t-shock 250

No way, definately much easier to fabricate in alloy.

See you there for some pain x3 in the gulley!

TY175 88 Aprilia TXR (good bike, but engines needed setting up properly) 91 Aprilia climber (revved to the moon!) 93 Gas Gas 330 contact (not enough top end power, all low down) 95 Gas Gas JT250 96 Gas Gas JTR250 (great bike at the time) 83 SWM 320 85 Honda TLR250

Easier to make a tank out of alloy, you can cut and weld and go back and modify if you get it wrong, also stronger and no leaks.

Yes the old man's responsible for this one, used the original SWM tank as a starting point to make a fibreglass mould from. Then bent/cut/welded/swore at sheet alloy to fabricate the tank. Best thing about fibreglass tank covers is no painting required, those blue side panels are just sticky vinyl from the local sign bloke, when your boots wear them you just peel 'em off and stick new ones on. And if you scratch the cover, it's the same colour throughout so still looks good!

That SWM gets a good thrashing don't worry, pity i don't have the time to ride it more often these days

It may be alot easier to fabricate a tank from alloy, and then make a cover from fibreglass to hide your poor quality welding!

I'll be there too! Only 4 days left to polish the bike, better get cracking!

Something not quite right about the rear mudguard there, is it a universal one?

Heres a pic of the 250 twinshocker.....

Nice one, but whats going on with the front brake hose?

Phew! Read all the posts on this forum, it's all here.

Try your local auto parts supplier for decent oil at cheaper prices, if they stock say......castrol motor oil, they can usually get motorcycle oil too.

I think you need to ask the people who are selling it! Dave Renham at Bultaco UK sells them, he should know.

Still needs developing though! You can't just build it and sell it.

Birks is already pushing development of all the Scorpa trials models, look out for a 200cc aircooled 4 stroke as well as the revised 250 2stroke and new 250 fourstroke.

Polishing an alloy frame is a long and messy process requiring various mops and a range of special compounds, i would think long and hard before undertaking this job. Doing bits like exhausts etc is the best way to learn the technique after you have bought the kit, and polished alloy is very easy to keep shiny if you have done it properly in the first place, but doing the whole frame is a different thing!

Do you want to clean up the frame, or actually polish it?

The picture is reversed.

Aye, nowt wrong wit' Cumbrian hills!

What 4RT test? I was waiting to hear from Steve Saunders how to ride the thing but there wasn't any useful info at all. Having said that, the rest of the mag seems pretty good.

It's operated manually in that picture, but i have just gone back to auto as it's still bl**dy tricky to start sometimes. The 250's are especially awkward.

Like this.

You should have bought on in the early '90s, that would have really made your blood boil No grease....ANYWHERE Virtually all fasteners not tightened at the factory No seals on suspension linkage bearings, think twice before riding in mud or water! No loctite No nyloc nuts, so everything was loose after half an hour, including the sump guard which then caused the frame to snap! Cracked wheel rims Paint that fell off if you looked at it Main bearings turning in the crankcases You lot don't know how lucky you are!

Enduros!