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Page 3 if you can see it OK. Eastern Centre Gazette

Yup. Same here.

Shhhh.........Not a lot of people know this.......

It's probably been posted before and almost certainly seen by those that are interested, but I came across this tonight. There will be those that know a lot more about it than me, and I know it all ended in tears but.... The cars were insane, the crowds were even more insane - what a motorsport spectacle. And the sound of the Audis - for me just fantastic. Edited to add. The final few frames of the video show why it couldn't carry on like that. Obvious now of course, if not at the time...

Another one to bear in mind could be the Norwich Viking trial at Santon Downham on March 13th. It's part of the Beginners & Wobblers series so should give you a good idea of what you could expect. We usually have a range of P65s, twinshocks and moderns. For what it's worth I think it may help to learn on a modern bike for the reasons already given. However, I think it's important to really enjoy actually riding the bike - if that means it needs to be a T/S or whatever then go for it.

There's an extra http// in the link address that needs to be taken out.

Does this tend to make the exhaust run hotter?

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Sounds about right. Have you tried adjusting the mixture screw - by the way on that carb it's a fuel screw - by richening it up a bit? In this cold weather it might need a fair bit of adjustment. The other thing I had last year when it was cold and damp was the carb icing up. The bike would run but never felt right, particularly low down. I got round it in the end by riding around as best I could for 10 - 15 minutes to get some heat in the engine and then leaving the thing switched off for 5 or so minutes so the heat got into the carb. It was fine after that. Maybe something to think about?

What carb have you got?

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If it's a 2000 it should have the PHBL carb rather than the PHBH. Carbs are marked as such but easy way to tell the difference is where the mixture screw is. PHBH mix screw is back (airbox) side of carb. PHBL screw is engine side. Throttle stop screw (tickover) is in the middle. PHBH spec for a '99 is 135 main, 46 pilot. Mine's running a 130 main, 46 pilot.

When you say you've cleaned it have you taken out the 2nd pilot jet down the hole that the obvious pilot jet is screwed into? There's another one down that hole that has got some tiny holes in it that block really easily - One of the little joys of the PHBH carb.

315 frame numbers. Martin Belair is the man you need. Martin tells us about frame numbers

That's kind of what it sounds like to me too. Have you checked and cleaned the plastic filter in the fuel-in banjo on the carb?

Gawd knows if it makes any difference.

I don't use a pressure washer though. Significant? Dunno.

All mine were flat side outwards when I took it apart so that's how mine has gone back together. I've never even thought about it till now. Just had a look in the manual and there is a diagram of those bearings which looks like the lips maybe should be outwards as you've done them. If mine are the wrong way round then nothing has suffered for it in the 2 years since I did them. They are all looked great the other day when I had them apart. Be interested to see what anyone else says. Just to clarify the manual seems to show linkage bearings have dust seal lips to outside. Swing arm pivot bearings seem to show flat side of dust seal to outside.

For Wurth. Yesterday, despite being in the process of re-fitting their local store here and having no stock at all, they organised the collection today from Romford of 2 cans of chain lube and the hand delivery to my door just now. How's that for service? Credit where it's due. They were some of the nicest, most can-do bunch of people it's been my pleasure to meet recently. And they followed through with what they promised to do. Bunch of stars.

Yup I'd say that's a good call. Some Italjet info Here.

Welcome and let us know what you go for and how you get on. I'm not sure if anyone else has suggested it but it's always a good idea to join one of your local clubs. Go along to a couple of events, have a chat with some people and have a look generally what's going on. You'll see what bikes are popular locally and see what the sections look like. You'll probably find that with your experience you'll be looking at the more advanced stuff straight off - A lot of bike triallers do very well at moto trials.

Oh yes. I'd forgotten about that one - very nice. I suppose with something like a TY or KT, or something similar, back wheel in the Montesa frame it would be reasonably straight forward to get drive on the left and still have a decent direct-pull rear brake.

Putting a common Jap 4 stroke engine in would be tricky as the chain is on the wrong side. Maybe one of the European manufacturers like Moto Guzzi or Ducati would do perhaps - they had drive on the right hand side. I presume you've seen the SWM chassis' with the Guzzi Stornello engines in them - Nice Guzzi SWMs - something like that would be pretty good I'd have thought. Failing that a Beta or Rotax 2 stroke engine, if you could find one, of course have drive on the right side too.

Probably just me but I like the way Google translates 'OSSA' as 'Bones' in the article.