craig10

Yamaha UK were very helpful when I road reg'd my TY a few years ago as well.

Thanks chaps, he's already got RR's book, a real mine of info. B40, I believe you've met my mate with the c15 at the quarry.

All sorts of thread form helicoils available here: http://www.uni-thread.com/, click on 'Helicoil Inserts & Taps' on the left hand side of the page.

I made one up on my old '02 Rev-3 using a T-piece and a clear hose running up the bottom of the tank to the headstock. You had to loosen off the tank cap first before venting the level tube, as the Rev-3 cap had a small valve assembly inside it which held the tank at a very slight pressure above atmospheric. If you unplugged the level tube first the fuel just used to flow out of it.

Don't get on the wrong side of any West Country observers...

You need big cable ties (bridas largas y anchas) incase the tyre comes off the rim and you can't get it on again. You can normally get them in the Parc Ferme.

Hi all, my mate has pulled his c15's gearbox out of the centre casing without removing the clutch so all the bits kind of fell out. The camplate has been inverted to give an other-way-round gearchange. He's stripping the clutch off the shaft to reassemble it but was wondering if the selector forks still go back in the normal way that they would with the camplate the right way up. The reason he's opened it up is that it's jumping out of first gear, any ideas?? Thanks for any help / info, Craig

My mate got one off Rathmells, just phone them with the frame number and they'll sort you out.

I made a similar set-up recently for a Scorpa wheel. You could just turn down the ends of your original spacer to fit a smaller inner race bearing. Or if the spacer is parallel all the way through, you could machine off the spigots and fit 'O' rings or something on the outside of the spacer to stop it moving round in the hub. That's what I did with my Scorpa one. It's the length of the spacer between the bearing lands that's important. What's the numbers on the original bearings? These bikes were around in the mid 80s so it's unlikely that they used a bearing which is now obselete. What's the OD of the bearing you need?

I got one about 3 months ago from Talon, think it was about

East Neuk Wobblers trial near St Andrews 07.03.10. Nice easy trial with 2 routes, great for those just starting or wanting a fun day out on the bike. See the website, http://eastneukwobblers.webeden.co.uk/# Thanks to all involved for a great day out.

Jarmo Kaila's comprehensive pages here: http://www.thumperpage.com/articles/tl125faq.html His own website seems to be defunct now

Kerching - sold for

Overpriced I think. There was quite a lengthy review in TBM last year, they really rated it. Only ever seen one, on the IoM, think it was the one that was on sale here some time ago.

Pretty rare, these http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/FRASER-HONDA-TL-125-...=item4cec0ac077

Good report mucker, I'll back you up on that, a brilliant event, suitable for all levels. I got round on a '94 Mont 314, anyone that knows me will testify to my non-ability! Mont was grippy as hell till it came on the pipe, it then took off enduro-stylee, great fun. Definatly worth the effort of going if events like the SSDT are beyond you, Chewy's report says it all, photo of him in action

No, but PB was 5th overall at the Red Bull Romaniacs extreme enduro this year, so he's got to be a bit handy! Saw him at the Scottish, '08 I think, he's a fine rider.

There's a ty350 one here; http://northover.com/Bike/YamahaTYManual.htm. I'd imagine a lot of it will be the same as the 250 bar maybe the timing, barrel and piston details etc but I'm no expert. Several sources including John Cane of TY Trials http://www.tytrials.co.uk/ used to do a CD for the 250 monos, they seem to have dried up for some reason, maybe a copyright issue. Might be worth calling him, might have an old copy propping up the office desk...

Too late now but in general you should always ask at the Parc Ferme if you've lost anything as the observers usually hand that kind of thing in there. The riders regularly leave rucksacks, camelbcks etc lying at the sections, time controls, lunch checks etc. Seen as it's Wiggy's though, might turn up on eBay anytime soon...

I'd wager that Ian Austermuhle lost this year's trial on Wednesday at Upper Mamore when his bike, running like a bag of spanners, died about 2 bike lengths short of the ends cards on the first half of a double sub for a 5, then got a three on the top sub after getting his bike started again, still running rough as hell. Might've been better sorting it out before riding the top one... Wiggy took his only 3 marks of the day on that top sub as well, could say that lost him the trial too. Didn't get any photos!

I seem to remember http://thetwinshockshop.co.uk/sales.htm being reasonable for transporting bikes, maybe worth a call

Thanks Totalshell, had already looked on ACU site as well, none are so blind...

A mate asked me if the Twinshock / Aircooled Mono Championship was still running - is it? What's the eligibility for the Sammy Miller Rounds bike-wise, can't seem to find that anywhere on the web, can anyone post a link? Ta

I've got a vid of the '85 SSDT which I've dvd'd

They're maybe polyamide cages which don't like gear oil, although it does take some time for them to go brittle and break up, and you're probably using ATF or equivalent in your 'stroker. Moto Guzzi gearboxes are known for the gearbox bearing cages breaking up, the fix is to replace them with steel caged ones. There's some info here; http://www.skf.com/portal/skf/home/product...;newlink=1_0_59