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I briefly tried a Dellorto VHST on my Beta last year.........but it was an extremely cold day (winter) & although bike ran sorta okay - it needed jetting properly, or at least trying at normal temps. It was supplied as jetted for a Beta and the differences in jetting for each make are minimal. I must dig it out & try again before it gets cold again........ sorry, forgot the spam: Merlin Dellorto VHST

Really enjoyed it and even though my total was 270 plus there wasn't a section that I felt I couldn't clean............in my dreams! I'll echo the thanks & congrats on a superb trial. Nice to visit some new (for me) sections too. That Saturdays ride was one of the best I've had on a trials bike.......no, not score wise of course, I picked up a puncture at Punchard & got comprehensively lost following other riders who I thought knew the route. It was more that buzz from finishing a long hard ride & not being totally zonked! It must be the energy drink, I'm sure it helped.

Good hols Jordi? See pic in the gallery.............. See you at Reeth,

Results here http://perso.wanadoo.fr/enduro/ As always a good attendance from the Brits.

There are two mods - one is the float level mods discussed here many a time - this cleans up the tickover & initial running no end. The other is to run the small jet kit - smaller pilot & main. The 05 250 was smooth without these & electric with them. Also the bikes really benefit from a regular silencer re-pack......... The noisey spluttery ones have none of the above. And then there is another subject of tuning engines for trials - does too smooth lose grip? Are top experts bikes deliberately set up rich at idle to calm down a pokey motor?

Andy, Ta for the bigger picture(s) - a future feature? Daft observations............has Dabil a longer LH handlebar grip? Does Kuroyama's Beta run a 428 chain? discuss..

Looks superb...........but that exhaust pipe right under the carb looks less than ideal for summer!

Be interested to hear that. I had the 200 last year (yep I'm Motomerlin) & only got the 250 this time due to the added 05 extra bling was left off the current 200. Overall I reckon the 200 was easier to ride than the previous 250s - for me (overweight, ham-fisted and talentless fortysomething). The relative lack of ooomph gives you grip......but sometimes you do need to spank it to get its best!

There was an updated cylinder head about 2001 maybe, that helped bike run a lot smoother on unlead fuel. That prob the only real differences, plastics & graphics apart. Oh, & maybe the forks - went from screwed on seal holders to one piece lowers at some time....

To be fair you were a fair way in Dabster Hey Dabstar, are there any more pics from your last Fench trial?

seen on www.mototrial.it trick gasser

Ah yes, I understand that can be quite refreshing...

Yeah, long slow journey. Good trial , well tough enough. Young Mr Roads was so zonked even his crazy frog phone tone couldn't wake him..........

yep

91 bikes, of that 34 were trials. No time to bore you with this "my list is bigger than yours" topic!

Make a drift shaped like the wheel spacers. Make sure its a snug fit & tap away.

http://perso.wanadoo.fr/enduro/ I first rode this 20 years ago.......bloomin hell that make me feel old. (last in S2 on a TLR200.....) Whilst still a great trial, its not what it was. Mainly a 2 lap affair now, figure of eight route around the carpark & your petrol tin IYSWIM. There are other 3, 4 & 5 day trials in France that are better in many ways, IMHO

Most of it is worth a read, but the Mont 4rt "test" is all pretty pics & no real info. A few recycled DBR images, although good pics, don't help & I'm sure the brochure article was written by Phil Space..........

Lever off with small screwdriver etc - its just a snap on fit. Remove regularly to clean rad of leaves mud etc............or don't you have that out there?

and again:

Thorpey's cub spotted at the Phil King

http://trial.lachatre.free.fr./Classements...ents3J2005.html Results are there if you look!

