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How's your throttle freeplay? Having too much always makes engine braking feel abrupt to me on any bike.

Fresh fork feels great, much more lively on terrain and easier to pop wheelies - any fellow fatasses looking for info, stick to standard fork oil weight!

@konrad@lemur Thanks for the advice, and I'll keep it all in mind next time I do fork work, but as stated, the 10wt oil was freshly changed by me when I got the bike six months ago. The Techno manual I found online recommends 360cc 5wt oil both legs, as does Jim in the video posted above, so I went with that. Let's be honest, most of the discoloration is probably from leftover oil from me not fully disassembling the forks the first time... The local bike shop treated me well, they bashed the seals in for me for a pack of coffee and some cinnamon buns. They were absolutely baffled by the separate seal holder doohickey, even the older dude with four decades of experience had never seen anything like it She's all back together now, and from some hopping around at work, she's *much* more lively and I can indeed compress the front quite far with a decent stomp on the pegs. Looking forward to trying it out on the hills on my day off. Thanks for the help, all. Have a trials kitty.

Good info, thanks. The Beta fork seems slightly different in that it has a little flange where the seal ring mounts, and the fork brace doesn't slide up far enough to clamp the ring all the way up... Currently attempting to simply clamp the ring in a vice, but the seal doesn't want to go in all the way? The bushing is fully seated, but the seals just won't go in straight. I'm using a tool I cobbled together from PVC pipe, but am now considering ringing up the local bike shop to whack them in place for me. I'm going to keep it simple and just stick to 5w. With Jitsie's stiffest front spring and a 95N rear spring from some sportbike fitted with custom-made spacers, I even got totally acceptable sag when I was 150+. I forget the numbers, but they were about what people seemed to prefer from research at the time. And hey, at this rate I'll be "on the charts" by next season.

Greetings, Beginner rider with six months of riding under my belt here. I'm a heavy dude (currently 140kg, actually using the bike to lose weight) and put 10wt oil in the forks of my Beta when I first got it and got new, heavier springs for it. I'm in the midst of a fork seal change right now and the oil already looks ready to change, so I figured I'd do that as well - would you recommend I go back down to 5wt oil, or maybe 7.5wt? I'm frankly a bit clueless when it comes to the finer points of suspension, but I have noticed experienced riders can nearly bottom out their forks just lightly hopping in place. Mine seems a lot firmer, and it's a touch difficult to get the front up. Maybe the lighter oil is what I need? Also, in case anyone knows: apparently the 38mm Paioli fork has a separate part that holds the fork seals in place - Is it just held on by the little clip on the fork leg and the force of the seal gripping it? It seems a bit strange, just wondering if I'm missing anything. Maybe I'm supposed to take it off, attach the seal first and then put it on? I couldn't quite get it in there doing it the conventional way today, before I got pulled away from the workbench. Thanks.

I return! The Gaerne Balance Classic latches closed around my 20" calves with ease, but the velcro just baaarely closes. I wear a size 45 work boot from a Finnish manufacturer (we have wide feet) and this size 45 is quite narrow, though accurately sized lengthwise. I'm going to try to muscle through it and see if they'll break in, as I want to finally go on my first non-parking lot ride. Alpinestars and Sidi boots didn't come *close* to closing, so I'll take it. Future buyers beware, my intel says only the Classic has the adjustable latches necessary for big fits, the Oiled and Pro-Tech variants don't.

Any chance you could measure your calf diameter at the mouth of the boots, and the height the mouth is from the foot? I've been eyeing the Formas too, especially since they seem a lot more protective than the Gaernes, but from what I've heard they're a lot less roomy.

That question was from the time of the Obama administration

I'm a big heavy dude with an active job, so I have quite huge calves. The A-stars Tech T's I tried out when buying my bike weren't even close to closing. I found a couple older threads about this topic, but thought I'd ask around in case there's any new models. Right now it looks like Gaerne Balances with the adjustable strap lugs are my best bet, any other models I should look into?

K-Tech spring fits and feels excellent. (To a newbie, at least.) Jitsie's 38mm Paioli fork spring also fits, with a +7cm (14cm overall) replacement preload spacer. Spacer diameter is 32mm.

Greetings all, Newbie here. I've always admired the sport of trials, but never even imagined getting into it myself until Fortnine's video on the subject came out a couple years ago. That video struck a spark, and meeting local officials and getting to try balancing on a trials bike at the MP2024 motorcycle expo in February lit the flame. I found myself watching more and more videos on trials, drooling at a very cool Beta Techno for sale and doing more and more research, until one day I was doing a road trip to Porvoo with my 125cc scooter in tow to trade in for that Techno! For want of stiffer springs to suit my weight, proper boots and a tow bar for my car, I've yet to ride more than around the parking lot a few times, but I get to do a bunch of static balance practice and little drills at work, where I keep the bike for the time being. She was owned by a senior gentleman for the past 20+ years and ridden a few times every summer. She has a few scratches and scuffs on her, but is in very good shape for an off-road bike and immaculately maintained. Good compression, perfect wheel and steering head bearings, good tires from 2017, brand new fluids, the lot. I realize an older bike is going to be suboptimal in a few ways, but it just caught my eye, and my first bike being the championship replica from my birth year just felt right. I have a decade of two-wheelers under my belt, but absolutely no off-road experience. It'll be an exciting journey to slowly learn just what the bike can do.

I return with knowledge! The stock spring is a 49x170mm unit. K-Tech makes a 52x160mm spring for road bikes with rates up to 120N. The 95N spring will fit inside the swingarm of the Techno with custom-made spacers to make up the difference in internal diameter and length. I confirmed this by 3D printing a cylinder of the new spring's dimensions, slotting it into the shock and installing it into the bike. With this and Jitsie's stiffer fork spring on the way, I should be good to go. Will report back once the parts arrive, just in case anyone in the future needs this info.

Hi all, I just bought a '98 Techno 270 Dougie Lampkin Replica. I'm a very heavy dude and almost bottom out the stock rear spring. Does anyone know any compatible replacement springs available out there, before I go spending hundreds at a custom spring shop? I found this custom shock being sold for 02-08 Betas, I wonder if it could be retrofitted? https://www.omniaracing.net/en/rear-mono-shock-absorber-hagon-for-beta-250-trials-20022008-p-133644.html