neonsurge

OK, OK, I'll back off. I'm aware that my recent posts have been almost exclusively of the grumpy variety and I promise to try to be more cheerful and tolerant in future, OK? But HONESTLY..........!!

This isn't directed at anyone in particular, it's just that this thread reminded me of one of those "netiquette" documents that proliferated forums and bulletin boards in the old days. It said something like: "Internet access does not automatically give you permission to disengage your brain and more specifically your common sense. Use of a keyboard is not an excuse for poor spelling and/or bad grammar." I may have slipped into miserable old git mode again here but these sentiments are worth bearing in mind.

It does depend on the section and how your bike's geared but the vast majority of clubman level sections can (and probably should) be ridden in 1st. I learned that lesson after several trials worth of fives due to stalls and missed flags (usually because of a combination of poor clutch technique and too much momentum.) I'll use second if there's a big step or steep climb, maybe 3rd if the climb is long and slippery. The rest of the time it's 1st all the way.

David Knight is da man in enduro and cross-country racing at the moment, no-one else comes close. I'd love to see him do a few more GNCC rounds in the US to see how an on-form Knighter does against Salminen! I know where my money would be...

Twice while signing on at trials recently I've been offered 13 "'cos no-one else wants it" I've always taken it and it's made not one iota of difference to my riding or final result (ie, crap).

I guess you could always 'phone them. Or email. Clicky.

The problem is, what would you be subscribing to? The news articles? There's certainly some value there, especially considering the exclusivity of some of them but enough to justify a subscription fee? Like Marky says, many people (myself included) usually jump straight to the forums and rarely look at the front page. The value of the forums themselves lies in the experience and technical knowlege of the members but there are thousands of free motorcycle technical discussion groups on the 'net. Apart from the fact that you're talking to like-minded trials enthusiasts here, in actual fact there's not much here that can't be found elsewhere (although more effort may be required to find it). The way that other sites I frequent have handled the same problem is to not display ads to subscribers and/or split the site content into "standard" and "premium" where non-subscribers can only see a summary of articles, not the entire content. Another possibility is to allow non-subscribers to read the forums but not post on them. Having said that, I'd certainly pay a reasonable sum to continue reading and posting on TC but that's because I've been here a while and have got to know a few of the people - the TC "hardcore" if you like, and that'd be my primary motivator in shelling out. That's not true for the vast majority of the membership who (quite rightly since that's what it and the web is designed for), use TC as an invaluable source of occasional information. If TC moved to a subscription model, I'm sure membership would dwindle and people would simply go elsewhere or start a trials Yahoo group or whatever, turning TC into some introverted private club, a situation that would benefit no-one. When it comes down to it, TC is Andy's site and bills have to be paid. While I know he does it out of a love of the sport and that goes a long way, I still don't envy his situation and I don't think that there are any easy answers. BTW, I've re-read my previous posts re. TrialsWorld and I'd like to clarify by saying that in no way was I criticising the amount of work that JD and the team at TMX obviously put into each issue. My critical comments were my humble opinion and nothing else. However, the way that it was rushed onto the market, the way that it was apparently run as an afterthought and the way that it was quickly withdrawn when the job was done (ie, the competition were crushed) still suggests to me that the whole thing was a cynical marketing strategy ordered from on high somewhere in the parent publishing organisation. To those people directly involved in the actual production of the magazine: Well done and thanks! I think I need a sig change to include "grumpy old bugger" or something...

Yep. They're far too powerful (for me, anyway ) Definitely an expert's bike. I got rid and bought a 250

Actually, one other thing does spring to mind - if you've definitely removed and cleaned the actuator and valve, maybe it could be the floats themselves. Do they move up and down freely in the bowl? Is one heavier than the other? If one (or both) of the floats are damaged in any way they can allow fuel to get inside which obviously affects their weight and relative bouyancy. I can't wait until EFI is standard on all trials bikes. It's really annoying

Do you mean the pin that retains the valve actuator? Maybe, but if it's already moving freely, I'm not sure that would help. Ditto bowl gasket. If the valve's OK and you've stripped and cleaned everything then I'll back out and let someone more knowlegable than me step in... sorry I can't be of more help.

I bet the needle valve is stuck open (see attached diagram.) If muck gets in the recess where the valve sits it can't return to the closed position, the carb fills with fuel and it exits through the bowl overflow.

That's kinda what Andy was talking about here but how many people would subscribe and in any case, unless you've got a laptop and wireless connection, it's kinda difficult to read TC while sat on the bog or in the van on the way to a trial.