Last year I ran a 200 Beta & wrote this.... The 200 Report - Small is Beautiful? This year I'm riding a 200 Rev-3 2004 model. Photos & more to follow. So far I've had one running in session and a day at the local Group Trial. First impressions are very favourable - super smooth engine and adequate power and, as expected, a bit revvier than the 250. Superb balance with a lighter feel to the handling (than a 250). It was tried by several riders , of varying abilities & ages and all agreed it must be one of the easiest bikes to ride on the market today. So far the only mods I've carried out are to the carburation. It runs the same carb & jetting as the 250/270 and seems to run a little rich off idle. I've tried one size smaller pilot & main - and this seems perfect for winter events. I also altered the float level as on previous Betas. "Running in" was completed at the recent Bognor trial. This lap a good blast around a large forestry site and featured several short sharp climbs on the middle route. The 200 romped up these in second and this pilot arrived at the top under smooth control. Definitely feels more controllable than the 250 for me, of course more advanced riders can cope with more power. Right now we're still riding in unseasonably dry conditions - can't wait to try this bike on the wet & muddy courses we normally expect in autumn. I didn't have long to wait. The rain returned for the Horsham Riders club trial the following week -end. The going was steep clay banks & ditches in woodland all well lubed by constant showers. I'd been expecting to make excuses for the bike - "you know its only a 200..." and felt that it would prove an ideal tool away from the southern mud, but I was very pleased to find it worked very well in these conditions. Often using second where others were pulling third gear it found good grip. Two or three times a lap I was in third for the bigger climbs and soon I realised you could forget it was 200 cc engine and just ride it like I had the 250. In fact probably the proof of this was section 9 - a series of swift stream crossings & jumps culminating with an abrupt bank that needed attacking with some gusto. The 200 blasted up this every lap in third - to the great surprise of this rider. So no excuses, this 200 will do the job whatever the conditions. One observation though. I'm sure a young "real expert" rider would try this bike & claim its a little flat and that he'd really had to work it (thrash!) to get his cleans, and he may well be right. It all depends on what level you ride at and what your expectations of trials are. I would reckon only riders aiming at the very top level of centre championships would find this engine lacking. The engine is an absolute gem and is really proof of how far modern two-strokes have come in recent years. Back in 96 I rode & loved the old 340 Gas Gas feeling that 250s of that era were too revvy & the wrong sort of power for our local conditions. Later I switched to a 250 when they improved the torque. Now I'm happy with a 200 (so far....). Small is beautiful. Less is more! If you'd like to try this 200 - see me at a trial or give me a call, Mike H Its now getting on for a year of ownership & I'm still impressed with the 200. Its held up well, only required a few parts - one airbox bracket & one exhaust rubber mount. Its gone through several multi day trials in France and Yorkshire with no trouble. Its needed the usual service items: air filter, chain, wheel bearings, tyres, grips etc and benefitted from a change of brake fluid. The only unusual requirement is more frequent repacking of the silencer than the 250. Maybe I'm revving the Rev more.......

In the world of the trial they do not proliferate fabricates of motos indeed, rather on the contrary, in the ultimos years they have disappeared mythical marks since they have been Fantic and Aprilia. Nevertheless, in this occasion we presented/displayed the news to you in our surprising opinion, because in Brazil somebody has had the initiative to construct one moto of trial destined to the inner market. Evidently one is not, far from it, one moto of first ready level to compete with the European and Japanese manufacturers, is simply one moto very simple but with which trial can be done, the TR200. Let us think that the idea is very good, because recycle a Deep motor of 4T and reforming a one chassis moto of enduro has been managed to do one moto of trial of low cost. This type of initiatives demonstrates that with imagination and talent one can be made moto of trial and could serve as example so that here in Europe, it cradles of this sport, can start up initiatives of this type. TR 200 is one moto of trial frabricada by the company Redondo Freios from a Deep motor 125 cc 4 Times, that have been modified until obtaining a cubicaje of 200 cc.. In order to adapt this motor to the exigencies of the trial the race has reformed, diametro of the piston and the clutch. The change of marches is of 5 speeds. The suspensions front and back are of the Showa mark that also have been modified for specific use of trial. The front brake is of disc and the drum buttock. The rest of the components is "made in Brazil" except the neumaticos that are of the Mitas mark. Transimision has been modified to the maximum to be able to obtain much power to low regime. The chassis is of carbon totally made by Redondo. The deposit of 2.5 liters is of aluminum and is located on the central column of the chassis. The idea of the constructor has been to project this moto in order to spread to our sport in Brazil by means of one moto totally national, of reduced cost and cheap manutenci

Top trial, Bootle boys! Severity spot on for this southern wobbler. Apart from ................that angled rock at the start of section 10 or so. A few too many swimmers there. Do keep Avalanche in. When it rides right (erm.. thats a three for me, just the one!) it's very satisfying. Any results out there?