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Shouldn't be too hard given that the original Randonnes had the Yamaha motor.
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In the days before we could afford to buy a Bultaco bum bag tools were carried in a length of innertube rubber banded across the bar clamps.
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Have you tried dragging the brakes to get them hot then spraying water on them? That often restores the bite. And it costs nothing to try.
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Yeah, I remember someone curing an RL 250 box by putting it by the campfire at a two day trial many moons ago.
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Most folk dumped the triangular box as, being baffled, it was felt to restrict performance. The small cylindrical one was a Sammy Miller item designed to fit on the standard silencer tailpipe. There was a similar one for the earlier high level exhaust model. I think I still have an M80 one somewhere.
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The dawn of time being the late Sixties as I recall ☺
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I looked at my filter for similar reasons, ymir, but it was clean. It is a very coarse filter, quite unlike a normal inline petrol filter, and I don't see how it would catch the usual fine stuff that can occur in petrol.
Remove the tank bottom and take the pump off. The filter lies beneath the rubber bit.
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Man takes out theft cover, bike gets stolen, insurance pays out. Does not sound like misselling to me.
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At least twinshocks generally have the advantage of the air filter intake being a bit higher relative to the water levels we used to ride through.
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The legal definition of a motor vehicle was tightened up a few years ago so the authorities could deal with those using them on private land etc as previously they had slipped through the net by claiming that they were not using a motor vehicle due to it not being registered.
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I think you've just realised why, once the pad compounds were sorted, discs were so welcome. Consistency and no weekly maintenance.
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Every muddy or stream based trial if you want to maintain what passes for good braking.
Or every time you hose it.
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I find it hard to believe that compressing the forks sufficiently to secure a bike generates enough pressure to cause seal failure.
The rear suspension on my mountainbike (essentially the same setup as a front fork in terms of seals etc) runs at 180 psi, before any compression.
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Some advice from an even older guy - forget nostalgia and get a modern bike, it's much easier on the body and everything does what it should. And possibly involves less expenditure.
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I well remember blue plastics but never a blue frame.
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Surely they'll never sell a blue-framed bike to a GasGas fan?
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I would have thought that the best 125 for an adult would be the 200 Beta☺
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Though that one may be a bit more special, perhaps because almost nobody bought it when it was sold as a Scorpa years ago. With even less chance of sales now? It's no 4RT.
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How feasible is it to plate the flywheel without affecting the threads or the taper?
I would leave it but do what we did in the day and put a breather in the top of the case.
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Electric start too. Exhaust bend seems strange but it looks like they're giving themselves a couple of years to sort the model out?
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I'll be interested in how you get on as mine needs a good kick (compared to what I see others doing) from just before compression - no use if after compression, cold or hot. I have not checked voltages but cleaned up every connection with the earth being the obvious first target.
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I seem to remember a CG based bike back in the day but can't recall just what it was. I want to say Fraser but that would have had a special frame anyway.
There is one locally built fairly recently and housed in an older Gas Gas - very neat. Maybe that's the way to go.
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Given that a light serves no useful purpose on a pure trials bike (in the UK), I would remove it.
One would like to think that on a sophisticated machine like the Vertigo this could be done simply by unplugging a connector rather than having to cut wires.
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There seems to be a few videos on the net showing how to repair certain levels of scoring. One uses superglue.
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I happened to be at the Classic Mechanics Show last weekend and, by coincidence, this was on display. No sign of electrical assistance on the front wheel but I don't recall Dave using such for his normal displays.
I can't vouch for the date - it was the early Nineties when I saw him attempt it.
Footrest position notwithstanding it's one hell of a lump to use in comparison to a Vertigo. I read that he averaged 60 mph on the back wheel.
I look forward to the documentary.
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