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Thanks so much. This same thing was driving me mental until I found this post. Thank you thank you thank you.

Here Here.

I would just like to chip in if i may. It was 2 an a half years ago i posted that and since then i have since had my mind changed about electric bikes. There is a lot of potential there. I still prefer 2-strokes to 4 bangers but i think electric bikes have come a long way over the last couple of years. Oset in particular have impressed me massively. The Oset bikes are really well designed, really well built, they have PLENTY of punch for the kids who learn on them but are clever with the parental restrictions. Its not just the electric powerplant but little design touches like the enclosed chain that impresses me. I will be buying one for my daughter when she is 8 in May as i don't think there is any better way for her to learn. http://www.osetbikes.co.uk/ Their may be a long way to go for the full size bikes but yes i can definately see a future in them. I'm not so big that i cant admit when i was wrong. I would still be grinding up all the diesel powered 4 strokes but thats just me. Each to his own eh.

The suspense is killing me. Get the picture working before i pop.

I am having a go at the electrolyte stripping today. Its all set up and appears to be working. Now i just have to wait and see what happens. I expect it to shift some rust but i dont think it will have much impact on the paint, thats why i was asking about acid dipping. So, does anyone know where i can get phosphoric acid from?

Thanks for that. I thought it was phosphoric acid. is that a definate? I am not looking for an off the shelf treatment, i need a tank of stuff i can use again and again. It is just bodywork i want to dip, i 'm not getting rid of bodies or anything (unless i get a visit from Gordon Brown) I am working for a firm doing classic bike paint jobs. I dont know if i am allowed to give out the web address on here so if anyone is interested in having a look at our website you can PM me. Marcus

ello peeps. This is not strictly about trials but i hope someone can help. I need to know what kind of acid they use for dipping metal petrol tanks etc to remove old paint, rust etc. Plus where can i get enough to make about 50 litres Please only reply if you know for sure as i have had helpful people suggesting lots of stuff (guessing i think) and it just creates confusion. There must be someone on here who has worked for an acid dipping firm. Thanks in advance for any help. Marcus

If you like those then have a look at this i did a while ago. Check out the guy at 2 minutes 26 seconds. Click here

I've posted this on another forum i am in. Too far for me to go but good luck

Hi Bigfoot. I got my dvd last week. Its great, thanks. I'm skint at the mo but i wont forget to send you the fiver when i can. I especially love the screw ups section right at the end. I missed it the first time i watched it because i just saw the credits and assumed that was it. Thanks.

Hokey Dokey. I have received 5 envelopes for stickers and finally got round to posting them off today. I have a few left so if anyone wants some then its first come first served. Thanks to Nick who was the only person to send anything funny and here it is: The U.S. Government asked men from all fifty states who had been in car accidents what they said just before it happened. Forty-nine recalled they had yelled, "Hold on tight, look out!". But what did the red neck from texas yell? "Hold my beer! Watch this!" Well done Nick, you get the larger sticker. Put it on your van or in your car and tell everyone who asks that you got it for being the only person who could be a***d to make me laugh. Dont forget to make your donations to the site. Marcus.

Cool. Its a pity they didnt film the rehersals.

I had a landrover SIII Lightwieght and i noticed that the inlet manifold was leaking at the gasket where it bolted to the motor. Not a problem i thought, i'll just make a new gasket. I carefully took it apart and made a nice new gasket out of a bit of card. Bolted it all back together and it wouldnt start. I flattened the battery trying to get it to run before taking it apart again to discover that i had forgotten to cut the big hole out of the middle of the gasket. You know, the one that lets all the fuel through. D'oh!

As long as they work well you should be o.k.

Have a read of this and let me know what you think. P.S. HOW MUCH!

Hi Iain, If you have sent me an envelope for some stickers then it hasnt turned up yet. When did you send it? I still have a handful left that i didnt stick on the dog (see thread "I hope your all very happy with yourselves"). Yes i made them myself, well sort of. I did the artwork and my mate ran them on his fancy vynil printing machine. I do screen printing but it wasn't worth the set up to screen print them. I suppose i could do them to order if you wanted. I mostly do rear window stickers and tax holders and stuff for car dealers. I did some with my trials central username and some for a few friends too (with their names not mine obviously). Let me know what you want and i'll see what i can do. AND yes copemech, If i do some more they will have treads!

Sorry if i'm being obvious but have you tried a new sparkplug? Sometimes they give a spark out of the barrel but when you put them back in they fail.

I warned you but you wouldn't listen. Is this the face of a dog who loves trials central?

Woo Hoo. Someone likes my stickers! Thanks. I'll have a few beers and stick the rest on the dog.

As a few of you will know i have a CR500 motard on the road and that is VERY LOUD. I have to fit an end can that the bike will barely run at all on just to pass the yearly MOT. I have always been a fan of louder is better BUT . . . . . I have to agree with Ridgrunr on this. Quieter bikes mean we dont get hassled as much for enjoying our sport and give us more opportunities to ride in more places. Our sport is under serious threat from the greenies. Moto-X (which i have loved since i was a kid) will, I fear, die out in the next 20 years (or sooner) and trials will go with it unless we can make people understand the difference. Showing something on TV would be a start (bring back kickstart ) just anything to make people see what a trials bike is about. When i have asked farmers for permission to use land they think i want to tear around on their plowed fields. One i asked said a piece of woodland i asked about was unrideable. "Nooo, you couldnt get bike through there". It was actually ideal. A bit mild actually (even for me). He thought i wanted to do moto cross on it. I even turned up on my trials bike to ask another guy and he said "thats a funny looking scrambler". Everyone has forgotten what trials is and so we get lumped with moto-X and that means we have to distance ourselves from it anyway we can. Having quiet bikes is the most obvious difference we can hope for. Thats a great idea and i would love to see the results of modern stuff like the 4RT's compared to pre 65 but it might just draw unwanted attention to the subject.

Hi. I bought my '97 250 easy last august for

NEEEERDS!!!

Thanks Roxer. If you can find the manual, could you tell me the torque settings for the barrel and head please? Also the piston ring end gap for a 0.25 oversize piston would be handy although that will probably come with the piston kit. Also, could you tell me what the standard jetting is? I just rang granby motors and they gave me a price of

Cheers steve. They have the piston kit in stock. Was yours ok? What make are the pistons. I dont suppose you have a manual do you? If so. could you look up a couple of things for me?