nzralphy

Toe waggling is surely unsportsman behaviour, and should be exclusion from the event .... ???????

No mate.... new people are replacing the dead ones.

Gosh it is hard to give a quick lesson on such a HUGE topic..... 99% of your dabs will come from a turn. Think of these points individually. Everyone has a better way of doing it Subtle movements (don't try to be a gymnast) Shoulders horizontal (drop a shoulder and you will dab - this is the SINGLE (!!!!!!!!!) most important line to say to your self) Turn your arms and not your shoulders (If you turn your shoulders you bum will swing out to counter the shoulder movement - causing an imbalance and a dab) The bike leans in to the turn a little (shoulders horizontal) From standing upright - bend your knees a little and lean the bike against the inside leg Look at where you want to go not at the problem 100mm in front of the tyre Teach a friend these rules and get them to critique your style. My wife does it all the time.... "you dropped your shoulder"..... yes i know honey, I'm sorry, forgive me. Practice, practice, practice this until you cry. Practice figure 8's on the flat. Practice around a few bricks. Practice on a hill. It is all i did for months as a beginner.

It encourages new starters at events....

I had '07 270, retarded the ignition and fussed with the jetting and it was a great bike. It could really fly. They have a brilliant rear shock with some cleaver innards - fork out for a shock service ..... it brings them back to life! Do the clutch mod. Get an Iridium plug. Every year younger bike you have or get will get you onto a better bike that will last another year longer.... I'd keep looking to find a nice clean bike if you can't get a new one. Ring the importer and ask if they have any Evo team bikes they want to clear - they may be in your price range?

You can fix it. Get a fine (really really fine!) hone stone and gently work the sharp tops off. Work slowly. Get some paint and dab it in the hollow. Let it dry and do it again. Let it go hard for a couple of days in a warn environment. T-Cut the paint with a one layer rag over a flat stick until all the highs are polished off. Turn the leg in the clamp so the dent is on the inside to hide it away. Done I had a bike that was fine for years after this repair. Ralphy

I'd suggest a 200cc bike to start out with as they are nice and easy to live with. Hey if you buy it a fair price and it turns out to be wrong for you just sell it and get another. Look at a few to build a picture of what is available - get a mechanical-type of friend to go look a a couple.....they will find the faults for you.

Birthdays are great..... you know i never had the courage to ask for a motorbike. Good on you. Good luck. Get some coaching early - it makes it more fun earlier. And welcome

They all leak. Just remove the cover when you have been to a wet trial. No holes please.

I rode one.... Well built with a reliable engine Had a tendency to hesitate off idle. Rev's out well Bit too heavy Wide feeling (and when you look down) Had to ride smooth when i was tired

....and the engine size is....????

Jeez... hard as nails that lass, and keeping a good overall place. Keep up the pressure Laia!

6PSI front 4PSI rear. Yeah and they get free tyres........My misses doesn't have a "yeah, go grab a new tyre mate" policy. Sadly. So i practice on a knackered tyre.

I found the jet jump down to 147.5 to be huge. Try it.

Hi Luc A lot of the Revs leaked fuel out of the carb overflows - you may have that problem. There is a fix at the top of the Beta forum. Ralphy

I used to have my techno on a 145 or a 147.5 Start with the needle set to the middle clip position. Check that the choke is seating properly. Put in a new plug. Clean the air filter and oil it properly. Take the front pipe and mid box off and slosh some petrol up and down inside it to clean it up. NOTE let it air dry very well over night!!!!!!! Good luck as they are a nice bike.

Thats ok...... summer over here so they should dry out right quick.

It's a new bike. I think a few people a missing a trick here.... Chewy has been changing tyres and bikes (probably hundreds of each) in his time in and around trials. Yet he still gets a new bike with a wheel that doesn't hold air from new! And even if he did remove a tyre to 'take a look' the the wheel/band should be able to handle a bump or two. The design is below par. WARRANTEE time.......... go ask for a new wheel mate, and accept nothing less! Ralphy

Yes it is mate. Sadly. Ask for a new wheel. The wheel comes from the wheel supplier and they should cover it. It is also common to have to fettle/finish many of the bikes delivered new to us all. Low production volume bikes is the problem.

Yeah but it isn't really lubricating the chain rollers as it has a very low quantity of oil in it. Your chain will last longer if it is lubricated properly.

I use Maxima Chain Wax. It lubes really well, stays put, and never have to degrease the chain. Wash is with water after a ride.... let it dry and relube. Done. Brilliant stuff, goes a long way, and the chain is lasting really well!

Same carb on the Evo and Rev. I started out with 4 turns out to make it rich - it helped the bike anti stall, now I've got a Jitse (sp?) mixture screw I'm at roughly 2.5-3 turns and it runs better. Get a Jitse mixture screw they are brilliant, and note the impossibly small oring in the mixture screw hole.

Hi adam Use the ATF II in the gear box and change it often - say every 10 trials events - it is cheap enough and works really well in the Beta's. If you are keen do the clutch modification at the top of the Beta forum. I used to use fully synthetic 2 stroke oil at 70:1 - Hunt out the Putoline Trials it is good stuff.

If you are a competent rider then most riders prefer a 200-250 125's are great for beginners and are easy sold when you are ready to move up. 125's haul plenty of guys your size around the 'National' type of event - so they are quite a capable bike. Loads of difference in the 125's out there so test ride them all - Beta's get a good reputation for 125 power. If I were a beginner I'd hunt out a Beta 200 - amazing bikes!

The 09 were/are very soft and definitely needed heavier springs - perhaps the test riders setting the specs in 09 & 10 were on laxatives? - and that being the case will likely need heavier damping. A mate was around here fitting a new shock and spring set from TRP, we looked long and hard at the OEM shock and found it was a sealed unit. Unfortunate really cos we were going to have it rebuilt. Nope, it is a POS. Now the TRP is a whole different world better and the bike rides so much better. I'll get one the same time i order an EVO!