traintracker

To Jeff from INTA, I look forward to meeting you. I would be interested in talking with someone that actually has an auto clutch on a trials bike. My KTM is fairly smooth on take off with the revloc, but still seems like it would just lack the finess need for trial, as well as the fact that there are time you just creep along with the clutch out at walking speed. Although engagement can be adjusted, it seems like have to be slower than idle speed. Someone commented on the cost of the Clake out of Austrailia, They said $1180 Austrailian currency. I checked the exchange rate and on that day it was just under $1000 USD. Add to that some sort of import duty and Sales tax. That is a lot of money. I dont know who sell them in the USA. They are pretty trick and may be the ticket if I could afford it. Traintracker

I rebuilt a 95 JT35 and found that not a lot of people have been into those, at least that I could find in America. I was concern about running the recommended 80:1 Gas/Oil ratio so I went 50:1. This seemed to produce more pre-detination due to more oil and less fuel. I went back to the Gas Gas recommended and I have less of it. I need to see what jets are in it, as I misplaced the paper I wrote all that on. I have found a filling station that sells fuel without ethanol in it. This is harder to find in our area (Washington state,USA) I think this has made a difference also. Especially in the starting. The bike starts very good but has such a high kick-starter gearing ratio that it is a challenge for me. I also checked the carb intake boot after it ran a while on break-in and re-tightening it, this also helped. I bought this bike in a box and thought it would be a good way to get back into trials ( as I have been paralized in my feet from a street bike accident 7 years ago) Now that I have finished it I have about as much invested as I could have paid for a slightly newer bike but......I know the bearings, shift drum and forks, as well as, all seals are new. A local guy purchase a 2000 Sherco for $1,500 US out of Idaho, I have pretty close to that in this with all the rebuild. Steve

Hello everyone. My name is Steve and I am trying to get back into trials. I have been on motorcycles for 40 year and trials bikes for a good share of that but in 2002 was involved in a serious streetbike accident that has left me paralized in my ankles and feet. I stopped riding trials at that time but returned to off-road riding via a KTM with a Revloc auto clutch and moving the rear brake to where the clutch lever had been. I recently aquired and rebuilt a 95 Gas Gas JT35 to try to see if this sport is possible for me. A front brake master cylinder was purchased via ebay and installed backwards on the clutch side of the handlebar with the control lever modified so that I can push it with my thumb underneath the grip. The only problem I have is that this master cylinder does not generate enough pressure to really make much difference. You can pretty much lock a front brake with one or two fingers so I imagine a thumb is capable of the pressure needed for this. The master cylinder comes from a Yamaha TTX 225, I would guess a quasi-off-road motorbike. I have bled this brake system and am pretty confident no air exists in the line. Does anybody have an idea for getting this more in line with the needs for trials without great expense? I would love to have a "Clake" but that is over $1,100 Austrailian and so probably close to a $1,000 US. I am open to any suggestions and it is good to be back on a trials bike even if intimidating with 7 years absence and new dissabilities. Steve, Walla Walla, Washington