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Well that sure sounds like the definitive answer, thanks, John.

It's been kind of bothering me for ages but how do you actually pronounce his name? Is it 'Day-bill', 'Dab-ill', 'Dabble' or something else? Anybody actually know? And yes it's Monday, I've got too much to do but I'm bored.....

Nice one, Dan. Glad you got it sorted.

I recently found some results from 25 odd years ago including this ESBMCC Trial from 1985. Looking through the names it's amazing how many riders are still actively involved today. And in there is a bike and rider combination that I know for a fact are still together today, and still competing. Is there more than just the 1?

Oh yes and to get back to the question. Here in the UK I use 97RON Super Unleaded at 80:1. Standard Unleaded here is 93RON.

Hmmm. That's an interesting train of thought.

You did well to stick with it and get round! Think I may have chatted to you at some point. Anyway.. Yes they all vary from club to club, of course, but Bilco's right you're probably better off at this stage on the beginner routes. However not all trials are set up with a beginners route and it can be a bit of a lottery when you turn up - best thing is probably to ask before you enter it. The trial on Sunday was a Novice Centre Championship round so was never going to be on the easy side and if the top Centre Novices are losing 20+ then you as a beginner are probably in for a tough day. Having said that the similar championship round at Bramford did have a beginners route so you never know! I'd ask before entering just to make sure. All the Norwich Vikings Beginners/Wobblers trials will be good for you, obviously. Essex & Suffolk Border usually have a beginners route. NSJMCC would all be good. Ipswich MCC some do some don't. Lowestoft Invaders are usually pretty hard! Diss MCC ones would be good. I'm not familiar with the Essex clubs but someone may fill us in on the details for them in due course. It may be some time in the future but the jump from Novice to Inter is pretty exciting too let me tell you!

Are there any O-rings or other seals on the Rev exhaust where it could be leaking? Do you have to seal the end on with silicone when you've repacked it? Maybe you can feel with your hand if it's leaking anywhere where it shouldn't be. If it's leaking it won't help, of course. If you can't find anything wrong I'd experiment with different amounts of packing, including none to get a feel for how much you're quietening it, and then once you've found the best amount seal it up with some silicone sealant. Maybe give Lampkins a ring to see what they say?

This is what Apex say on the matter.

What volume of oil should there be in each leg for the Showas? Find that out. Put that much in. Go riding.

Yep loft insulation is OK - that's what I've got in mine at the moment. I used some of the slab stuff like they put between the walls of new houses, but you could use any of the roll types I should think. You need to fill the exhaust with loosely packed insulation. If you find yourself ramming it in with a piece of wood it's too tight. I did mine twice before I was satisfied with the result. The other option, of course, is to get a replacement packing from Lampkins that should be just right.

Sorry, Lingo, got nothing to add but good luck sorting it. I'll be interested to hear what's up with it too.

Yeah sounds like too much air or too little fuel after a run. Fuel-wise is your tank breather doing it's thing? Is the filter on the back of the carb a bit blocked up? Is your carb fuel level correct? As an aside I enjoyed the trial yesterday and did a bit better than I thought!

Yes. Take out the packing and either put some of it or some new stuff in quite loosely after making sure the tube is clean as Chewy says. You want the packing to fill the available space around the perforated tube but definitely not to be wedged in tightly otherwise it won't absorb the sound as you have found. Should soften up the power a bit.

Nope. Not for me either. I did quite like the orange and black EVO on the front page the other day though. http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...=STRK:MESELX:IT

Is the carb the dellorto PHBL? Does it have the easy to miss 2nd pilot jet down the hole that the obvious pilot jet comes out of? That 2nd one was partially blocked on my PHBH the other day giving a poor response off the bottom. Sounds like a blocked jet or an air leak as Laser1 says.

Hi there. Have a look on the Eastern Centre Website and see if there's a club near you that you like the look of. If you're just starting again lots of our trials have really easy beginner routes so you can get back in the swing of things. Perhaps go and have a look at a few local ones to see what level things are at before you dive in and enter one. There's a trial at Raydon, near Hadleigh, on the 18th October, for example, that should have a beginners route I'd have thought. Kickstart101 will know.

+1 for the Hebo. I got a couple of years old Zone for about

Caught up with this the other day. Nice looking bike, Jon, and just the way I like them. My bikes and cars are all runners as you say as I hate polishing for the sake of it - I don't mind in the least giving things a good clean if I'm fettling them but I always seem to have 1001 better and more interesting things to do with my time than polishing things.

OK, couple of questions. Why did you start changing the plates in the first place? Do I understand you to say it puts out a lot of smoke when you put the ATF in?

Good answer! I totally agree with the visualisation thing - you've got to build it in your head before you can build it for real. True in many walks of life I reckon! I've always had a bit of a soft spot for the TY monos. They were THE bike to have round here when I was 18 or so, back in the day. I never rode one then but they seemed a world apart from my TY175 or Italjet twinshocks. I've ridden one recently though and I think I preferred the feel of it in some ways to my friend's GG250Pro. The only problem with it was we just couldn't get it to run right - rattling like mad on the over-run and not wanting to rev out at all. Had to be a carb issue I think but we tried changing just about everything, including a new OKO, crankcase seals, cleaning out and re-packing the whole exhaust, timing, coils, spark plugs and nothing we did seemed to have the slightest effect on it which makes you think there must be some other fundamental thing going on. I haven't seen friend or bike for a while now so I don't know if it's been resolved but I suspect not. Do I remember from an old thread that you've done a fair bit of head work to get the 350 going well? Or was that someone else?

Yup. I can't disagree with any of that, Atom.

OK let's keep it going! Looks good, Jon. Have the mods you've mentioned been generally positive and improved things? Or have they been interesting exercises but that's all? Oh and can we see some pics of the whole bike?

Just a note regarding front pads. I inherited my bike with Galfer pads and was never very happy with the bite of them - they worked up to a point but the brake never really seemed powerful enough. To be fair to them they may have been contaminated with something prior to me getting the bike. Whatever, doing a bit of research on here I followed some advice from The Addict, I think, and got myself some Braking sintered pads from BVM and they really have transformed the front. Plenty of bite and feel and even with the single pot caliper I've always got plenty of brakes - I'd recommend them if anyone feels the need for new pads.

Have you got the bars turned one way or the other and the back or front (or both) brake on? With the front brake on with one finger and the bars turned a couple of inches off full lock you can find the balance point and get your feet on the footrests. Then use small adjustments of steering lock, either way, to catch your balance as it varies. Make sure your tyres have not got too much pressure in them as that makes it harder to balance. It's sometimes easier as well when you're starting out to practise stopping after riding a short distance as you're already in balance when you stop, with your feet on the rests.