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yes, it should fit, but normally its the 124 barrels that are bored out! TLTEL

welcome, that looks like a nice tidy bike. Pretty sure those are snow E tyres on the bike, does the bike come with mud & rock tyres too? TLTEL

Hi If you look on the forums,there are instructions on how to check squish with soft solder, its eay to do. I had issues with my gas gas when I bought it and the knock does sound quite serious, although there were no signs of the piston hitting the head there was almost no clearance, i fitted two base gaskets and took the clearance up to 1.5 mm, that was about three years ago, and its still fine. hope this helps. just remembered, rather than buy the gg gaskets I bought several sheets of different thickness gasket paper and made my own, much cheaper and easier to get the right thickness. TLTEL Yes . What Dom Said. He posted while I was writing.

Hi Just a thought on your advance / retard unit, i had one from an xl engine and tried to use it, just because it looked newer than the TL one I was using, on close inspection the slot that lines up with the dowel on camshaft was in a different position and the springs and weights were different too. So it may be that you need the camshaft and advance unit from a CT to make it all work properly with the CT stator.. Interesting about the stator / magnet positions being crucial, I supose it is not normaly some thing that crops up as its not usually variable. Presumably the reason it worked ok with the battery set up is because you had a constant power at the coil/points. Hope you get it sorted. TLTEL Just wanted to add, If the advance / retard is wrong it might rev if you raise revs slowly, but not under load or quick opening of throttle

well that sounds like a bit of mixture youve got there. Is the main engine TL. I checked my TL yesterday and that has five wires coming out from the stator, I dont have lights so only use one wire. I have an old stator that just has one coil inside ( off a TL125E) model and that is fitted to the bottom of the case. I am not familiar with the CT as they didnt bring many of those into the UK. I do know from experiance that the cam shafts for these engines are not all the same and are timed differently as are the centrafugal advance unit with the points cam on. You might have to ignore the marks stamped on the cam shaft sprocket and time it manualy. I wouldnt think that the magnet positition would make any difference as it is not related to the timing like a bike with cdi ignition. Back to the electrics, It does sound like a bad earth problem, Try running an earth cable to from engine to coil / condenser, if your frame has been painted or powder coated, this can cause a problem., I did have a TL125S model that was fully road legal (1978) and that had a battery fitted, maybe you could find a wiring diagram for that model. One last thing, just thinking out loud really, I think they were wired with a constant charge to the battery via a regulator / rectifier and one of the stator wires went to the light switch so was only active when the head light was turned on and there was some thing electical mounted on the fork bottom yolk that pressumably took away the power at high revs to stop the bulb blowing. Hope this is of some help. TLTEL

Gas gas UK will have one, check spline size,probably 14 or 16 mm. They are not cheap!! You might want to change the way you kick your bike. TLTEL

Hot topic at the moment, could be the tranny oil you are using, have you changed it recently? TLTEL

Nice photo's. Spotted at least 3 people riding with no gloves on! How can they do that? TLTEL

I hope so !! TLTEL

Hi Ben In my opinion if the oil you are using works for you, then use it, Better to use something that works and you can change regularly. There is nothing HI-Tec in those gearboxes. I have used ATF in my gassers for about three years and that is cheap enough and I get good clutch feel, and can stop and find nuetral when I need to. Others will say different, but it works for me. TLTEL (by the way mine are not the pro model)

I think we all tend to do that when out practicing, It helps if you can get a mate to set them out for you or with you, Include things that you dont like doing, so that you can practice those bits. I dont like going over logs for some reason and you nearly always get them in our sections down in kent. Turning on cambers is a good one to practice, make your section tight and keep at it, It does make you feel good when you do clean it. Hope that helps TLTEL

Not today, but yesterday, Rode my Gasser in a great trial in kent. Mud, Mud and, more mud. Quite a few people had to take there front mudguards off so the wheel would go round. Great Fun Though!! TLTEL

I did read quite a lot of it, and there is a lot, as I didnt know what a Bing was. Down our way Bing is a fizzy drink. You are lucky if no-one is bothered by your riding there. Enjoy the grey area while you can! TLTEL

Legally ???? I'm guessing not !!

Surely I can't be the only one that just Jet washs there bike off, quick wipe down,Wd - 40 over the moving bits and puts it away till next time. I check it over the day before a trial, oil / adjust chain etc. I have only had the stator cover of twice in three years, once just to have a look when I first bought it and once to replace crank seal. Both times it was dusty dry in there. 1995 gasser 350. TLTEL

Hi Toxiic_pompey Not bad for a young newbie. You will soon be riding over them logs on the back wheel and accross those gullies not along them. Nice play ground. Where do you lads get that awfull music from??? (I am 51 by the way) TLTEL

Don't take it to heart J13me. But don't set fire to it either. Go for the TXT and sell yours on Ebay, its still worth a few hundred quid to someone as it is. At least you can get out and ride. TLTEL

Hi choosing a bike is a personal thing really, if you're looking to spend £1500 you should get a good bike. Its always a bit of a gamble buying used but generally go for a bike that looks like its been looked after. If it looks like it needs lots of little things replacing, like broken levers, worn sprockets, tyres then chances are it probably has'nt had the oil changed regularly either. IMHO There are some great bikes around 05, 06 for that money,good luck. FWIW, I don't like Betas, but thats just a personal thing!!! TLTEL

To be fair, you are trying to do a rebuild in reverse, you should have stripped it and done it properly, If its been standing for, i think you said 6 years and obviously badly abused when it was working, (probably by you) you can hardly blame the bike can you??? I ordered a new sprocket, throttle cable and fuel pipe for my gas gas today. Figured the old throttle cable is nearly 18 years old so i would change it before it broke on me. Never had a DNF due to bike failure yet. TLTEL

£600 seems about right, you rarely pick something up for that price and don't have to do a bit of work on it. Look at it as getting to know it, change the gearbox oil, I use atf in my 95 and my sons 94 and they work fine, and as b40rt says start it in gear and ride it with the clutch in, it will soon free off. TLTEL

You should have checked the electric feed to the thermo switch before buying a new fan, trace all the wires, check connections and most important clean the earth points. Not sure if you have regulator or rectifier or both but these rarely fail, its more likely to be a connection or melted / pinched wire. TLTEL

Must have looked like a tractor !! TLTEL

Hi Migsy and Bonito (obviously feeling unloved) As said gasgasuk have most parts still available but you will have to order over the phone. brake parts, seals,bearings etc Ebay or splatshop as these bits are common to most bikes. Oh and welcome. TLTEL

Hi Betarob have you actually tried adjusting the carb fuel screw (assume its a dellorto) ? It can make a lot of difference to the way the engine runs, If removing the air filter helps then its probably just compensating for the fact that its getting too much fuel.. Also have you removed the choke plunger to check that it is shutting off the enriching circuit when you turn it off. Try it with a new plug.. TLTEL

Think my 95 jtr is a 14mm shaft, got my kickstart lever from gas gas. TLTEL