Sounds like great advice but would it really be wise to have someone observing who has never been to a trials event or even watched one on tv (apart from watching the odd kickstart when i was about 10). Thats a good queue for everyone to take the p**s.
I would be happy to be an observer once i have a clue about whats going on. I love burgers!!!!
Is their any trials on tv these days? I have sky and all the sports channels.
Thanks for that. I'll have a look. I'm a bit hesitant to enter an event until i get a bit more practice in. Its a bit of a catch 22 i s'pose. Ive never even been to watch one! Maybe that should be my first step.
I live in lancaster, lancashire and am struggling to find anywhere to ride. I fancy some greenlanes or something as i am just starting out. My bike is on the road so not a problem to ride to somewhere.
I know there used to be some green lanes around the trough of bowland but i dont know if they are still open to bikes. I have been to Delph quarry but its very small. Good for a bit of practice though.
Also what are the legal requirements for a bike to pass it's MOT????
i just got a daytime MOT for my bike and aside from the obvious (wheel bearings good, brakes working steering head bearings good, shock linkage good, etc), you require the following:-
Rear reflector.
Horn (apparently for bikes newer than about 1990? this has to be electric and of a constant tone) I got one designed for a bicycle from halfords for
As a member of the generation that built plastic aeroplanes before we started trials I'm saddened to hear that Airfix have just gone tits-up. RIP Airfix.
No way!!!
What excuse will small boys have for sniffing glue now?
First off the bike has the keihlins carb which i beleive is standard for the 97. It has the standard exhaust and air filter.
When i got the bike it had been stood for a long while. It ran fine and ticked over well until i leant it over or went down a steep incline, then it wanted to stall and needed plenty of sluggish throttle to keep it going. I dropped the float height 2mm and that sorted the bogging problem out but i think its still a bit rich.
When I stripped the carb to clean it, I noticed that it is fitted with a 102 main jet and the needle has the clip in the top groove instead of the second one down (as per the info i have for the carb). I thought that the best thing to do was revert the carb to standard settings i.e. fit a 100 main jet and move clip to second from top groove.
Can anyone tell me the standard float height? and if it sounds like I am on the right track?
Also, why would someone have fitted the larger main jet? Is it just someone who didnt know what they were doing or could there have been a reason for it?
Easiest advice on this is take it off and investigate before running the engine any more! If you still can't figure it out when you have it off and retreived the part that was rattling take a picture of it and post on here
Hi again.
I took the exhaust off and couldn't see what it was so i cut a section out of the back about 5 inches by 3. I found that inside there is a peice of baffle material (shaped like the inside of the expansion chamber) and one side of it had come free and started rattling about so there had been no danger to the engine.
Anyway at least its sorted and i'll weld the patch back in tomorow.
Ive just been for a ride round an old quarry and after 1/2 an hour I noticed a rattle.
I stopped the engine and started looking for something loose. to my surprise I found that its coming from something metal rattling about in the front part of the exhaust. I can hear it when I knock on it or bang it with my hand. The bike still runs fine and sounds the same.
I thought that expansion chambers were empty!!
So, has anyone got any idea what I will find when I take it apart? What could it be???
If you want to have fully trained efficient staff in government you have to pay more tax, like France maybe? Then they might know there ar$3 from their elbow but we don't want to pay more tax just so trials riders have an easy time do we?
I just don't understand it. The inspector actually said to me at one point "I dont know anything about bikes" and i thought THEN HOW THE HELL DID YOU GET THE JOB THEN????
Ive just finally managed to get a registration number for my 97 scorpa 250. Crikey they make it hard work dont they. Here is my tale of woe!!!
First I call birketts to ask for advice, he tells me trials bikes are exempt from Type Approval and SVA inspection.
Then i ring the dvla to find out whats involved in getting a reg number. "Whats a trials bike" they say, so i have to explain it to them. It took almost an hour to make the guy on the phone understand what i was doing. He tells me that i need to get insurance, then an mot, then fill in a form (V55/5) and take the whole lot to the local DVLA office in preston and get the tax disk. Thats when i will be issued the registration number. Sounds simple enough AND as the bike is exempt from inspection i dont have to take it to preston (15 miles away and i dont have a van or trailer)
So next i ring my MOT guy to ask about what i need for the daytime MOT. "Just a clip on battery powered horn from halfords (
Not sure about your oil but i always use (ATF or PJ1, silkolene, KB of leyland stock it all, or trax!!!) in all my 2troke strials engines clutch seems to like it, If the oil is to heavy the clutch seems to clog up.
pity you cant make it down to trax but check tmx we will be doing a few more this year. Please let me know of any friendly farmers who will rent land, we will manage to pay our way to have trials on suitable land.
Cheers
I am the now the proud owner of a 97 easy 250. it needs some TLC so i have a few questions.
What oil should i be using in the gearbox?
Can anyone point me to a wiring diagram for this model? the loom has been messed with and i dont seem to be getting any power to the temp sender (or fan obviously)
Thank you in advance for any help. i'm sure i'll have more questions as i go along.
Marcus
Thanks for that.
I surprised about using ATF in the gearbox but if it works for you it must be ok.
I'll get a subscription to tmx i think, but i need to get some practice in before i ride it in public. Years of riding field bikes and then mx should help speed the process of learning along but i am still such a novice!!!
If anyone from northwest fancies a day on this sat at 2pm trax motorsport wallend road preston sp of riversway docklands amca just turn up with your trials bike chorley trials club is running the event.
Hope to see you there not catering for expert riders easy trial cheap entry
I've joined a couple of days ago and only just realised this introductory bit was here. So. . .
Hi.
Im from Lancashire and grew up riding field bikes and then motocross. I then got into road bikes, and then supermoto. I currently own a Yamaha FZX750 and a CR500 supermoto which i have built myself and and can be seen at my myspace page here - http://www.myspace.com/aaaagh . Leave comments if you like.
I have just bought a 97 Scorpa Easy 250. I always hankered after a modern mono trials bike since i owned an old ty175 years ago.
It has been sat in a local bike shop for about 18 months My grandad passed away recently and left me just enough money, he told me to buy something i really wanted with it so i went down to the bike shop and started haggling.
First thing i did was to strip the wheels off and grease everything up. Then cleaned the airfilter (full of muck) and went over the bike to check everything. It seems ok although I had to replace the rad fan and order some brake pads and a front sprocket.
Ive just fitted the new fan and after a bit of adjustment (to stop it hitting the radiator) it is now working a treat.
So i just need to change the oil now.
Can anyone confirm for certain that i should be filling it with 75w.
If so then i have some 80w (which is close) will that do?
Whatever oil is in it now makes the gear changes feel very stiff and i am getting a bit of clutch drag but that could just be down to the bike not being used in a while.
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Hi,
Sounds like great advice but would it really be wise to have someone observing who has never been to a trials event or even watched one on tv (apart from watching the odd kickstart when i was about 10). Thats a good queue for everyone to take the p**s.
I would be happy to be an observer once i have a clue about whats going on. I love burgers!!!!
Is their any trials on tv these days? I have sky and all the sports channels.