grahamjayzee

I can appreciate that there may be some lack of clarity regarding the rules and even some lack of consistancy with how they are implemented, but my view is the same for trials as it is for Rugby, Cricket and any other sport; take your decisions on the chin. Particularly as for most of us, it doesn't make THAT much difference in the grand scheme of things. It is, after all, an amateur sport for all but the very few. I have nothing but sympathy and admiration for people such as observers, upmires, referees. They have to make judgement calls and that's what they are there for. Observers get the pleasure of standing around for 3 hours, often in grim weather and often for no thanks. They need some snotty oik effing and geoffing at them because of a contentious decision like they need a second rectum. I would personally birch anyone who abuses such officials! Now, back to running my Victorian Mill...

Thanks Andy, replied to that one too! Graham

Hi All, Well, I've finally assembled the awesome group of returning riders (me) amd newbies (skov and Nick the Chin) that is the.... ....Drum roll please... ...Last of the summer wine trials collective. We will compete either on trials bikes or in an old bath, makes no difference to us! Anyways, we really ought to ride the bikes at least once before unleashing ourselves on an actual trial. Poles Wood is not far from us; does anyone have contact information please? Many Thanks Graham

Thanks Jon, Skov's managed to unearth a rad and rear brake assembly. That's the important parts. The engine can be run now and we'll see the full extent of the horrors! Graham

I think I'd have paid good money to see that!

Welcome Matty, If you didn't break anything, quit whilst you're ahead!

Looks like you're stuck with that one skov! Have you tried gently blowing on the motor in section and jamming your boot into the back wheel to stop? Just a suggestion..

Welcome! Same old advice really. Turning, throttle and for me, back brake. One thing an old pro told me was that the front wheel is just there to put the back wheel in the right place! It didn't make much sense to me until I realised that sucess in a section is about finding and maintaining grip. If you practice figure 8s or cloverleafs and do them as slowly and as tightly as possible, you won't go far wrong. Oh, and get trialling! One trial is worth 10 day's practice; you'll learn what you don't know very quickly, but there'll be loads of people willing to help you. Good Luck Graham

Well done Stork, sounds reasonable to me. When I rewound my GS550 alternator, I went to a transformer winder and they measured the wire for me and sold me enough for 3 rewinds for a quid. I then counted the turns off the former and wound the right number on by hand. Once happy, I took it back to the winders and they dipped it in hameg laquer and baked it on for me. I'd be confident of doing the same to any stator coil. Certainly, if it's Donald Ducked I'd have nothing to lose!

Blanc, This was my problem! It's attached to the black plastic shield (presumably to preven vibration damage). The top mounting bolt incorporates an earth lead on nice flimsy 16 or 20/0.2 wire. There was no star washer to bite into the earth tag. If I were you I'd take the radiator out and get into this area and check all the wiring. Regarding dentritic corrosion (actually less of a problem on a trials bike because it has no battery so this form of galvanic corrosion only occurs when the bike is running); you can identify this by a dull appearance to the strands of wire in the crimps. If it looks like this, replace the whole thing! I'm tempted to replace all the earths with plastic coated wire braid. It has significantly larger surface area and is much more robust. It can only help...

Hi Blanc, I've just bought an 01 Rev3 and so am keeping my eyes on the various electrical threads ready for (what me be) the inevitable! I have a few comments: Mine didn't start on Sunday. This was the first time I've tried apart from when I collected it. It had intermittent spark. It turned out to be the nut securing the coil earth to the coil had come off. Relief or what! It does bring into focus a point I made on another thread; electics need security. Before you do anything else, disconnect, clean and reconnect everything. Corrosion ALWAYS affects the earth route (it's known as 'black wire syndrome', or dendritic corrosion); once you lose an earth on the generating circuit, the regulator doesn't,er, regulate and the generator is under free load. It's all over then! Secondly, a stator plate is not a Saturn V control panel! I defer to those with more Rev3 experience, but I'm guessing there's going to be 2 or 3 coils of wire and a crank position sensor? It should be an easy job to test this. There will be a nominal resistance across each coil and between each coil end and ground (should be open circuit). The Crank position sensor may require a slightly more involved test, but any auto electrician should be able to put a scope on it and rotate the crank to find a pulse. What we need on here is a nice definitive resistive test for the coils that anyone with a

