jrsunt

I've had chance to ride the E Pure race today, and what a difference to the old bikes!! It can be ridden just like a conventional petrol bike. No need to change your riding style drastically. You almost forget you're on electric, I kept going for the gear lever!!! The clutch works perfectly, The build quality is there, the performance is there, let's see how they perform in the real world in back to back tests against the Repsol on the same sections. I'm pretty sure I can get it to do most stuff the Mont will do straight from the off. I must admit I hated the old bikes, and was very sceptical, but this is a giant step forward. I'll get to throw it at some gnarly stuff tomorrow and keep you posted with some footage hopefully

Nothing to do with piston or rings. Take it apart and clean it, the throttle body and air box manifold will be black with carbon, not to mention oil in the bottom of the air box if it's been upside down. No wonder it's smoky

I really really hope they don't get rid of anymore engine braking, it is what makes the 4rt a 4rt.

It's often caused by the exhaust gasses blowing around the pop rivers. It can just be from wear and tear but the main culprit is when the silencer takes a knock or 3 and the holes on the alloy sleeve get stretched and elongated. Drill out the rivets, clean up, reshape for a good fit if necessary, re seal with a heat proof silicon or exhaust paste and rivet back together. Its worth doing sooner rather than later as the rivets make a mess of the alloy if they are left vibrating about

Peen the rivets a little tighter which holds the drive gear to the basket

It is annoying and frustrating, I WILL get to the bottom of this issue for you so you can enjoy your bike like you should, don't bring it when I'm in Scotland though!!!!

You had a bill of £200 which was cheap considering the hours I spent trying to diagnose the fault. The diagnostic tool wouldn't even read the bike because of the damage. We swapped the ht coil, throttle body, condenser and b/a sensor from my brand new bike that had never turned a wheel let alone been started, testing and reassembling after each component change is very time consuming. Swapping all those from 1 brand new bike to another is no simple job, plus you were given another bike to ride for the day while you waited.... Everytime the fan kicked in or turned off the bike would cut out. After much head scratching, I noticed the thermostat was very bent and the radiator had creased from the hit to the ht coil. I swapped the thermostat from my bike and the bike worked as normal. Your parts were then reassembled on the bike and you test rode it, and the diagnostic tool would communicate with the bike. Draw your own conclusions from this. Please, bring the bike back again

I've haven't run the filter cage in 14 years on a mont, the air filter has never had a cinge on it, let alone caught fire

Those bank angle sensors can be temperamental, sometimes they'll be working fine then they'll start playing up. Get rid of it, one less problem. I'd also check the valves as it is harder to start when hot and if they've never been done they'll be running tight, pain in the a*** of a job, but well worth checking

Make sure the snail cam stop bolts that are in the s/arm are in the same position.

Bolts raised a lot of money for charity to get that ride, ran trials tyres and said it was horrible. Probably won't happen again. Would be an interesting comparison to have the top enduro riders lining up too....

If your suspension doesn't bottom out on the big hits, then it's too hard. It shouldn't be far off bottoming out under normal conditions.

Dan, stickers on the boost bottle will only quicken the dampening if you fit them with the yellow power band on the outside. The red power band holds the number board on

DID ERT2 has been the best I've used. Not cheap but will out last everything else.

What year? Up to 2009ish they were a 1 piece silencer, which could only be re-packed by cutting it open, re-pack, then weld back up. After 09ish they were pop rivited together and can easily be split and re-packed.

Your answers will be massively different from rider to rider, e.g, when I used to ride virtually every day and pushing the limits of my skill to improve i would break many things on a regular basis, work basically funded the trials habit. Sump guards, brake pedals, gear and clutch levers, engine covers, chains, tensioners, discs, handlebars...... You get the picture. The harder you practice, the bigger the crashes. As mentioned before, it's the new or beginner riders that tend to have nasty crashes, not knowing when to get off, or hang on. The expert riders will come off bigger obstacles, but they jump off when it starts to go wrong and land safely. The nature of trials requires the bikes to be durable and easy to work on and fix. If your stuck in the middle of Ranoch moor during the ssdt, you've only got the contents of your rucksack to save the day. Injuries, yes. Many. Broken tib and fib, knocked teeth out, elbow doesn't straighten, knee once had yama printed on it, plenty of gravel rash and the usual bumps, scrapes and bruises. Do we need to make trials safer? I'm not for the wearing of body, very restricted movement could mean more crashes, how about bubble wrapping every rock or even take them away? If your not prepared to get hurt now and again then get a different hobby. There will always be accidents in whatever we do, everyone has their own risk and pain threshold. Rider training would help beginners initially, but as their skill grows so do the sections.

Expect it to hurt and expect to be broken in body and mind. I don't think anything can prepare you for the brutality of pushing yourself and bike to the absolute limit for up to 8hours. You'll love it.

What's 2 stroke oil???

As J21 says, custom make your own. File the white or add to the black.

Heat them up and cool them down, it might not be the way to treat metal........ But it gives a good brake. Try it. Just riding around the street in 1st gear will generate enough heat, then stick the hose pipe on it.

Bent disc? Check the spokes of the disc for cracks/trueness

I don't think the std hose helps with the spongy feeling, and it could do with being about 3 inches shorter. The new new braktec system on the new repsols are really sharp if your after a mountain bike feel!

Last ones I changed were square, I'm sure. 2012 bike

Rev it, weight over the back, shut off, grip, wheelie

^^^ this. There are 2 different lengths. Make sure you've got the right one as they should join together easily.