Yeah , once set , you can forget about it and I'm sure like most others, the bike will run better on it.
Tbh on mine once the points was set up correctly i never had a problem with them, the engine is just weak on low end throttle range, if this electronic ignition can race the engine up like the fantic engine does i can see the 242 becoming abit more popular.
Build update, installed electronic ignition from RMlightning, absolutely brilliant bit of kit very easy to install and setup, fantastic help from Julian, will update with full description and pics to follow.
will be interesting to know how it works with the engine, might put one on my 242 if its theres alot of diffrence over the points system.
If you go into the renting agents and put down 6 months rent in advance on the table they won't ask for credit statements, 6 months is the standard contract here.
If as mentioned he had a camera crew then it would boost the sport , classic trials outside of Scottish pre 65 needs as much of a boost as possible. No new young blood coming into the sport etc etc etc ...
Yer unfortunately classic trials is killing itself.
Now you can pick up a good mid 2000yr modern bike up for under a grand,if i was starting out this is where i would go.
Where i do have a me no understandy moment is when people say he got a wild card entry because he will lift the profile of the event, more
The way i read it is he was only asked to be guest of honour, i think that meant opening the trial not riding it, then he asked to ride it, what would you say to him if it was your event.
Im not sure why people were expecting national Tv to turn up.
Now now before jumping to conclusions if his team were wearing the wheels round there necks they could have just been making an innocent fashion statement.
This bloke might be worth a shot http://www.inmotiontrials.com/contact-us/ i know he has a lesser bike name written over he's website but i think your find he knows he's way around a Fantic.
I would of left him alone from the start, anyone putting a radiator next to an aircooled cylinder and passing it off from coming from the same bike is gonna be a pillock somewhere along the line.
I see the parts are up for decent money now so you probaly got stiffed from the bidder you beat as he more than lightly mailed the seller telling him he had more value sitting there than what it sold for, jealousy and all that.
But the 40 plus generation are the ones keeping trials alive and if we really want to face the truths it has been for donkey years.
Trials has allways lost many of its youngsters at 16 or earlier and not allways for the reasons spoken about here, never mind maybe we will see them back in a bike in 25 years time.
Sometimes our friends in the trials business make it hard for us to support them, Sorry £75 notes for a simple tool is rape.
You can make your own if you have 2 old metal plates and one fibre plate ( if you need to buy them new it will still be cheaper than the tool they have.), i put the fibre plate inbetween the 2 metal plates and bolt them together and then you need to make a bar up.
Montesa Cota 242
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Tbh on mine once the points was set up correctly i never had a problem with them, the engine is just weak on low end throttle range, if this electronic ignition can race the engine up like the fantic engine does i can see the 242 becoming abit more popular.