I still cant believe how good the 315 bike is, after what 20 years its not so different in feel and ride to modern current stuff, and surely the popularity at the moment isnt simply down to nostalgia?
I see your point but im sticking by the fact that as oni nou says, and many have found out problems are usually not down to manufacture, more often bad set up.
Any manufacturers clutch set up correctly will work well enough, be light as well, and there is significantly more difference in badly set up than make to make.
My point is that as pastietwin says the rr is light but lineaway says it isnt and one ossa is very much better than the others yet a gas gas is the best (heffgem).
With a diapragm clutch it needs to be the right pack height if not then it wont be that good regardless of make......
So to say this clutch is best just probably means its correctly adjusted?
Scott bike prep (normal servicing but yes thorough like the ssdt) is probably not as important as personal fitness, this is often the limiting factor, and is why top guys can turn up and finish the course.
Fuel is not a problem as the refuelling is carried out at 6 or 7 petrol stops.
Some extend the front mudgaurd with tape to limit spray and radiator getting clogged.
Tools are carried mainly for puntures etc
Economy as much as anything and history i suppose. First went to portugal in 1979 and they had either just joined EU or were about to. They had oxon in fields and an abundance of beggars at stations and in the cities. A very diverse and two tier wealth were very poor and very rich. I just imagine that there has never been much oppourtunity to ride trials as they sort of missed the 70,s boom.
Turkey and so many other countries have the same though an abundance of trials terrain.
You cant stop yourself can you @dadof2 "second is really the correct gear" even when so many say otherwise.
If you can generalise for the SSDT many more sections by average riders are better ridden in first, as stated by riders with experience in RIDING the event
Best you dont say anymore.
Before accepting a computer based diagnosis i would simply get everything spot on. Give the bike a full service and pay particular attention to the carb spark plug (new) air filter and so on. Do not think one thing will cure any "problems" you may have this is unlikely.
A well set up bike with all controls working as they should is a great starting point.
A slow throttle is no substitute for getting some throttle control by time spent on the bike rather than changing this or that.
I dont know why the 340 isnt admired in spain could be the dry grippy conditions i dunno. I would say the frame set up and the 6 speed was always nice and the torque are all bettr out the box. I do think they fettle the 325's and then say they are good but dont do the same to the 340. Very few late 250's in spain
..maybe in somerset? I doubt the same would be true in Yorkshire.
Joking apart if the above were true the 4rt would be the only bike ridden theyve been around ten years now and are still thin on the ground.
Cos everything they do isnt necessarily the best. Im not so sure but the high esteem that the 340 is held up in here in the uk isnt tha same in spain. remember that both vesty and john Reynolds via comerfords did more development after 82. One of their things was the improved head steady.
