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In general, oil coolers are installed on the return line to avoid interfering with feed pressure and volume.

Some folks spraypaint the electrics in there to keep moisture away. I have seen moisture/oxidation shotr a stator...recently. I've never done it, but I imagine you'd want to mask the pickup.

$3500-$4000.

SWEET RIDE, OTF!! I could own that. Would look great parked next to my old street iron that I hardly have time to ride I knew I should have never sold my '56 AJS!

Dang, Idaho....what a little cutie you are! You write well for a little girl. You sure you're 6'1"?

All the bikes are excellent. Really. find a nearby dealer and support them. In the absence of a nearby dealer, buy a Sherco.

I wonder if people would be willing to pay more for bikes if they knew the money would go toward supporting a team.

Is DBD34 a Goldstar?

Does it have to be a butter knife? Nice Les Paul. Is that a soapbar in the neck position?

And a happy solstice-related festival to you, too!

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You're a smooth one, Nige. The YOU HAVE USED WORDS OR A PHRASE WHICH ARE NOT PERMITTED ON THIS WEBSITE. PLEASE DELETE YOUR POST/TOPIC. DO NOT TRY TO CIRCUMVENT THE FILTERS IN PLACE ON THIS WEBSITE beader works great. I have not had great luck with the bicycle innertube. It seats the tire, but I've pinched and torn them several times.

The guys at the tyre place might have been more shocked if they took the time to notice that the tubeless tyre was holding air! Tubeless are much easier to fix flats. Nothing like being able to stick a plug in rather than having to strip out the tube and patch!

The guys at the tyre place might have been more shocked if they took the time to notice that the tubeless tyre was holding air! Tubeless are much easier to fix flats. Nothing like being able to stick a plug in rather than having to strip out the tube and patch!

Also...if you say your trail riding isn't very fast, the first time you get a new rear tire for your GG, you might want to try the old one on your KTM. A few of the enduro/hare scrambles guys I know swear by a trials tire on the rear.

Ryan's DVD is probably the best source of technique out there. Bernie Schreiber's book is 20 years old now, but still full of good information. Make sure you check the Trials Training Center's Website, too. Great stuff there. Welcome to trials. You'll be hooked. Resistance is futile.

I understand wiring the throttle cable to the housing, but the other side of that is, if it's not wired, a good tug on the throttle cable will pop the cap off the throttle, and the cable will come out. This can save you from a wide open over-rev if the throttle sticks. Sometimes the throttle has just enough resistance that the cable won't return if it's kinked or has some grit in it. Or if you just plain sink the grip in the mud. Anyway...whichever you do, something will probably happen to make you wish you'd done the other.

I think you'll just have to experiment. I think clockwise is more damping, but I could be wrong. If everything is working, you'll notice a difference when you twist them all the way in one direction.

It's been a while, but on the front forks, I'm pretty sure the left one adjusts compression damping and the right one is rebound. As for the shock, only the preload is adjustable bu the collar under the spring. Loosen the set screw before you adjust.

The last thing I always do before re-installing a carb is to turn it upside-down and suck gently on the fuel line (get your mind out of the gutter!), and make sure the needle is sealing. Also...make sure the floats don't have fuel in them. You can also put them in a tin of fuel to be sure they float nice and high.

This sounds like good advice from experience!

You'll get a good answer in support of all the machines. My prejudices from ownership and from being the local wrench-spinner, would lead me to put my 3000 into a Sherco. I guess that would get a good '02 or '03. It's not my habit to trash other machines, and I have often said that they are all good. Most of the recurring problems with these bikes are small and easily sorted (not to say that some aren't pretty annoying!), but I have found Sherco to be the least idiosyncratic. I think Montesa would be a close second. Actually...my only real complaint with the Montesa is purely personal; I feel a lot of buzzing/vibration in the bars and pegs. No doubt due to the stiffness of the frame. I've never seen it discussed on this bulletin board, so I'm probably in a very small minority....again.

Get down Shep?? Must not have made it to the States. Is that bike huge, or are those guys shrimps?

I have a line on one of these. Any comments on this model? 1977-78, I think.

Boy...I guess the stereotypes are true. You Scotsmen are cheapskates. Go on, Gordo...live a little. It's only $57,000!