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really looking forward to responses on this one..... Actually, my own opinion - those mods, whilst an improvement yes, not significant enough to warrant a title of trick bike. It's still essentially a 300 Fantic.

You're having a laugh aren't you.... The RTL motor is no different from the TLR. That motor in a Miller chassis isn't going to be any better than a standard TLR. A Miller frame kit can hardly be described as a lightweight special or trick. The only thing they are going to wipe out is their bank balance. If you're in touch with the Traditional series, you'll know that the better riders and the riders doing the winning are on standard bikes which have been personalised at most. Chris Koch hasn't won one yet on the Yam special. Check the results over the last few years. On many occassions one of these riders has won the event outright, beating the aircooled mono and O/40 class riders on modern bikes - much more competitive and capable bikes than any twinshock hybrid/special. It's who is riding the bikes that counts. If mid-results riders turn up on specials it isn't going to propel them to the top of the results and to the best of my knowledge, the front runners have no interest in building specials, it's not what they want.

Great stuff. Love seeing people learning to ride trials bikes. To be fair to the man though, he'd got him riding up some pretty tough stuff if that was his first ride on a trials bike.

That's a Miller front pipe.... Now I'm wondering what they sent me as mine didn't look as good as that - why I didn't recognise it I guess...

Nice job along with the footrests. Where did the front pipe come from?

Pinky is the best bet as it has a front disc whereas the others have drums, some of which have worn well, some of which haven't. Pinky is also available for cheaper, or at most, as much, as the earlier bikes for some reason. As for an investment - no idea, it's pot luck as to what something becomes worth. Look at the RTL. Awful to ride, not a patch on the Yam for overall performance but cost 5 times as much to buy until recently, the ridiculous prices of a couple of years ago have disappeared for now. Any of the Yams are good value and there are still plenty to choose from so if you see a good one, regardless of model, buy it. The differences between the models (about zero in real terms) aren't worth worrying about, disc on the Pinky is the most significant advantage between models. Early S models had a bigger steel tank, plastic tank on R and later bikes looks neater but they can discolour. Jon V8 - I know of a local dealer (not bikes - just parts supplier) who has a white mono for sale. It's his own bike with a previous 2 owner known history. I haven't seen it for years although I know the previous 2 owners. If you're interested let me know and I'll PM you the contact number.

Yes it fills through the inspection plate in the clutch cover. Lie the bike over or it will go all over the floor if you fill it too quickly with the bike upright as the clutch is in the way - or just do it slowly. Clutch/gearbox share the same oil, forgot to mention that. Whitehawk was probably Mick Whitlock's trade name but I'm guessing. Was this the bike on ebay a few days ago? The pictures weren't too good but you could see that the rear mudguard loop was just like a Whitlock frame but it looked to have the original MAR brake pedal set up - Whitlock frames I know had their own unique brake pedal on left hand side, but I've no idea how many variants of Whitlock frames there were for Ossa. Mikuni isn't standard so I can't help you on set up/jetting as there is no standard setting for that carb - standard carb was an Amal. Mikuni is better so if someone has done a decent job with the jetting and it runs ok with that leave it on. Sounds like you have a decent bike for a good price. They are a nice bike.

800cc of any modern gearbox oil will be ok in the clutch 50:1 modern synthetic is fine. Castrol TTS is good as it doesn't gum up rings and exhaust with black goo

No, not the same, they're Marzocchis in the diagram

OK overall, the old Bulto 49 was capable of cleaning probably all of the sections but very hard work on some. Had a decent 2nd lap of 12 at Bootle including 2 abysmal threes which were my fault, not the bike. Enjoyed it, that's the main thing but like the old school report, must concentrate more, should have done better.

TY Majesty yokes will have to be bored out to take 35mm Marzocchis. Yes they are as good as Yam mono forks. Lee - didn't all 307 have upside down forks, it was the 305 that had 35mm conventional

Should be at the bottom with the 'U' part up inside the spring. Not sure what its exact purpose is though. Surprising it's still there, they've usually been lost or discarded over the years.

Get the Bultaco out next year

Why is this? I've used a good quality O-ring and an X-ring on the SSDT with no problem at all, didn't have to adjust them once throughout the trial

Brilliant weekend - if any of you lads/lasses involved in the organisation of the trials are on here they were both spot on. Nothing tight, all sections cleanable, although it would take very good rides on some to achieve that (and there were) but most others still tricky enough to take marks if a rider wasn't right on line. So well done, thanks for the events, roll on next year. Only thing I'd change in the Bootle event is more sections in the rock streams as we just don't get to ride enough of that stuff down here, but there they are all over the place, everywhere you look, just begging to be ridden. But you could always find just one, really snotty one full of mud, just for Nick.

Exactly what credit should she get? Isn't she doing it for enjoyment the same as everyone else out there. Everyone apart from a fortunate few have to juggle time between full time job, family committments, travel, monetary priorities and so on. Lots of riders throw every spare penny they get into taking part in their hobby, a lot of time and effort in preparing their bikes and spend a lot of time travelling to and from events. If everyone packed it in because they didn't receive 'credit' there would be no sport. I've nothing against Becky so don't misconstrue this as an attack against her, I don't even know her. I've seen from event reports she's had some good results, so have many others, I just don't know what credit it is you think she deserves.

TY Offroad, ask for Colin TY Offroad

Measured them up against the original plates/brackets and they are half an inch rearwards and 2.5 inches lower. Don't think there is any need to go any further back but that's just personal opnion obviously. Just thought, as regards the height, I don't know whether the footrests on mine are original. The mounting is, so that is in the same place as yours will be, but the rests themselves may have been modified, so the 2.5 inches difference is relative to what was on my bike. As an indicator, the top surface of the new, lowered footrest is now about level with the centre of the sidestand pivot bolt.

Gave it a good try out today and footrest position seems fine, no adverse affect. Comfortable stance, bike grips well and still steers ok (for a 1960s Bulto that is, everything is relative....) So I'm leaving them in this position now. Just need to be aware that as they are now level with the bottom of the engine there is more chance of snagging them but it didn't cause a problem today on a variety of section types - unlike the bloody fuel starvation.

???????? there are 145 entries so there is a fair amount of travelling taking place

JT 6th - how's that for a prediction With the factory engine on its way things are looking good.

Yes, that was me and having ridden a couple of 200 conversions I don't, neither do the owners - I must state here though that I'm not talking specifically about John Cane's conversion as I haven't tried one, so don't mis-construe this. The bikes I tried were converted elsewhere, correctly I hasten to add, not botch jobs. Guess it's like anything else, it's all down to personal perception.

Any competent tig welder could sort that for you without too much trouble. Alternatively try Ellastone Offroad for a case as they have broken any number of Hondas

I wish you'd said 40 years ago - everything I have is buggered at the moment except for my 40 year old Bulto so, somewhat horrifyingly, I will probably be riding, or being mauled by that. Could change class to O/40 and ride my TYZ but I'm a glutton for punishment....