t-shock 250

So the guy wants to use his skills to build a 4 stroke twinshock....... What's the problem with that? looks like a bloody good effort to me, everyone should stop whining and appreciate the blokes handywork!

I have found the TLR 250 much easier to start with the auto lifter fitted. No longer get the dreaded teeth slipping as when using a manual lifter.

Not sure on the price, be worth asking Robin to see what he can do for you, bloke i spoke to said his rebuilt Honda shocks were brilliant when he got them back.

Brilliant!! Any pics of the Garelli in action?

Not worth buying one of those, they weren't much good. A 315 can be bought for about

Standard TLR shocks can be rebuilt by falcon, they also add a valve to allow for re-gassing. Not cheap but neither are new ones!

If the bike is a TX, you need 1400cc If it is a TXR, then 950cc is required.

There will be a 280cc kit for the Mont very soon, the works bikes are almost certainly at least 280cc and the old works mono RTL of saunders and Lejeune were 270cc, so it seems the optimum capacity for a trials 4 stroke is around 270-300cc (in Honda's eyes at least)

You shouldn't choose any bike until you have at least had a ride on one first, that's the first thing, also as mentioned earlier i don't think it's a particularly good deal, you should wait until the '06 comes out (soon) and use the time to test all of the models you are interested in.

Having plenty of power helps, i have a monstrously powerful special 280 SWM which may not be the lightest twinshock around but all that grunt certainly makes it feel alot lighter and helps you avoid some parts of the sections where others can get tripped up.

Well said Woody, any good clerk of course could set sections to take marks off even Dougie without 10ft steps, leave the manufactured sections at home for the WTC. Just thinking.......Does the fact that Tarres lost his title then regained it make him better than Dougie?

To be honest, a couple of kilo's between old twinshock bikes doesn't matter. Far more important to have the bike properly set up for your style.

Now that would be worth seeing!

Not sure what they weigh, but they have a light "feel" when riding as the power comes in strong right off the bottom and makes the front end lift without trying, this can be a good and a bad thing!

But it's going to be better than halfords!

Beta boy, have you seen this one? http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...4554574775&rd=1 Looks like it's never seen a rock!

There's no roadwork in the Alan, all off road!

Actually, the TLR250 is fitted with a 22mm keihin 661A carb, not a 24mm.

Post a pic of the bike

I remember the frame tubes were prone to snapping at the front down tubes between the engine and exhaust,worth checking these carefully.

Post a pic and someone will know for sure.

PHEW!!!!! What a day, survival of the fittest! that turned out a lot harder than expected, the rain sure made it tricky, i reckon there'll be a few cricket scores tonight.

The honda will be there, but i'll have to ask for some fives if there is any nasty mud in the sections

Let's put it another way: it's easy to make a one off tank from alloy because you don't have to go to the hassle of making two moulds and trying to join them together to hold fuel without leaking and trying to mount it accurately on the frame and getting a petrol tap and cap to fit and stinking of resin for days. The tank itself is a very simple design which is hidden and i only wanted to make once, can be easily modified and/or repaired and is much stronger and safer the fibreglass. Bit of a no brainer to me......

It does have the biggest exhaust i've ever seen on a bike!