nigel dabster

How low? Small boys run as low as 1 round here. Try advancing ignition?

Correct spelling is Andreu Codina. Good job you can ride better than spell.

Pal had a beta with slots and one plain, not noticable difference in stopping power wet or dry but pads lasted 4 times longer!

John I'll have it, thanks.

If you find it difficult to use the pwer of a 125 then practice should really be high on your list.

I think you are asking 2 questions in one or maybe 3. Here is my take. I like a new bike pretty much every year not because it would make me ride better per se, but its just great having every thing tight and spot on. New tyres straight rims, tight bearings and so on all add to the feel of a bike, and knowing you have the best and latest gives you a boost too. There is no excuse as far as blaming the bike though. If you want to improve your performance and your bike is a few years old, a new bike won't make as much difference as say going out for an extra couple of hours practicing and spending another hour prepping your bike, imho.

Don't get the 2002 the gears are not as good as the 2003 and 2004 which arae the same. Why a 250? A 290 is nice as is the 200.

Sure do I got the blueprints from italy this week.

Aparently there are alot of new sections so hopefully this will not appear, well not twice anyway!

Try nigel greenwood if you see him he might know he has a tasty one on his TLR.

Oh what fun it was repairing the plastic tanks when the bolts had sheared on the tap, still think I could do it now.

Is that a real sharks fin?

The rider concearned who told me about it is a good expert and said it works, so B*****kss to all this carb set up ballony billy what should he have done buy the gizmo as advised by john lampkin or listen to you?

I would pay big bucks to get hold of one, even tried to trace the number printed on the bottom of the tank when I was in Barcelona. If anyone has one in good condition I would love to know.

It wasn't that good last year, sections very straightforward, a couple you didn't even need to look at, plus a couple on banksides for no good reason I could see except to have a muddy one! A change in some of the regular sections would be great (they get a bit repetietive 4 years on the trot) but Avalanche is good but doesn't make a good trial on its own. Thats being very critical though and even if it was identical every year I would probably still go 6 hours driving or not.

So billy what do you say now?

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Do they still have the pony express in Oregon?

Come on Perce old chap, stiff upper lip there's always next year. And with all your old riding reins you could have an ishy bag strapped on anywhere.

Spoke to a handy beta rider today who confirmed this fault on his 03. Beta do a specific part which I think goes on the bottom of the float bowl, gives extra capacity and solves the problem. As it is a beta part best to buy from John Lampkin.

Freixa is apparently riding the 4 stroke as from April (maybe its not ready before then?) so expect him and at least Amos on them in Scotland. If its good enough he will be trying it out in the WTC.

So what's the technique on that then? Do yo mould it round the bike or get the wife to mould it round your a***?

I agree Charlie flat or sharpe side out, should he replace BOTH circlips? What is the reason behind sharpe side out? Should both circlips face out or away from the sprocketin that case? Once loose it is ok to undo the allen screws and hold the nut on the rear, quicker and easier.

What about how many bikes did Steve Colley have last year and who got a lift in the Pye van? That sort of gossip?

Really yes, there are lots of reasons why alot of clubman riders should opt for 200's, controllable power being the prime reason, lack of any real obstacles being another. What I don't accept is the way Birkett in TMX nearly always says that 75% of us should be on them.