If a nipple is tight, grip the spoke close to it with a set of mole grips then heat the nipple up before working it back and forth with WD40 to free it up. Don't try to free them without gripping them, it will end in tears...
I've found the rear wheel ones are usually ok as they benefit from any lube thrown off the chain (I use old gear oil). It's the front ones that I've normally found to be seized.
Used to be one not long after the Scott called the Little Bear Trial run by Seaton Delaval at Alwinton, Northumberland. Not sure they're running it as a T & O trial these days though.
Agree there's not as much buzz in the forums as when Ishy, Perce, Gizza5, Highland Lassie, OvertheHill and others were regularly posting, it was always interesting getting the inside line from HL when she was the Secretary of the trial, at the same time as OtH was CoC.
Think we would all agree that the weather has a major part to play in spectator numbers. I've seen Lagnaha 4 deep and the car park full as it was on Monday there, also not so many when the wind was driving the rain in our faces on a bleak grey day a few years back.
Thought the Pre-65 was quite a bit down on numbers this year though, may have been the Guy Martin effect bumping the numbers up last year though...
Real seek I'm no there, think half the Wobblers are up there
Aye, it was a scunner having to come back down yesterday, especially given the blazing forecast for the rest of the week.
Re Ross Noble, even a workmate who wouldn't know one end of a bike from the other asked if that was the event he was riding when I mentioned the trial.
Real seek I'm no there, think half the Wobblers are up there
Aye, it was a scunner having to come back down yesterday, especially given the blazing forecast for the rest of the week.
Re Ross Noble, even a workmate who wouldn't know one end of a bike from the other asked if that was the event he was riding when I mentioned the trial.
Seem to remember a few years ago Paul Nixon (ebay paulccm) having half a dozen made by Omega pistons, some just a hair bigger than the originals to allow for bore wear.
The OE Honda ones are apparently as scarce as hen's teeth.
I fitted one on my XL, it's an AC voltage regulator which dumps the excess power as heat, no need to worry about batteries etc and no more blown bulbs.
On 12/57 gearing about 48mph flat out on the 125, normally 10/57 for trials. It will sit at 40-odd all day long. 12 tooth on the front is fine for green laning, I used an 11 for years observing at the SSDT, never had a problem getting anywhere.
Think I once measured the tank at 2.6 litres, if you work on 20 miles per litre pottering on the green lanes it's not far off. My mate used a Hebo auxy tank on his to extend the range but it's not compatible if you have the lighting kit fitted.
I saw one up at the pre 65 a couple of years ago that had a home made alloy tank and seat fitted to make it into a good LDT machine.
The silencer is just a straight through perforated tube with 2 or 3 8mm rods welded across it at right angles to each other, with packing round the tube filling out the exhaust can. There is no baffle assembly as such.
I'd say they're quieter than a 2t at idle, mine doesn't have the 8mm rods in (the mod is to remove them) but doesn't seem loud unless you're nailing it on a tarmac road.
They're not to everyone's taste, lack of ground clearance seems a bugbear. The power's fine for your standard B route sections despite what people might say.
They make an ideal green laner, you get about 50 miles to a tank if you're just doing tracks etc.
They're bulletproof reliable, it's not used much now but my 125 has taken a hammering over the last 10 years and cost me next to nothing.
Breagh will be along soon I'm sure to comment on the larger ones, he took a 163 round the Scott a number of years ago and knows the bikes well.
Noticed that the starter is at the front of the engine on the latest ones, not sure how well it's protected. Not sure where the battery lives either, don't think an electric boot would be worth the effort, you can start the 125s with your hand once they're hot.
Who needs a Van? Darren Whitefield Cycle Trailer c.1981
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Forgot about this novel trailer!