Hi All, I manage to pursuade a friend to get involved with Trials. When I wasn't looking he bought a 1997 gas gas JTX270 from the home fo all that is secondhand, Ebay. The bike is clearly a refugee from fields rather than a well used trials tool. I think it's worth resoring to trials-ready condition as there are a few positives: Front end is good Wheel, steering head and swingarm bearings are good Tyres are very useable Engine has good compression... However, there are plenty of negatives! Radiator is missing Rear caliper is missing Rear master cylinder is suspect The footrests have been replaced with road/ race pegs (!) The kickstart has the engagement bearing and spring assembly missing and so just flaps about. The shock top and bottom bushes are rogered. The loom has been hacked. Does anyone know of a source of secondhand spares (apart from ebay; we've got that covered!) or have a few bits in their garage? Does anyone know if any other rear brake assemblies are compatible so we can widen the search? The radiator is the big one; if we can't get on of those, the project is dead in the water! Thanks folks Graham

Being excluded from a trial on a muddy hillside in Northamptonshire because me tyre didn't have the correct aspect ratio may well elicit some colourful language...

Copetech, interesting and nicely neutral point! I think confidence has a lot to do with it regarding tyres. On the blackstuff, I hve NEVER got on with Michelin, but were certainly my favourite tyre back then in the sections. I think if half the field and a few Pros were riding Vee, it would be much more accepted. Baldilocks, that's true! I remeber that ridge; it used to wear through the silencer on my Zero. It would be strange in the extreme if they didn't develop the tyre, but why would they want to keep it a secret? The nomenclature of their tyres for all other uses always changes? Anyways, regarding the original thread (!), I'll probably get whatever comes my way! I haven't ridden for 12 years so it isn't going to be tyres that hold me back...

I think that's a fair point. However, there's a lot that can be done within the constraints of the physical size of a tyre. Huge advances have been made in compound and carcass construction and I'm surprised that the major manufactures haven't developed what they have. Since I last rode in 1996, IRC have entered the market, and Dunlop have upgraded their tyre from the D801 to the current D803. Michelin haven't moved and Pirelli have amazingly stuck to the second string MT43 when they had a better tyre back then (MT73). I'm not saying it's wrong, because it leaves a nice level playing field for us all. I'm just suprised!

Hmm. Tricky. Thing is, they are a lot cheaper; they are offered for a pair for not much more than the price a rear Michy. I'm going to drop along to the Hinxton Trial on 30th (Cambridge Matchless), I'll take a look at who's using them. Graham

I've just started riding again after a break and am amazed that tyre technology has almost completely stood still in the last 12 years! It was always Michelin X11 then and still seems to be now! Over on the round and round world of trackdays, tyres have moved on in huge leaps! I guess there's not a lot of cash in trials for the tyre manufacturers... Anyways, on one of the club websites someone is offerring Vee- Rubber tyres. They are considerably cheaper than Mich, IRC or Dunlop. Has anyone used them? Are they a serious alternative or made out of plastic? Thanks Graham

Just collected my 2001 Rev-3 250! Christmas has come early! Can I take this opportunity to thank Steve Blackburn and the rest of the Forum? Steve advertised the bike on here and bent over backwards to make the deal easy and straightforward. A true gent. Also, thanks to everyone on here who offered good sound advice. I look forward to meeting some of you guys at South Midlands events! Graham

Personally, yes! When I restarted my trials career, I bought a Jack Russell before I bought a bike. I guess it's genetic...

I'm trying to eat my dinner here! That reminds me, I put 3 litres of pink blancmange in a clear plastic bag the other day. I don't know why that just popped into my head...

White footwear is perfectly acceptable in Essex...

Yep, going to leave it alone I think. There's a tidy 1990 zero for <

That was my thought; you'll not lose a lot on a

Ah, I see! I did try a search on RTX but it turned up nowt. I'll try again...

Hi All, I have coerced a mate into taking up the sport. His budget is very limited and he's not done any off road riding at all. He is considering trials, enduro, green laning etc. Ebay has an RTX on for