Alpine Stars for me too,yes they do wear quite quickly,but i feel they have the best ankle support and protection,a big help when jumping backwards off your bike up a big step or taking a heavy unexpected dab
I bought a pair if the fancy Hebo boots,first time out twisted my ankle,more support in a pair of slippers,sold them instantly and bought another pair of Alpine Stars!!
Try as many boots on as you can in dealer,roll your foot onto the outside edge of the sole and try to purposely put pressure on your ankle and you will then appreciate how supportive the Alpines are.
Surely a 4x4 has to be one of the most expensive,road tax,fuel ect???
VANS
Main advantages are bike is safe and secure at ALL time,room to carry more than one bike and gear,a BIG plus is that you can get chenged and take shelter in it in our rubbish weather climate,after doing a 6 hour road trial in -5 degrees its nice to get changed in a van!!!
TRAILER
Great as you can use a car and not have to use van as your main transport,BAD because your car gets ****ted up,bike gets all road dirt and salt in the winter,and unless you rap the bike or engine and it p****s down on your way to trial,you can get water in places you do not want it!!!
MAIN PROBLEM WITH TRAILERS!!!!! Is the alarming increase in people being followed home and having there bikes stolen,when its on a trailer its on display to the whole world,unless you get a BOX trailer then you also get the change inside benefit of a van???
You can get two bikes in the back of a Vauxhall Combo van,the 1.3cdti are cheap to tax and 60 mpg,now thats cheap!!!
Hope some of this helps??
I have had all three,small van,combo,car with trailer and now a Vivaro style van,which is just like driving a big car and returns nearly 40mpg,best vehicle ive had so far!!!!
Seen a few 09 4rt around lately but not heard any reports on them??
Was curious as to how they differ,i understand they have different fork and shock settings,some say different frame geometry??
Plus new exhaust system,just curious as to how people are finding them,as i used to have an 05 that i put 07 cam in and played around with TRP rear shock..
What really annoys me is the TC users mentioned did all the groundwork, the owner reported it to the Police. The Police turned up, identified it as stolen then the legitimate owner had to pay
Just to add i change a tyre yesterday and nipped the rim tape with tyre lever,tyre went flat over night.
Took tyre off,cleaned rim tape,DID NOT TAKE IT OUT,found the offending hole/cut,put a puncture repair patch over it,left it for a couple of hours,put tyre back on,CAREFULLY,and bobs your uncle,no more leaking thru spokes!!
How long it will last???
But this is now my spare wheel as i have a did set up to!
Its awesome Les, I reckon you would like it! You need to get yourself to some of the Earl Shilton training days then you can have a blast on it.
I was thinking of that,ou did some work with my mate brenden,aussie guy and he was full of praise mate!!!
I got me an 09 Scorpa SY250R.and have to say love it at the moment,different to the Gasser,has its good and bad points,luckily the good outways the bad :-)
Yeah the same jetting for a 250. The bikes come with a 30 pilot in standard and it doesnt like Britsh weather so needs a 33 in and it will make it run lovely.
How you finding your Sherco after all your Gasgas's???
You've also got to remember that in all sports the 'class' factor. Trials isn't a race, it's about composure & hitting everything as near to spot on as you can, the more 'class' you have, the more time you have to do this. So you've got to make the best of what you've got & do it your own way, this ends up most of the time not the way of the experts. Go watch a decent Trial, not a bit of flag dancing, watch how most riders get into trouble because the bike gets there before them, an awful lot of lads spend their day chasing a bike round that for one reason or another is too hot for them.
I agree 100%!!
Going back to point of this topic,to help the guy who has asked the question,his gearing at the moment is 11/38,i have suggested 11/42 for him to try as i feel that if he went straight to 10/42 that would be the equivalent of going up 8 teeth on the back sprocket and this may be too big a jump if he has been riding 11/38 for some while?
You do talk B*****ks, why because you don't ride 10 - 42 do you think it's a novice gearing?
Good constructive critersism there!!!!!!!
This is a GASGAS quote actually!!
Talk to any top gasgas rider,Ross danby,Dan thorpe ect ect and they will advise that they all run standard gearing,creates a faster spinning back wheel to burn thru mud,and as expert riders do most things off the clutch they are not concerned with the speed of the bike,or it "getting away with them " in a section as they know how to ride!!
I actually quite like 10/42 for local club trials where the sections are more NOVICE like,but go do a national Novagar round and you dont want 10/42!
I have a gas gas 09 125 with standard sachs shock on, whenever I have a go on my mates evo it feels like a Pogo stick compared to my bike. Is the ohlins shock much better than the sachs and is it worth 400 quid as I don't want to pay out all that money to realise it's not that much better than the sachs.
Thanks, nick.
Are you saying your mates Evo fels better being like a pogo stick??
i was out today with a few pals and although it was wet and slushy my mate's 250 beta evo seems to go anywhere and also my other friend who was running a 280 gas gas pro seemed to be finding more grip than me, we were going up some steep hills and i ended having to push my bike all the time. I was trying various gears and different stances on the bike "really leaning back to try and find grip" and nothing, my gas gas just seems to spin up real easy, i'm running a 11 38 . Not sure about front sprockets but the beta was 42 and the 280 was a 43, the beta seems to go anywhere, my pal on the beta is the better rider than me so i leant him a go to see if it were me or the bike and he couldn't make nothing of it either
Is it me or the gearing, tyre pressure's are fine too as are the tyre's themselves
Cheers Woody
11/38 is WAY too tall!!!!
People may run this at the scottish 6 day because of al the fast road and moore work!!!
Standard gearing is 11/41 or 42.
Novice riders use 10/42 o slow the speed of the bike down in a section,but my arguement is,with 10/42 it will accelerate and spin faster!!
I started a POLE on this not long ago,find it and take a look,some good replies!!!
Mate stuck the 4rt wheel in his Gasser today and it goes no probs, slightly to the left but 30 mins on the lathe will make the spacers up to correct it
Boots ? Alpinestar No-stop ?
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Alpine Stars for me too,yes they do wear quite quickly,but i feel they have the best ankle support and protection,a big help when jumping backwards off your bike up a big step or taking a heavy unexpected dab
I bought a pair if the fancy Hebo boots,first time out twisted my ankle,more support in a pair of slippers,sold them instantly and bought another pair of Alpine Stars!!
Try as many boots on as you can in dealer,roll your foot onto the outside edge of the sole and try to purposely put pressure on your ankle and you will then appreciate how supportive the Alpines are.
Benz