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Touching the frame means its way too loose or also too tight, yet judging by the chain tensioner it seems correct This could be ok, as it sounds like you are missing a piece of rubber on the frame which it runs on

It is yes, a little too much oil and it may run a big smokey but will be kinder to your engine. Too little and it could cost you lots of bucks! Ive ridden bikes at leaner mixes and never noticed them to feel 'cleaner'. If your bike is 2006 id want to err on the side of a little too much. It will help with compression too

Remember when the raga reps used to come with a different sized rear with the manual for you to try? I could be wrong but i think std was 41 and the spare was 42. Or the other way round

Back in the day when purple gaernes were the rage (same as oiled), grimbo used to wear the blue because he thought they gave more protection. Id agree, but its marginal. They are the comfiest/least supportive boot around

Been using motul 710 at 60:1 for the last dozen years, no problems

I hear ya, it is noticeably higher, but i also feel 1st on betas is virtually unusable. I guess it isnt dry enough where i am . Its horses for courses. I would feel 3rd too compromised if i lowered it any.

What gear are you trying to improve by going to 10/42? Curious as to what terrain would require a lower 1st...

Youre my kinda guy! I find trials riders to be some of the laziest regarding maintenance, then again the sport maybe doesnt require as much as mx or circuit racing, but it doesnt hurt to be on top of things. I salute you

Theres definitely something wrong if the first 2 guys in trial2 dont go up. Maybe trials as a sport is just too small and can only support half a dozen guys (money wise) in the premier class and anyone outside the top 8 has no incentive to be there. Theres probably more prize money to win trial2 than finish 10th in GP, and if thats the case its kinda sad.

If youre good enough to move up, you should move up. For the good of you as a rider, and for the sport

Try telling the need for GP2 to Max Verstappen. I disagree, when theres as little as 15 in the premier class at a WTC its a bad thing. People complained about Grattarola coming down to win Trial2. Now hes stayed down, and so has Toby. Get your asses up to the premier class, a class that needs you and give someone else a chance. Its the same problem we see at local club level at world level. A post the other day complained about expert riders hogging the club route. Same crap, different level. It used to be at club level or most other sports the winner or even the top 3 had/has to move up. Now the winner, and the guy who was a hairs bredth from winning wont move up. The problem with trials right there in a nutshell. Move on, let the people behind you have a chance.

Ive managed to have a big end needle roller escape the engine via the exhaust (doing some damage to the piston and head on its way out). Granted the cage had failed, but it didnt stop me looking for it for a long time before i gave up

Dan Peace has moved up, and without showing any disrespect to Dan i imagine Toby at the moment would garner more sponsorship attention than Dan. Its most likely sponsor driven, but sometimes you gotta just go for it, you cant always follow the money! The guys IMO the best talent since Toni (well busto was pretty special at that age too i suppose), and you gotta keep progressing. He basically won it last year, whats staying down another year really going to achieve other than saying you were Trial2 world champion. In the grand scheme is means nothing! Considering the costs for doing a year of trial2 and trialGP are largely the same you would think the sponsor would rather have the odd top 10 finish in trialGP than to win the second class. Oh well

Just seen Toby is staying in Trial2 for another year. Such a waste of a talent, if he was Spanish he would be straight into TrialGP. Sorry, but i can only see this as glory hunting. A year wasted. Could you imagine telling Dougie back in the day he had to sit out the premier class for another year?

They rode scooters in the ssdt back in the 50s

Could be in here https://www.ssdt.org/2018-ssdt/2018-ssdt-news/272-2018-ssdt-supplementary-regs-now-available http://www.richmondmotorclub.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Scott-Trial-Final-instructions-2018.pdf Id say any trials bike as long as its fitted with a legal tyre. Why you asking? Want to ride an enduro bike? lol EDIT So the entry mentions tsr8 See this link https://www.acu.org.uk/Uploaded/1/Documents/2014 Handbook/2014Trials.pdf page 6/205

Dont do it, they look awful, especially around the airbox region .....That mitani guard though looks rather good

Trials isn't necessarily harder these days but for similar hardness on better bikes the sections are more dangerous. Some clubmen may be capable to ride a harder grade but they aren't prepared to ride sections that are more likely to end in injury. Semi expert today probably has the same size if not bigger rocks as expert did back in the 70s But I agree, it's a race to the bottom, in my club the bottom grades have the biggest entries

To carry on from Micm's suggestion, maybe we should leave the word the same but start pronouncing it the way the spanish do, Tree-al as opposed to trial. Sounds more sophisticated, more continental

Thats nearly as bad as saying "because more people play football in america than england, it should be called soccer instead" Dont forget your history son

Ive used 710 on my 300ggs for the last 8 years at 60:1 no issues. I use motul transoil (10W30) in the gearbox, albeit on the heavy side it can cause slightly extra clutch drag.

Sometimes i think even the regular trials riders need reminding that its called a trial for a reason. The current breed of trials rider somehow think every trial should be won on clean!

Gear oil is so cheap and easy to change i dont think theres any real reason not to change it as regularly as you can be bothered. When i can remember i usually aim to change around 20 hours

Try a spark plug, think standard plug threads are 14x1.25 or 12x1.25, so seeing a 12x1.5 is close but not right, good guess its 12x1.25

typing furiously as i respond to your posts is making me look as busy as ive ever been