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There is someone on e bay selling a Cota 123 alloy tank and fibreglass seat unit on e bay. Item number 400405789788 and 121061211589. Does anybody have any idea if this will fit my MH123 ? An alloy tank would be so much better than my one piece fibreglass one. How does the alloy tank fit to the frame too ? Is it just bolted on at the front ?

Pop an x11 tubeless on with a tube inside. With rim locks it should be fine.

Very funny Jon. But after two recent knee reconstructions I think suspension is definately the way forward !!!

See my recent thread on NJB's in the montesa forum. I'm very dissapointed. I had Betor shocks on a TY175 also and thought that they looked great but had little damping. I think you have to spend £130 plus to get a good set.

Isn't that the right way up ? Shock body at top, rod and rubber stopper at bottom.

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One of the guys in our club fitted a 100cc honda engine into his sons MT50 and it went like stink. I had a rip on it and the front end was very light. He was clearly the fastest kid at his college !!

I was thinking the same. They have the damping qualities I had on my MT50 moped shocks when I was 16. Now that was a bad bike !!!

Interesting. Will give that a go. The stickers on the shock im thinking suggest which way up the shock should be though.

I got mine from In motion. Just told them my weight. Didnt seem to be any option on the damping. Are you thinking of the trick shocks they do ? The 30 year old mont shocks i've got are way superior.

£90. I suppose you get what you pay for.

Well my Mont MH123 is finally up and running. I decided to fit NJB expert shocks and I am very dissapointed with them. I accept I'm a modern trials rider use to mono shock bikes but there just seems to be little damping and they just spring back. The rebound just seems rapid. The montesa shocks I took off were far smoother on the rebound but were too tatty to compliment the restoration. Am I expecting too much or have people had better experiences with these ?

I had a rev4T for 3 years. Took a little while to get used too and is very different to the 2T. Obviously I was riding it before the introduction of non stop and I feel it would have been even better to ride under such rules. The 250 was such soft useable power and sounded like a sewing machine. 100% reliable. I use to change the oil and filter about every 5 trials. Mine was fine to start hot or cold once you get used to it. When warm it just needed a tiny bit of throttle to start. Never used the hot start. It was about 5kg heavier than than the 2T. It had a diaphragm carb with a heavy throttle but you get used to that. Not having to do the premix was quite enjoyable though.

Hi there. Is it a mh200 or a cota 200 ? The boys at inmotion trials will be able to help you. If you ask them nicely and buy some stuff from them they often photo copy diagrams for you. They are very helpfull and stock everything.

Sent you the photos. Hope they help.

They look perfect and cheap too. Outlet is on the bottom too. Shame they are in the US

Jimbo. Nice to help you for a change. It bolts on to the engine casing on the left hand side of the gear box sprocket. Mine is an m6 bolt. The spring that gives it tension presses up against the round housing of the sprocket drive housing. I don't know how to upload photos on this site sorry

Hello Mr galvin. Do you think it would work then ? Did you ride the Pontypool trial today ?

Do you think it would run without the syphon principal to the main tank ?

Oh I see. I was hoping they had the same system as a strimmer / chainsaw tank.

Just in the process of having my Montesa MH123 tank unit sprayed to finish off the restoration. It's a fibre glass tank and has to be emptied when not in use and its a real pain, Due to recent injury sadly the bike will not be ridden by me but I do still like to start it up every week to keep everything as it should. I really don't want to be removing and draining the tank every time and risk chipping the fab spray job.I was wondering about a hebo number plate tank with a slight mod. Would the hebo tank work if I ran it straight onto the carb with a longer fuel pipe or does it have to go in through the tank breather thus defeating the object of the excercise. I could fit a little inline fuel tap if it would and maybe a Y piece connector above the carb so that the original tank and fuel line could stay in situ. Would it work ?

Hi there. Ive just gone through the powder coating phase with my Montesa. Ive had a few frames done in the past and I can safely say you get what you pay for. I used maldon shot blasting in essex on the montesa and they were amazing. I know you live in Glos but they do a postal service. The finish they achieve is incredible as they are automotive powder coaters and not industrial powder coaters who do a sideline in bike frames. I had the platinum finish which includes the blasting, rust reatment, priming, coating, and laquer finsih and it was about £160 including the swing arm. The finish is amazing as I am dead fussy. They even sent me colour swatches in the post so that I could be confident in the colour I wanted. The platinum finsish is gaurenteed for 15 years. I had a total of 16 parts coated and they never lost or damaged one. Give them a try.

Its the same hub and spacers. Only problem is that I started to strip the bike as soon as I bought it. Never rode it as I was on crutches when I bought it. So I never had the opportunity to see what position the cams were in. I'm only questiong the wheel due to the issues i had with the front wheel.

Thanks for that info. wheel builder just rang to say the front wheel is now ready and correct. So at least the front of my bike will go in the right direction. Im in no rush anyway as my I only had my knee reconstructed two months ago so no riding for me.