials/world-outdoor-trials-championship/14344-stop-no-stop

@on it I think you may have the answer with a TR2 type course as all the current top riders would retire and the overall skill level would be lowered for some time into the future.

@faussy hi there , regarding the funding bit I was only thinking of the TR1 group and the British Championship entries that on it spoke of., TR2 and 125 riders are riding a less challenging course and so that probably explains why it has a more healthy level of support the same as at club level where the main support comes from the middle and starter routes.

in my opinion if you have dwindling numbers at the top level then for the governing body to do nothing would be strange , they cannot change the bikes or the tyres as at present all manufacturers of those have invested too much to risk change in the current economic climate. No stop as it is now to me is a joke as the riders stop and go backwards about 10 times a section yet are awarded cleans. if riders have been expected to ride stop allowed type sections under no stop allowed rules as they had been doing for years using flick turns and hopping on the back wheel etc then it will take riders 5 mins to learn to reverse well etc and i personally think that will help riders across the board to have a better chance of success. To keep it as it has been is killing the sport so allowing the riders more thinking time in a section and allowing them to get out of trouble can only be a good thing from my point of view, as long as there is a suitable time limit for a section then i cannot see how it could damage top level trials anymore than it has already been damaged by the evolution ot the sport that has naturally occurred via Eddy Lejeune , bicycle trials and Jordi Tarres bringing trick riding techniques with them. The biggest cause of decline in numbers at the top of the sport is probably all the riding around on the back wheel that is done which only a handful of riders can do to the level necessary to compete at a high level. The only problem is it has arrived , how could it be banned or incur a penalty for using it as a technique Trial at the top level is dying because there are not enough riders that can find the funds to allow them to travel around Europe and just concentrate on riding their bikes I guess the 6 riders in the UK and the 5 at the top in the WTC have the time and money that allow them that luxury. Perhaps it is just lack of sufficient money that is killing Trials not the rules and regulations.

@EddieStiffback I remember when they were on sale ,The only advice that I would give is throw it away and buy a common and currently available Grimeca or Braktec front brake calliper with parts fairly easily available from many shops .In the time you have taken faffing around with that collectors item buying a Torx key that fits ETC and found the piston size you could be sorted and riding around. That is probably not what you wanted to hear. Alternatively buy a Torx type key very expensive for minimal useage make or find something that will undo the plugs and extract the pistons can be a hassle if you have not got a well equipped workshop then buy/use a vernier caliper to measure the pistons and see if the servicing kits that Braktec ,Brembo Nissin ETC ETC sell are compatible with your caliper block.

@trapezeartist Have you seen this , and of course just in balance to a geared E- Trial Bike for anyone that is interested. https://youtu.be/maZcbqIWYzY?feature=shared

https://youtu.be/8_TgxGm1RHk?feature=shared

https://youtu.be/Kjbx2UQNTCc?feature=shared

People talk of restricting tyre width or harder compounds to stop the top riders needing dangerous sections to test them , an 80cc maximum capacity could open up the competition to lesser mortals. It would be amazing to see what happened if that rule was brought in.

Hello your bike going off that Frame number is a 125cc 2013 model built in September 2012 number 6,147 of bikes produced by the factory that year. A frame can be changed for a second hand one if the original is damaged so may not give a definitive answer to the origins of the bike.

Is he the site owner ?, who runs the site?. A question and answer forum for bike maintenance is a great thing to have I am definitely not knocking the site and its essential if you have a classic/twin shock bike as all those years of experience from the older members are invaluable if newcomers to that particular branch of the sport are to thrive , feetupfun seems to be one of those mines of information. like the chap at thehellteam is for more modern bikes. Have a good evening.