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Sorry forgot to mention other than the idle four stroking she carburates sweet as and picks up from nothing and will chug up hill on idle to.....revving out she sounds like she is running a little lean if anything.
Running 50:1 full synthetic Putolene no excess smoke.
The carb was brand new before I bought her so I need to check specs.
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Cheers guys I'll try and get a video up of her idling.
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Was at a classic trial yesterday and I noticed that some 2 strokes 'four stroke' at idle and some don't.
My TL320 SWM always four strokes at idle, is this usual?
cheers guys
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My Zokes have shrader valves.....air forks are all the cutting edge rage nowadays, pahhh SWM were there years ago.
Anyone used air in their forks? If so how did you get on?
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The minimum requirement for a UK rider to take part in an ACU event is for the helmet to have a Silver or Gold ACU sticker for off-road events and a Gold ACU Sticker for events on tarmac or other hard surface. Helmets are independently tested prior to receiving the appropriate sticker approval, in addition to any statutory approval required (CE22.05). Trials competitors may use any appropriate helmet.
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Sorry Andy I thought that Pinterest pics were public domain?
...all deleted just to be sure
Linky is still there, not just SWM's lots of other lesser bikes too
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https://uk.pinterest.com/carlossibils/trial-classic/
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some of them sections would be tough even today
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loads of old pictures of Speedies I haven't seen...
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Don't know. Checked my NZI & it has no approval. Checked my Wulfsport and its ECE R22.05 so road legal, I'd never wear it again when riding on the road though, tried that on my TTR-250 and it wasn't too comfy, I felt very vulnerable too.
Maybe it's an age thing, having had too many injuries to remember in the past & with war wounds catching up, makes me a....
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I'm guessing this must be the helmet Sean has as it fits the colour scheme he described?
Weight appears to be decent at 910 grams, decent ventilation too.
Incredibly, to me anyhow, there is/are no requirements for any test certificate or a type approval for trials riding helmet, the standing regs only state:
"Trials competitors may use any appropriate helmet."
When I do a bike trackday my helmet gets more attention...and dont say oooer.
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Met a USAF forces guy, Sean from Ohio, this week whom works at the local airbase. I meet a few US forces guys through my job, always really friendly and interesting, great customers & a pleasure to deal with. I used to visit the US in my old job and owning lots of yank cars seems to break the ice quickly for both of us.
Sean has a Montesa 4RT & a Honda TLR twinshock, been riding over 20 years and competes as an A Class rider, so I'm guessing he's a far better rider than me & better qualified to comment on trials
He was all over my SWM TL320 (and gixsers) like a rash and we spoke twinshock trials and old bikes for a while over a cup of tea. He rode the SWM but never with the engine running, just jumped on her and did a track stand for about 5 mins while we spoke...which was a bit embarrasing for me, as its all I can do to do a track stand for 30 seconds.....without distraction of chatting
Back indoors Sean spotted my trials helmet, a run of the mill open face trials Wulfsport helmet and also my full face enduro helmet. He asked if I ever wear the open face helmet, assuming I used both for trials?
I was sort of confused a tad before Sean explained there are more than few guys in his club using full face helmets, as he put it..... "everyone has a buddy that's spent too much money on dental".
Sean uses a SixSixOne full face downhill helmet and now wouldn't consider riding without a full face helmet and no longer owns an open face.
I've only ever seen one guy around these parts (East Anglia) wearing a full face helmet and thinking about it, I believe its a down hill helmet due the design, lots of ventilation, low chinguard, big vision area.
Sean mentioned there are top US boys that are now full face wearer's and after a bit of googling, its not hard to find pics of US guys riding with full face helmets. I said I'm not good enough to be doing hard sections, I'm in actual fact a crap rider...his reply "an even bigger reason to wear a full face" which makes a bit of sense.
I asked if full face restrict vision and he grinned, said to try one, practice for a couple of hours, get over the initial "I won't be able to see anything" hurdle and then go back to the open face & then decide. He also tells me his riding on the hard jumps had improved as full face had improved his confidence.....you need to remember he is an A class rider so his idea of a jump is waaaaaaaay bigger than mine.
He genuinely seemed puzzled as to my comments, that seeing someone ride a trials bike with a full face is incredibly rare in my parts...obviously I told Sean we are a tough bunch over here, drink our beer warm & not a bunch of namby pambies (which took a little translating ) and twinshock riders are even harder.....but then I thought back to my riding partner going over the top of his TY-175 and looking like his lip and chin had done a round with Tyson Fury and thought uumm that could of been a lot much worse.
I think I may give it a go out in my woods this week and see how I get on.
PS: Sean, if ya reading this, hope the CRV is going well
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https://goo.gl/images/I0ZzOZ
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Ok, so like a lot of things in life it was a mix of things, but the biggest difference was the use of incorrect levers.
Domino's were OE back when they were new and so all the cables are made to fit the Domino's. Also, the Domino gives a larger movement of the actuating arm.
That said here are a few other things i addressed:
1/ stripped clutch and roughed up the steel plates using a machine wire brush then 140 grit wet 'n dry, I also took the 'shine' off the friction plates. I filed the oil drain gaps in the friction plates free of glue 'n rubbish.
2/ I noted that the acutuating arm could be made to move a bit more at the bottom of its travel by around 10mm by removing some casting off the clutch cover where the front of the two plastic plugs are situated. This casting was restricting movement of the arm at its bottom position.
3/ used ATF instead of the manuals stated engine oil. I did use this before but went back to it after the ATF didn't really make much difference...that ATF was Dexron 3, I'm now using Dexron 4 which is what most modern auto's use and is backwards compatible.
4/ Clutch actuating lock-nut now set with zero clearance but NOT tight, like a feeler gauge would be on a valve clearance job
5/ Unblocked the gearbox breather at the top of the engine....that oil gets hot and can cause condensation...or so my brit bike loving mate says, but it must be there for a purpose.
result.....started her up from cold, put her in gear and she just sat there, no lurching off & reving the bike in gear with brakes on whilst waiting for the plates to free off....amazing....my Beta Rev wasn't this good.
One thing I will do is never put her away again for a extended period without draining the gearbox oil, water comtamination in oil caused some of the problems.
Lever action isn't too heavy and I'm using all the springs, I also have a new clutch cable too so this all helps.
Hope this helps someone else, cheers for the help guys.
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As it says, PM if you prefer. They have a bike for sale I'm interested in and looking buy blind....yes the original sin!
Many thanks for any help.
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I didn't know you could get a universal OAT coolant yet? If you can thats very useful to know.
It isn't usually considered compatible with 'all' coolant systems with regards seal material and gasket plasticisers, especially backwards compatibility.
Best to check the manual, coolants are not all the same.
If you have checked the manual my apologies, just trying to be helpful.
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http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/162153466828?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&fromMakeTrack=true
I think these are the jobs I need, two piece perchs with the underneath fittings?
I looked on your website Martin but couldn't see the perch assemblies?
many thanks
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