After twice grazing the skin of my knuckles, I now wear Fox MX gloves with rubber padding on the fingers.
And the Jitsie knee pads, that go into the boot, are a polpular item in our club ( with the older wiser men :-) after some bad experiences.
At national events in Belgium wearing a back protector is mandatory. A chest protector is advised. Most kids and younger top riders, have been wearing them as long as I know.
Gloves on the other hand (hahaha), are not mandatory.
Like Johnny said.
But when the bash plate is all out of whack, and you (or someone more capable) can't get in shape enough so the bolts go in fairly easy, don't try to force the bolts in, you don't want to damage the threads in the frame.
Better get a new bash plate in that case.
Now I can also see the difference between the pistons. My 2016 300RR seems to smoke a little bit after I start it, but this goes away once he's warmed up a bit.
Previous years one could choose between 1 lap of 18 sections per day or do the sections twice in a day.
For me, riding in the Randonneur class, and most members of our club, 1 lap was enough, although I finished rather early each day, at around 3 pm.
This year it's 18 sections per day for every one, which suits me fine, but I can't speak for more advanced riders with better stamina than me.
Inscriptions are open for the 37th edition of this nice event, that takes place between 13 and 16 july.
It's a popular event with some of our club members and other Belgians.
I haven't mounted them on my 300RR yet, but they made a very noticeable difference on my 2008 4RT; much easier to clear larger steps thanks to the extra lift (or spring or bounce) they create when "double blipping".
They also make the stearing head angle a bit sharper which helps in tight turns.
It might also be a good idea to have the nitrogen pressure in the rear shock checked.
Although I must say that the pressure in my 2008 4RT shock was still ok in 2013.
gizza5 I pretty well agree with all your sentiments in previous post. Getting a bit off topic here but condensing trials bike history into a sentence as follows. Trials started as a means of improving road bikes / every day use bikes whereas now they are single purpose WTC replicas. What is is, and I can't change that but i know trials bikes were more attractive to a larger number of people when they were more multi purpose. When I consider the group of people I now ride with the reason they have trials bikes is to ride trials or play on practice sections. In the 1970s / 80 the group I practiced with had them for many different reasons (farming, commuting, green laning etc) several never rode a single trial but some days or evenings we would do runs of even over 80 miles and comfortably get between filling stations. We also had reasonable working lights, legal speedos etc. I know of 2 major Northern trial where organisers have taken them entirely off road to avoid bike legality problems and although I have not spoken to the organisers of other trials who have done the same I am fairly sure bike legality / suitability has been a factor in their decision. If a manufacturers return to the SSDT gave us suitable bikes and restored some of the longer traditional trials. Before anyone posts an argumentative response please bear in mind I am not claiming I am right and others are wrong. The current sport is what it is. Its just my opinion based on the eras of the sport in which I have taken part.
On 17-2-2017 at 7:35 AM, johnnyboxer said:
As a schoolboy I rode a TY 175 from 13 onwards
Then when I was 17 - I needed wheels to get to college, so put all lights back on and speedo, it was already registered and got it mot'd
Put some L plates on it and rode to college for 2 years, a daily round trip of 36 miles, winter & summer
Bike never missed a beat and never touched the engine, even on same rings from when brand new when sold at 10 years old
TY 175 a real all rounder
On 17-2-2017 at 9:32 AM, breagh said:
Used to go to work on a Suzuli RL don't really fancy doing the rounds on the Ossa.
Fact is things are worse now than they were 40 years ago from Mars Bars to Presidents.
Psst! You can still buy such bikes, they're called enduro's or Freeride or 4Ride now.
If a side valve engine would be any good, it would still be used in car, truck or motorcycle engines.
Since it's not, it's safe to say it has some serious flaws.
A combustion chamber like that is far from ideal in every way, apart from the fact that it saves build height, so it fitted in their frame without much alteration I'd guess.
Sorry to jump in on the conversation I've just bought a 2014 montesa (in love) how much gearbox and engine oil do I need to put in when servicing?
In the link you can find the manual for the 2016 300RR which can be used for the oil quantities.
In my experience the engine oil quantity, with oil filter change, is 0.54L in stead of 0.44L
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