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I was just being silly, no worries and welcome! Looks like that's quite a project you've bitten off there - good luck, it'll be a cracking bike when it's done

Well you can't just post this and not put up any photos or further details!

Trials bike engines are tuned in radically different ways compared to enduros, and it has a huge effect. Like old fire engines with two stroke diesel engines, the type doesn't denote performance as much as the engine's construction

Yamaha sticky clutch syndrome - this is normal. With the engine running and a bit of space, roll the bike forwards and pop it in second at the same time. Ride it around for a minute or two with the clutch lever pulled in all the time, play with the throttle and it'll free up without any drama. EDIT: forgot to mention, mine would stick if I left it for as little as week. I switched to Dexron 3 auto fluid, and after a month drained and re-filled it, and it doesn't get sticky any more.

Yup, same around here - more than one person has referred to trials bikes as motos for the mountains, and there's no shortage of aircooled mono era machines that still have their lights, comfy-ish seat, and a rack on the back. Right now all our trials and dirt bikes are still in the UK, but I'm very much looking forward to getting them shipped over! Stock-ish twinshocks generally make good green laners, I'm sure modern ones are useable too. And also, yes not all clubs are created equal - some groups have a lot of patience for people like me who are not great riders but are enjoying themselves

Correct, my '82 349 came with narrow yokes and was swapped to the later wide ones by a previous owner - perhaps OP has had the opposite happen?! (the old ones are super narrow)

Clean dry clothes, bin bags to put muddy clothes in, small stiff brush to get the worst mud off the bike and boots, low pressure tyre gauge, plenty to drink, small snacks, spare fuel hose.

Looks fantastic, I hope Toby performs well for you!

Well done!

Depends on what you mean by off-road use, there's plenty of unpaved roads in the mountains and I'd be surprised if the legalities are any different there from being on paved roads ... I guess this will be a case of just trying it and seeing what the tester says (much like with getting an MOT on a classic trials bike in the UK)

That does sound like fun

Welcome, I don't know of any adult competitions open to non-adult sized bikes but they do look like fun - how tall are you and how much do you weigh? I used to have a 24" jump bike years ago and enjoyed it being super nimble (never particularly wanted to actually jump it, lol), and the idea of having a full electric full suspension one does appeal

As in Tony Bou?

I know what you mean, I decided to stick with silver rims just because I wanted my bike to be bright and happy looking

Ooh, yeah a nice Dodge Caravan with a 2.5 cold air turbo setup is my kinda van They only recently got the Fiesta in the US, the Festiva looks like an old Mazda 121

OP said they wanted a cheap solution, I was just thinking of the cheapest possible

Ford Festiva and a folding trailer

I think all the Shedworks stuff is made of petrol resistant fibreglass, certainly mine is fine and I've poured petrol all over it repeatedly thanks to a crappy gerry can that I need to get replaced ...

Easy, the most beautiful bike is mine, named Pinkie Pie ?

Like this?

Bonjour, and good luck in finding the right bike for you

I got my van for £900, spent about £600 on maintenance, and it's paid for itself easily - mostly because it's increadibly useful for other things besides carting trials bikes around. Things I've used it for: Dropping motorbikes off for MOT and not needing to wait. Emergency recovery of road bikes. Emergency recovery of friends' cars (it's a really good tow vehicle). Moving house. Moving my sister in law's sofa. Camping in the back in inclement weather. Temporary storage of motorbikes when I couldn't leave them at work. Doing the boring parts of long road trips, then leaving it and continuing through the interesting places by road bike (or taking the trail bikes to the start of a green lane so as to avoid pointless wear on the knobblies). Driving to work when it's too icy to ride. The only downside is I have to register in order to take it to the local tip, which is a pain in the posterior.

Nobody would put a young person on a 250+, you can't ride anything over a 125 in competitions until 16 ... but regardless of age a 125 is plenty for all but the largest adult beginners

Anyone who is new to the sport is going to be falling off and getting stuck lots, every extra kilo you have to drag out of a muddy pit that you misjudged makes it harder - especially when you're pulling the bike up for the 20th time. Now multiply that effect for a youngster who isn't as strong as you! (also, I was neither complaining nor bragging, I was making an observation that the bike I learned on was harder work with than a modern trials machine) Absolutely, they're fantastic