My brother and I went and had some fun.

It's a great bike, so capable considering it's age and how slippy and muddy it was!

It was our first day ridding trials, I've done green laning but never anything like this.

I hope you enjoy the video.

Cheers, and thanks for all the help on this forum realising the actuality of enjoying this bike, from purchase advice to troubleshooting problems I've had.

Ciao

Let the tires down!

Looks like you had a great day!

Nice bike as well;)

It looked very muddy so yes let those tyres down low.

Thanks for the video keep them coming

Ben

Glad you enjoyied yourselves good vid BTW. Now get some decent tyres run them at 3 -4 p.s.i. max and soften the suspension a LOT.

I was too keen to worry about tyre pressures, I just wanted to GO! Ha. Makes sense though. The tyres are great though I think, they're as soft as chewing gum! Ha

To soften the shocks do I just let some air out?

Soften your shocks by turning the preload adjuster so that it applys minimum preload. Your shocks should just bottom out when you go over a decent sized step or drop or even a large log say 15" if they never bottom out you are not using all the suspension travel. You could always upgrade the shocks at a later date but that should do for now and help with grip and control.

They are lengthened Betor shocks. They look and feel pretty good. I'm perfectly happy with them for the moment, it's all fun and games! I've not come to the point of taking it super seriously... Although that time will come, I'm sure.

Given all you have posted on here about how the bike runs it's not bad. Monts were a bit sluggish in comparison to the Bultaco. However..........you need to clean up the carburetion. If you look at the early part of the video you are getting up that muddy climb OK until the bike starts four-stroking at which point the wheelgrip vanishes. A common problem but one unappreciated by many riders.

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Nice vid. Jealous of your practice area though

Nice video, keep practicing, that´s a very good performance for a first day in trials !!!

Given all you have posted on here about how the bike runs it's not bad. Monts were a bit sluggish in comparison to the Bultaco. However..........you need to clean up the carburetion. If you look at the early part of the video you are getting up that muddy climb OK until the bike starts four-stroking at which point the wheelgrip vanishes. A common problem but one unappreciated by many riders.

This problem cleared up by the end of the day. She hadn't had a good run like that for about a year. I did clean the carb but maybe one of the jets was blocked and it cleared itself. I'll never really know I guess but she's revs smooth and high with lots of power now. I'll make another video next time I go.

Nice video, keep practicing, that´s a very good performance for a first day in trials !!!

Thanks mate, it's appreciated. We had LOTS of fun, I think it shows hey?

I really feel like I get in a zone when I'm riding, my mind shuts off and I achieve things better if I don't think about it. Just going with the flow and feeling seems to be the answer for now. When I'm in a flow going from one section to the next it all links in nicely with lots of momentum, I'm also fearless about ridding over/ off things... If I stop though and try to get going again forget it! It's all about that flow.