Sounds as though the dealer is trying to evade his responsibilities by saying it's not up to him, but the manufacturer, to meet a claim for the faulty nature of the goods. The Consumer Rights Act makes it clear that is not the case - your right is to claim against the dealer and it is then for him, not the manufacturer, to resolve the issue by replacing or refunding the goods. See the Which.co.uk website, section on Consumer Rights Act. As in above post its not clear who is responsible for the return postal cost but a call or visit to Citizens Advice should sort that out.
Tell your dealer you are invoking your rights under the Consumer Rights Act, he may not like it but cannot evade his responsibility to resolve the situation. If he refuses to do more then Trading Standards office will persuade him otherwise. Do take advice and make use of the free statutory services if you need to.
Your rights are such that you should be able to return faulty goods to the dealer for replacement or refund without a problem. Your local Citizens Advice or trading standards office can be helpful in levering the seller into acting correctly.
Do you know if they really are the originals, and what make they are? If so a rebuild kit may be available but modern shocks are likely to be superior in any case. I run Rockshocks on my Cota which are fine, and have the advantage of being totally rebuildable and tuned to suit your bike and weight when supplied new.
Enjoy your day, and perhaps the Radox bath you might need Sunday evening.
Once you've got established with getting the bike going and some general blatting around, do make the effort to sort out a few easy sections as you might find in a trial (no need to use markers at first) and ride each one repeatedly to start thinking about the skills you need to use and improve to get it right. At first it'll feel like you're just practicing the same mistakes on each go but when a measure of confidence, and competence, develops it'll feel great.
In addition to weighting the outside handlebar, actively pulling upwards on the inner bar can help the turn. I learnt that one from a former British champion. It's all about percentage gains in defeating the factors which might make you fail.
A 247 isn't a popular bike in the twinshock class, although I ride one myself, as it's probably seen as a bit outdated when stacked against Fantics and Majestys. As such a good one, I'd say, should be able to fetch £1200/1300 and I'd pitch it at £1500/1600 for starters, after spending a couple of hours smartening it up a bit. I've noticed restored ones failing to make that money recently. That said, twinshocks are a rising market and you could get lucky...
How do you know he's young? No firm evidence in the video other than his use of the term "bro" in the YouTube comments which, sadly, is used by older people too.
I started riding trials in 1973 and have bought, oh, five or six rear tyres in that time. Sharp edges can be overrated in comparison to technique and correct pressures. I still notice lots of people running too much air, new tyres or not.
Spending £500 on a complete twinshocker which runs pretty well sounds quite good. Even if you spent that much again on items like rear units, fork springs (front end looks a bit collapsed?), brake shoes, wheel bearings, fork seals and tyres to bring it up to scratch, an overall outlay of £1000 for a usable and competitive bike is still at the low end of price ranges these days.
Had this happen on my Sherco while revving hard up a long climb on the moor between sections. Sudden appearance of clouds of smoke from the exhaust which covered the landscape. First thought was I was suddenly burning gearbox oil somehow but ten minutes later all was well after the gunk in the exhaust had burnt off. Bike was five years old at the time so had quite a build up of oil in the silencer.
You'd have to remove the pilot jet to clean it thoroughly, not sure if you did this when cleaning the carb. Make sure you use a well-fitting screwdriver, the jets can easily get chewed up if the fit isn't good.
Welcome to the forum, plenty of advice here if you need it.
Wondered whether you might be a Scarborough club member, with permission to use Low North Camp. I regularly practice there and would welcome a practice partner sometimes. PM me if interested.
Generally speaking, a reasonable 200 Fantic beats the socks off even an excellently sorted 125 Honda as a trials bike in the hands of a novice to average rider. Saying that, Fantic twinshock owners know what their bikes are worth so you could be into serious money to obtain one.
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Sounds as though the dealer is trying to evade his responsibilities by saying it's not up to him, but the manufacturer, to meet a claim for the faulty nature of the goods. The Consumer Rights Act makes it clear that is not the case - your right is to claim against the dealer and it is then for him, not the manufacturer, to resolve the issue by replacing or refunding the goods. See the Which.co.uk website, section on Consumer Rights Act. As in above post its not clear who is responsible for the return postal cost but a call or visit to Citizens Advice should sort that out.
Tell your dealer you are invoking your rights under the Consumer Rights Act, he may not like it but cannot evade his responsibility to resolve the situation. If he refuses to do more then Trading Standards office will persuade him otherwise. Do take advice and make use of the free statutory services if you need to.