alan bechard

Probably not that much risk, but, weigh it out for a minute. How hard would it be, how long would it take, to track down another ignition unit and get it working? Now, how hard would it be to take the electronic unit out of the frame. (I am guessing under 1/2 hour tops) and set it on a bench where the only thing that will hit it is a bolt of lightning. No brainer too me.

Gee Jon, I do the same but I thought it was the Warm Beer holder,,,,, just prior to going in the Cooler

Man,,,,,,, I thought that was wheelie juice,, (burnt rubbers (the movie Ringo, the MOVIE), reference for those that don't know) Ringo and Craig? So where do we get the tickets.......... Ringo, Craig and Icegirl,,,, Well that would be the same as Ringo and Craig because Icegirl won't show.

ROFLMAO (same words as last time Lane)

Most the folks I work with know it real well Atom, heck, I would be willing to wager better then you.

Just read through the post, and felt the urge to comment. Maybe, just maybe the managers are treating you as you treat them. I am willing to bet that your managers can see through you like a sheet of glass, and what you are seeing back is a reflection of how you are treating them. My suggestions to you pretty much mirror what others in this thread have said, but what the heck, I have a moment to type so here we go. I have a job, I am a manager, I am also a worker, depends on what side of the fence you are looking from. I get up every morning and weigh the ration of trash that will come with being employed against the compensation I recieve. So far, after I weigh it out, I then proceede to get up, get dressed and go to work. There have been times when it is closer then others, but as I am no longer under a commitment too the Army, I am employeed at Will and have the right to leave whenever I decide. I suspect you have the same right. The other thing I do, is I (or probably more accurately my wife) owns our own business. That satisfies my entrepanurial dream. I get to be everything from top man on the totem pole, to ditch digger and equipment repairman. You think it is easy to run the business, and you could do better? Hey, fortunately, you live in a country that will allow you to go out there and excell. And better then that, you could go out there and do it while keeping your same job. If you think you would do better then your manager, and you have been there 10 plus years why have you not promoted up to that position? What are you doing to get yourself there so you can correct the poor performance that that manager has shown you? While I am sure you could give a care less of my opinions and thoughts, you might need to go find a mirror to see where your problem lies.

I thought you had a buddy about 1.5 hrs north of you fully set up to make them

The exhaust can make a difference. We are fortunate in that I have other bikes to swap around suspect peices on too see where the problem lies. If say you took your exhaust and swapped it with your freind, and then his bike ran bad, and yours ran fine, you would be fairly certain you had the problem. This kind of thing, I usually try and start at the basics, and slowly proceede forward. Clean new fuel, clean air filter, clean carb, careful inspection for air leaks, new spark plug, etc. etc... Then look for the freind with the same bike and start stealing parts Good luck, hope you guys find it and fix it.

http://www.motorcyclemuseum.org/exhibits/m...ople.asp?id=182 And another view of it. http://www.supercross.com/rjsays.php?id=19 Pretty bad that, that is what shows up in most all of Broc's bio's.

Sorry, I probably confused it because of the way I did the picture, I just wanted you to see all the parts in one shot, and what you are essentially seeing is two methods or manners of doing it. Manner A: This is what I do, I cut along the welded seam and seperate the "right" half from the "left" half of the muffler and it ends up like what you see in the top part of the picture. Top is a complete, next down is the left or bottom half with internals still in it, notice the baffle sits there and the spot welds are drilled off, then next down is the "right" or outer or top half (which is not really half but whatever) That is how I cut them apart, then I clean them up, then stuff the front with steel wool, or stainless steel wool, and the back I like the Silent Sport packing. (I think it is the same as the "moose" stuff) then I weld the two halves together. Manner B: The bottom three articles in the picture are what Chris M from Atlanta made on a CNC router, and as he said, the nice part of CNC is you can make more pretty easy once you have it dialed in. I do not remember the entire deal, I believe he did his, and I think I looked at it, but do not remember that clearly. Anyway, his approach was to cut the area out where those reinforcing plates went. If I remember right, he put the "open" reinforcing plate Under, the webbed reinforcing plate over and capped it with the cover plate which is on the bottom. Again, I am not positive, but I believe he rivited the two plates onto the base, I believe he also riveted on nutplates to the under part, then screwed on the top cover plate. If I use those parts, I will probably weld all the plates in place with spots and rosettes. My concern is I bet it will be fairly difficult to get a good cleanout, and a good repack with a limited access port. Have not done it though so I really do not know. Does that answer your questions better? Are you welding it yourself?

Well some of us tight buggers are just not as well off as you rich folks John, but we do have TIG welders So quit dressing your dog up in a wig and Oh, well, never mind... Anyway, here are the shots, yes, my camera sucks, yes, my wife has a good one, no, I am not getting it out to shoot pictures of this thing. Really though, if you need better shots I can get them, it just takes more manipulation to do them with the wifes camera. Trying to remember the order that Chris put the parts together in and the why's. I have been splitting in half and just going back together with them. They are NOT worth doing if you value your time at all, however, I use them as something to keep my Tig skills up (theres fodder for you ish ) and happen to have the stuff sitting here to do it. If someone wanted to pay me to do it, I would tell you that you would be better off buying new. I doubt a good welder would charge you less then it would cost to buy new. It is a pretty fair amount of TIG time to get one back together. I think Chris did his all with screw's / rivets.

I like the long hard pull in a high gear to get the internals burning and cleared out occasionally, I also occassionally swap between the kids bikes and mine, not sure why, but mine seems to get cleared out a bit more then Christina's ( But Dean's stays pretty clean ) At that though, I do believe it is a consumable product, and over time, you consume, wear out, blow out, melt down or something that stuff out of there. My advice would be to run the oil as reccomended by RYP, Run them hard on occasion to blow out accumulated gunk, and then change for a new one after several years. Will try and get some pics this evening, the plates Chris made are very nice.

