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At the recent Mont Ventoux trial I saw a novel SWM clutch fix on a 320 that I can pass on, sadly no photo's. This bike had been restored and well fettled and it had a pully / cam which had been attached to the frame just below the bottom of the petrol tank. This allowed the routeing of the cable to be a straight pull up from the crankcase. This coupled with the longer arm and larger ball bearing kit made it a one finger job... and kept the original case... I have to say out of all the Swm clutch's I sampled over the weekend, was by far and away the best. Et volia...

These are a copy of the Brosetti ( If thats how you spell it) alloy kickstarts that are now like hens teeth. They are available from Albert at CLASSIQUES BERGADA in Spain. Tel.. 0034 977 898 332 he speaks perfect English and will have them in stock shortly. They are a quality item and in limited numbers.

Cheers Ross.. I hadn t seen this before today.

The sections are pretty spread out but there is a good semi artificle section close to the Start / Parking. There is usually two or three more within walking distance in different directions from the start also. I would suggest a visit and its worth a detour just to see the lovely array of bikes on display which are all parked up each night. H

Hi I can help... Send me a message of what you want and whos the supplier....

I dont think Yamaha had any trouble selling the Ty 125 / 175 in the the late seventies every school boy and many adults campaigned them to great sucess, wasn t it the 250 that struggled in terms of sales, hence Majesty hooved them up cheap, and rest is history. Didnt the Majesty's come out to try and compete against the emerging Fantic invasion, so they were not really like for like against the mid to late seventies Spanish bikes. I think we need to step back a little the quirks and mods that make bikes better and the level of rider that can actually benefit from all these. Is a novice \ intermediate rider really going to notice a slightly quicker steering riding his level of section, I still maintain a good rider on a good TY 175 / 250 could compete in classic trials at a very good level. The debate has moved to tempt the poster on this subject to look at the Yamaha of the time, as a comparable or even better alternative.

Hi Dabster, there are plenty for sale in France for between 800 and 1500 euros... some crappy ones for 400 / 600 from time to time, that are nabbed for the clutch and then sold off...Spain has some cheap bikes at the moment including the late Montesa ranges...Regarding the Aprillia they do seem a lot of bike for a reasonable price.

I wouldn t ague with any of that well thought out reply except..... I think the original yamaha steers beautifully, mine has modded footrests thats all, and its a joy to ride. I dont get this hang up with majesty's yes they are nice, I had a late godden framed 320, all bells and whistles.. but for the man on the street.. a well maintained, subtly modded original , well running ..perhaps electronic ignition ( mine hasn"t )TY is a super bike.. This was about spanish bikes.. but ignore the yamaha at your peril.

I have a couple of bikes and they all have x11 on, the trick is not to run them too low pressure. I always run at 6psi muddy, rocky or dry..

I have a X11 on my Yamaha 434 and its not an issue on the original rims.. went straight on.

I recently recently rode my 1974 Yamaha in a major classic and was surprised how good it was... I have a 325 Bultaco fettled by the Puma and its great, but the softness , nice steering and ease of riding really made me think. In fact I rode round with Mick A on an Ossa, and he waxed lyrical about the Yamaha, and I think he wished he was riding it instead.. Depending on your level, I would agree with OTF above.. maybe Bultaco over Ossa only because I have never owned an OSSA but a mid seventies Yamaha would tick many boxes.

Pre 65 not my thing anymore... but would like that in the barn..

Well done Dave, great for the Bulto entusiats, certainly comprehensive.... luckly some kind sole on here Pm'd and a deal has been done....and its winging its way to tidy up the left hand side. Thanks though will keep it handy for further reference. H

I fully understand, but I am careful, don t often ride in the wet. The old adage just cos it looks nice don't make it better comes to mind... as mentioned the one on it now looks awful..

The steel one shown a couple of posts above is the one I have fitted... don t like the look at all...... the alloy one is what I need ..

Well I am hoping that someone might have got fed up and converted to the more normal RHS and have one spare.... its not easy jumping from bike to bike and then forgetting which side the back brake is on...

Exaclty, the originals were very good, I cannot believe the rubbish about fitting this and changing that, when the 240 Fantic was the best anyway. Spend more time on the bike, practice and more practice will get the results, you cannot buy or engineer your way to becoming a better rider....and better results. Still everyone to their own... Next.

The footrest mod is a good one, but the 240 Fantic is possibly the best twinshock trials bike out there, out of the crate. Don't fix what ain't broken.

Sorry no, when the bike was built I was told reverting to a left hand rear brake would work better, and to facilitate this the bike builder had an ugly steel after market one fitted. When back in his workshop recently I saw a nice alloy version , that I was told was avaliable from bultaco and fitted to models in the past or as an aftermarket part. Thats the one I am after or at a push I will get my friendly engineer to make one...

Are they really like rocking horse...... I am looking for a left hand " Alloy" rear brake pedal for a 199a. Has anybody got one laying around for sale please. Thanks

I would keep them they won world championships in their day more than capable.... its all smoke and mirrors with these upgrades some /most times..

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Well, I would add some caution. Last year we ran a classic trial, that due to early morning rain became very slippery. A guy decending down a moderate hill lost control and some how wrapped the bike around him with the footrests slicing.. into the rear of this thigh. Not noticing for a minute as he straigthend up, its only when his Hebo's filled with blood that the extent to the injury was evedent. He made it back to the start were he almost passed out, as the ambulance whisked him away for an operation and an overnight stay in hospital. A keen dancer he managed to, after recupatration return to that, and trialing some months later as luckly, it missed vital tendons.... So....without trying to over dramatise what happened, it was a very serious injury from a very inocuious fall... Beward of riding with carving knives as footrests as this could be you .......

No its a little more complicated, you need a team of three all riding the same route. I recommend you pick a route and stick to it.

Back to the Ventoux, another class has been added this year... Green. This to bridge the gap between the easy yellow and the harder blue and the even harder big boys red. The green is usually good in as much it allows to ease the yellow and lift the blue, so bear it in mind if your entering.