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Trs Gold, style tech fork legs would have made a huge visual impact

https://www.honda.co.uk/motorcycles/range/off-road/montesa-cota-301rr/overview.html?utm_source=Honda+Motorcycles+UK+Off+Road&utm_medium=social&utm_content=3643871505_3643871510

By adjusting the large brass screw on right side of the throttle body. I use a digital tachometer that picks up the rpm from a wire wrapped around the spark plug lead, set to 1800rpm and forget.

Definitely sounds like the idle is a touch low, this can make them very temperamental to start.

Wow! That’s a lot of problems, sounds like you’ve been very unlucky with that particular bike. I’ve had a couple of Friday afternoon bikes in my time and it can be very frustrating. My only advise would be get it sorted get it sold then buy a Montesa and start enjoying hassle free riding. In my group of riding buddies we’ve all changed to 4rt’s over the last 5 years, out of 15 + bikes we’ve not had a single mechanical issue.

Splat Shop in the Uk has both the bush and bolt in stock https://www.splatshop.co.uk/gasgas-pro-clutch-hub-bolt-bush.html

Safe bet is the Montesa 315, well made and still a very capable bike that’s only going up in value.

Keep practicing ??

At the end of the day we all have our own preferences, likes and dislikes. I personally think the bottom end grunt of a 4 stroke makes it perfect for trials. I suspect the main reason other manufacturers haven’t continued to develop 4t engines is just more likely down time and money.

Sure most of the guys at the sharp end in Uk will be either sponsored bikes or well supported by local their local dealers, regardless of brand most riders won’t turn down a free or cheap bike. Seeing at there’s so many different 2 strokes brands all with supported riders, yes of course there’s going to be less 4 strokes at the top level, it’s nothing to do with the limitations of the bike. Look at trial 2, the Montesa’s have dominated.

Yes I had a 2016 4rt then went back to a 300 Gasgas ??‍♂️ Fortunately this was only a temporary lapse in judgment and I am back on a 300rr Montesa and life is so much sweeter! Won’t be going back, only 2 stoke I’ll be running is my garden strimmer! ?

Check the throttle cable hasn’t been pulled up slightly, if the outer cable isn’t sitting in the metal flute fully where it enters the carb you’ll not get it to start. 100% Don’t attempt to bump start the bike! It’s not staring because there’s a problem, I’ve seen 2 of these exact bikes destroy a piston and barrel from being forced to start while the cable isn’t seated fully.

Haha I wasn’t referring to fuel consumption but more like mechanical issues ending in a long push home ? Good point tho, the 4rt’s give no warning when they run out of fuel and there’s no reserve to rely on. Always carry some extra!

Hi I’ve had loads of 300cc 2 strokes, in comparison the power on the 4rt is noticeable stronger off the bottom, especially with the 300rr. Biggest problem owning a montesa 4rt is trying not to look to smug when your poor 2 stroke riding buddies are pushing their bikes back to the van ???

It’s been ahead of the game all along

What did you expect? An old antiquated 2 stroke motor ? Surely 26 world championships back to back is enough to prove Honda Montesa know’s a thing or two about making trials bikes! ?

100% it’s like this from the factory.

So they’ve stopped production of the 2019 racing’s already?

The Gp also has machined out fork yokes to save a few more grams. If you bought a racing then upgraded it to the GP spec it’d cost a fortune, so yes the gp is worth considering. I’d be inclined to say if you change every year I’d just go for the racing, no point spending the extra if you’ll be looking for move it so soon. On the other hand if you keep a bike long term or need to absolute pinnacle of performance buy the GP I found selling my 10 month old 2018 Gp was tricky because it’s value isn’t a million miles away from a new racing, and who doesn’t love a brand new bike? The Gp was an awesome machine but if I was buying another GG it’d just be a racing.

Carbon airbox, carbon reeds, renthal bars, s3 alloy foot rests, compression damping on forks, short titanium front pipe and a machined wheel, for some reason the racing models now come with old style rear wheel, they used to have the machine one. Think that’s all if not most of the differences, sure someone will chime in if I’ve missed anything.

Hey boner I’ve had a 3 4rt’s always ran them on Castrol power race fully synthetic without any issues. Fairly sure the manual specs 10w 30 for the 2014 onwards bikes.

Hey dabster I was referring to the inability to change a bike for a £1000 / £1200 these days is across the board. Also the condition of a 6 / 12 month old bike doesn’t seem to have much affect on its resale. Some 6 month old bikes can look almost destroyed yet an absolute mint condition hardly used example fetches only a couple of hundred pounds more. But hey ho, suppose we don’t buy and ride these bikes to save money, just depends how much fun we’re having and if it justifies the money to change each year. Maybe we’ll see the guys like myself who change without fail evey 12 months starting to keep the bikes much longer.

What could be possibly better than a 300rr? ? 3 300rr’s of course! ✊?✊?✊?

Long gone are the days when you could buy a new bike, run it for a year then trade it in with £1000 / £1200 for a new bike the following year. This is across the board, but I can agree that for what ever reason a 6 to 12 month old gasgas seems to be getting hit harder. I lost a small fortune on my 2018 300 GP, enough to make think twice about buying another for a while.

Great! will give them a call to see if they can help ??