I've heard of a few with the same problem. I'd also check your ignition timing as descibed elsewhere in this thread but I did that first on my bike and it was spot-on. No idea why the pilot jet would have any effect on a problem that only manifests itself when you're hard(ish) on the throttle but I'm sure someone more mechanically knowlegable than me will be able to explain that

I s'pose you're right but it's just that TW should've and could've been so much more. I don't think it was completely crap, just disappointing. TW's birth was a consequence of commercial pressure and it appears to have died the same way. As for sponsorship of the UK world round in '06, there's always TMX isn't there?

I've said this on more than one occasion on here and I'm going to say it again: I think that TrialsWorld is (was) a missed opportunity to produce a magazine that defines the sport. While it has been sporadically good, there's been far, far too much padding, the articles consist of just a few paragraphs shoehorned around huge photos (the photos are nice, it's just that I prefer at least some substance) and even the couple of Dougie "masterclass" features were a let-down. Loads of photos but no real explaination of what was going on from the rider's perspective. Finally, TrialsWorld continued TMX's anachronistic tradition of self-serving and worthless bike reviews. This is just my opinion of couse, but I know for a fact that I'm not the only person who feels like this and it makes me angry that one of the main reasons TrialsWorld was rushed into publication was to shaft TBM who I'm convinced would have done a far superior job of promoting the sport (not to mention the fact that they're known for not pulling any punches in product reviews.) I seriously suspect that the real reason for TrialsWorld's demise is the fact that after the initial few issues, people realised that it was really pretty poor and simply stopped buying it. It's sad 'cos trials needs its own dedicated mag but as long as TMX has such a stranglehold on the off-road market it's not going to happen. Flame away, boys....

I had the exact same problem on my 270. Fixed it by going up one size on the pilot jet (to 32.5). Jets are cheap so it might be worth a try (best place to buy Mikuni jets is from Allen's Performance.)

Looks EFI'd to me too. Is that an "official" Beta factory van in the background? If so, you'd have thought that the factory would at least know about that bike. Maybe it's a "skunkware" project, produced unofficially after hours or perhaps it's simply someone's shed special.

Then everyone would complain about the excessively bulky tank and how much the bike weighs when fully fuelled. It'd make a good SSDT/Scott weapon though

Haven't seen this week's TMX - is it that weird Scorpa SY/Yamaha WR hybrid thing that there was a photo of floating around a while back (link was in this thread before Andy deleted it)? Or is it this one?

Well, it's the championship and expert classes of the nationals so I expect they'll be hard-ish...

Ant, Sting, I too have been around the block more times than I care to remember as far as the 'net is concerned (I remember when the WWW didn't exist - it was all sendmail, FTP and Gopherspace - you young 'uns don't know you're born etc. etc.) Anyway, my day job is developing web-based document management and workflow automation software for local government and while writing user interfaces the golden rule is always code to account for the lowest common denominator. Since IE is installed with Windows, 95% of the PCs out there are running some version of Windows and Joe Average doesn't know (and in an ideal world shouldn't have to know) that there are far better alternatives, IE should be the base target for browser compatibility. I've learned through bitter experience that just because something works on your fully patched and tuned Windows XP Pro box running Firefox 1.0.7 with gigs of RAM, acres of disk space and a big fat internet connection doesn't mean that it'll work on a five year old virus and spyware-ridden Windows 95 machine on dialup. Having said that, I find it's usually easier to code according to W3C standards so that everything works in non-Microsoft browsers, THEN add IE compatibility hacks since they're well documented and easy to accomodate without significant changes to the source (the famous "box" hack for CSS-based layouts is very useful). I've played with an early version of IE 7.0 (in the last beta release of Windows Vista) and it's vastly improved in terms of standards compliance. Problem is, Vista (aka "Longhorn") isn't due for release until at least this time next year. Until then - go download Firefox (or Mozilla or Opera) and help save web developers' sanity!

I know at least a couple of the committee members read TC reguarly and are aware of what Andy's doing with the youth development scheme. It would be the perfect venue but I'm not sure that Scarborough's very central! Easy to reach from the north but a bit of a bugger from the south...

I've only seen one this year and it scarpered pretty quickly. More of a hazard are the huge anthills that pop up in the woods above the river during the summer. You don't want to fall into one of those buggers...

Glad to her you finally got the problem sorted, bob. I know loads of people who've had problems with their stators although I'm now on my 4th Beta and none have ever missed a beat. Guess I'm just lucky. It's an indication of how good the Rev3 is in all other areas that people are happy to put up with occasionally dodgy ignition and carburation problems (completely sorted for '06 I'm told).

Addingham or Low North Camp maybe?