nzralphy

Gee Billy you are quick to bite of someones head ! Chill out this is a happy site.

Ok on the internet this is difficult If it sounds Blahhhhhhhhhhhhhh Blahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh then it is lean. If it sounds Blub blub blub (like a four stroking sound) it is rich. Check your mixture screw is in good order and all the needle screw is still intact. )

160mm travel x 0.333 = 53mm sag when you are on the bike with riding gear on

Perhaps your disk is warn out and/or dished. Put a ruller across the disk face and check if there are any gaps by shining a torch from the other side. I had this once an a new disk fixed everything.

A couple of years ago some guys put the unit behind their Number board

Agreed x100 They have gone out of their way to tidy up all the sillylittlehangyonthings so the bike looks really clean. HEAPS and HEAPS and HEAPS of trail and enduro bike riding here in New Zealand ......

You may have a cracked rubber carb inlet manifold An please replace that throttle cable!

Revs rise when you un out of fuel??? If that is the case your bike maybe running too rich causing it to run lower rpms and the leaning out mixture is just the engine correcting the mixture. Or I'm wrong. Yip a glove over the exhaust does it every time.

Flipp'n eck mate is your place in line for that lot? ....It sounds like the fires the Australian's had not long ago......Who would ever have thought living in the country side be so hazardous! Ralphy

I'd say, after having the same bike, that you have groves warn into the ctutch basket. When you take the clutch plates out - inspect the many driving faces of the clutch basket. If there are groves, even minor ones, worn into the faces then remove the basket and have an engineer mate stroke file them out with a finishing file. And don't forget to do all the clutch mods pined here somewhere. Ralphy

Some where in the Beta forum someone gave the instructions on how to get that shock apart. Sorry i don't have the link

There were a few that came out with faulty shocks and they had almost no rebound damping and the rebound adjuster had no effect. Hope that helps. The shocks are rebuildable.

Mate don't let that put you off! ....... it takes a few weeks getting used to it and you are done.

Nope. 1/3 sag front and rear with your gear on and the bike is static. Get a friend to help and take the measurement a few times to be sure it is right. and check it every 6mths.

I can do that easy!

Everyone has their preference.... but I'd stay with the 5.5 bars. Normally the higher bars(6" and up) are for the tall rider. Are your bars set correctly? They should be set near vertical (looking at the angled rise (what the hell do you call it ???) from the side Your problem may simply be the way you stand on the bike..... just try standing up straight then add a little bend to your knee then lean forward to hold the bars (there should be little to no pressure on your hands).

Yes they are. Remember your bike will be fine. Ride it for a year then think of an upgrade....... NEVER (!!!!) try a new bike if you can't afford one.

1/3 front and rear every time.

The same carb is used by Yamaha on a couple of models.... ask the Yam man to see if he can help.

Don't use tap water, ions, or something, will eat the casings away. Go to a car parts store and get some ready-mixed coolant, no particular brand.

Errr what Tony said +1

Have you asked the Beta factory if they have a fix????

Anything thin.... they all wear out and i need new'ns every year or two

..... New bike, sofa, new bike, sofa, new bike, sofa........ sofa it is then, sorry for thinking any other option honey......... :rolleyes:

It will be the single biggest improvement you can make to the bike! You will get better "feel" of the ground below you and, you will get better traction (if it is properly set up - so don't bosh one on and think that is the end), the bike could ride a little higher because it is not blowing through it's travel. People have been raving on about the traction the new Ossa gets......... it is the Ohlins TTX shock!