May 4, 20179 yr Is it worth loosing the back mudguard loop, a la Majesty? Is there anything needed to brace the two sides in lieu of it? I kinda like having it for dragging the back about, but I'm also keen to shave some weight ...
May 5, 20179 yr Having replaced that loop on a 250 Majesty I can only say you aren't going to lose much weight. Not all of them had it removed,I don't think its a particularly good idea. Be interesting to weigh the mud that sticks to a bike during a wet trial,I've even sprayed the underside of the mudguards with non stick spray which worked quite well. If you are as old and lardy as me its probably better to lose weight yourself than trim stuff off the bike...
May 5, 20179 yr Author 54 minutes ago, collyolly said: No , don't waste your time, that's better spent riding the bike. Well at the moment it's a bare frame that's getting Majest-ised, so no loss in riding time to be had
May 5, 20179 yr I know one person that would tell you to cut it, and he knows quite a bit on them. Is first name is Mick, but I did not follow is advice on that. Guy
May 5, 20179 yr 5 hours ago, jon v8 said: Be interesting to weigh the mud that sticks to a bike during a wet trial,I've even sprayed the underside of the mudguards with non stick spray which worked quite well. I was curious how much weight my enduro bike was accumulating all those years ago so I swept up the mud after hosing, let it dry then weighed it. 15 pounds. OK, it would be more wet and a trials bike does not collect as much but a fair weight nonetheless - certainly in the context of what some folk will pay to save a fraction on, for instance, footrests.
May 5, 20179 yr 20 minutes ago, 2stroke4stroke said: I was curious how much weight my enduro bike was accumulating all those years ago so I swept up the mud after hosing, let it dry then weighed it. 15 pounds. OK, it would be more wet and a trials bike does not collect as much but a fair weight nonetheless - certainly in the context of what some folk will pay to save a fraction on, for instance, footrests. I rarely clean my bikes,so cheers for answering my question !
May 5, 20179 yr Cutting out the rear frame loop became quite the fashion on older Bultacos when the factory started producing them like that. Can't remember anyone noticing any advantage.
May 5, 20179 yr It was good enough for Mick on the Yams, Vesty on the Bults & Thierry on the Frantics, must of been good enough for the rest of us mere mortals surely??? All 3 of them rank amongst the greats of our sport, I'm thinking they had very good reasons for doing so ..
May 5, 20179 yr Author Hmm, very interesting! Given that I'm very likely going to want to drag the back of the bike around by hand and very unlikely to do big drop-offs, I think it'll stay
May 5, 20179 yr It's a great mod for bum clearance but there is a trade-off. Frame strength is fine for riding, but if you crash it is much easier to bend the remaining frame stubs. Those afore-mentioned amazing legendary riders very rarely crash, but newcomers to trials do tend to crash a fair bit.
May 6, 20179 yr A good friend of mine cut the rear loop off his 199 for a bit more clearance when swinging a leg over.In his words "got rid of that dang knee knocker". Maybe another reason that some cut them off.?
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