I have a set of plates that came from Chris in Atlanta for a muffler I have apart in my shop. They are definetely sweet. Will try and grab a picture tomorrow for you.

I am here. Just kind of watching, little worthwhile for me to add, and not willing or able to put in the effort it takes to back up suggestions. As spinner said, we bought a new to us, very rough, 40 year old home complete with mold etc, in need of a total remodel and I have been doing my best "flip this house" impersonation. We have that liveable, and are currently trying to flip our old house and get it sold. 40+ hours a week at work work, then owning our own business and working at it, then remodeling two houses, something had to give, and it was trials for the most part. The nice thing though is that I now have 9.6 acres with riding on our own property, as well as a shooting range etc. There are a couple other trials riders in town, and we have been getting together on Tues evenings and riding for an hour or two at the house. As my buddy Bob Ginder would say, and my bestest deceased Kabuki Buddy Bob Best would remind me it may be "damn circus tricks" but with the back hoe and the Bobcat we can make some pretty neat sections. Yes, I expect I will be at the world round, hopefully in the Bechard family vacation home, otherwise known as Cabin 5 and be observing, or in some other way helping as best I can. I did get to attend, (and I hope assist) at the National indoor at the same time as our YN, and man was that fun! And Andy,,, I found another "spring" of mountain water........................

I find it interesting as well, but probably from a different perspective then most. I find it interesting that it is coming from the guy driving the train when it ended up so far off the tracks. Find it hard to believe he would be so quick to critisize others efforts when you look at the record of what occured with him as commander.

Very moving Video Gizza. One from our side as well. http://www.youtube.com/jp.swf?video_id=erv...&autoplay=1 And to answer your question, Yes, we should be there. But yes, they should be standing on their own as well. There is a great man leading the way at this point. Gen David Petraeus, he is faced with a daunting task, but is a great leader and many of us are praying that he pulls this off. Gizza, tell your son to duck from me.

Let Ryan, Brad and the crew take a first hand look see. Lot easier to get a good feel for it if it is in your hands. They won't steer you wrong. Jimmy Z will probably be around as well, and he is great. Where in KY are you?

Never done a Sherco, but have had to do a couple cylinders. Should not be that big a deal. I would give Ryan a shout first, and inspect the thing to make sure it was in good shape before fooling with it, but if you want to I would be happy to look at it with you. Let me know. Al B

Hi Jon, Go to the www.rypusa.com website, get on the Sherco page then the tech assistance or something along those lines and the manuals are there. Just re-read your post and realized you have done this. They lay out all your questions (with the exception of the tailpipe) in pictures and diagrams with circles and arrows. If you have any questions, they have a discussion forum as well that is checked daily for questions. If you still have questions, Give Ryan, Mike or Kevin a call on the 1-800-607-8742 and they can hook you up. If the stinger was mine, and I had TIG access, I would take it apart, clean it up, weld a new edge on and repack / reassemble it. If you find something additional wrong you can always pick up another. Give Ryan a call and he can direct you to your local dealer. Change the bearing and bushing in your brake pedal, may consider upgrading too the newer pedal if that one has not already been done (folding tip) Ryan has the custom made tools too do it, or accurately selected sockets work as well. Be gentle and accurate installing the seals, follow the manual, all the steps including the one about the tape on the top of the leg too keep from cutting the seal when sliding it over. Clean, clean, clean, then clean a little more will make them last a long long time. Dang seals are expensive as all get out, don't get heavy handed, make sure everything is aligned well and clean and they tap right together. Should not require taking to a shop if you are reasonably proficient with the wrenches. Make sure (I think this applies to your year model but am not positive) that the top caps are not the source of your leak and running down the leg. Nothing like changing seals to figure out you could have changed a couple O-rings and solved the problem....... Good luck and have fun on your bike. Al B

It will be appreciated by the onlookers, but is usually very difficult to incorporate. You have to have a way to keep them from "going around" And you do not want it to be such a choke point that they are riding over one another to get through (and I mean that literally) When I was riding Enduro's / Hare scrambles, what I considered a nuisance obstacle as a trials rider, was a major stopping point for many. Remember not to funnel them like we would a trials where only one rider is passing through at any particular moment.

Paul Harvey Maintenance. The Rest of the story Glad you got it sorted, I was not following along with the entire it ran out of gas, and would not restart, so I adjusted the valves line of thought. Glad you got it going. As a general rule, Ether should not be used on gas motors except as a last ditch effort.

Heat, penetrating oil, air hammer with a brass punch while someone was spinning the bolt with a 1/2" impact wrench. Drilling would be an absolute last resort for me. Good luck.

At least it was not Mark's Cactus juice One of the finer things from KY...

I don't have a bike. Heck, at my size, I get beside one and spokes start bending It is impressive what they do stand up too though. Watched a guy do a 12' drop I think it was at the indoor event (he was on a bicycle, during intermission) I can't imagine doing it on a bike, much less bicycle. I will say, they will really work you though if you ride much at all. Every now and then I get the urge and ride Dean's Monty, Takes about 2 minutes of hopping to remind me how out of shape I am...

Not an answer to your question but Tim at Trialsin USA has always been very helpful for me. www.trialsin.com If you are looking for a 26 Brian Robison just posted Jordan's on the STRA site. Might let you get the feel of things for a little less money while still getting a good bike. There are a couple of bicycle trials forums as well, I cannot remember them at the moment, but maybe they could link you too someone in your area to get a feel for the bikes as well before commiting. Good luck.