McComisky, jumped in to fast, found another spelling (and I think this is the correct one)
No Charlie, not guilty, but I have had a quick shot on Jocks C15, feels very light and first impression was that it handles well. But obviously forks and shocks have a bearing there.
Dont know about eligibility, and not opening that hornets nest.
Only 2 things kill bearings in engines on trials bikes & they're dust &/or water.
First is caused by sloppy maintenence ie filter not fitted right/torn or dirty, take your pick.
Second is caused by us setting sections in streams, if you drown it don't just put it away wet, dry out airbox & fit dry filter then run for 1/2 hour minimum to heat all the water out of the bearings
As far as life of the rest of the engine goes there is no hard & fast answer to when to replace parts like with mx bikes, top guys do piston & rings once a year if they don't sell the bike before then but most guys who upgrade every year or two may never get inside theirs
Normal strip for bearings will need all gaskets,crank seals & bearings replaced along with anything else you feel like doing & is not hugely expensive
The two hole are there for a reason.. the plain one is for the ignition wire from the points to feed through. The extended one is for the engine breather, which works from the cam. Its timed and blows into the outer case, and then out through the hole at the back. If you block them both you will have nowhere for the air pressure to go and oil will leak from everywhere..
Can you not put an extension on and take a tube up under the tank to get round this ?
I found it hard to believe that after 6 years the main bearing are already gone. I have oldtimer 2T scooter with 50 years old bearings that stil doing fine.
Two bits from a future competitor. I have since my youth wanted to ride the Sottish Six Days and am now putting together a group to do just that in 2011. I have never been to Scotland, but offer these thoughts: To move the centre on the event out of town would be a mistake, this has happened where I live, and it has only resulted in greatly diminshed spectator and participant numbers; spectators often being the future of the sport.
What does Fort William think? Do they want the event moved out of town?
Sadly, the tone of the message at the top of this thread suggests to me that the decision is already made.
This "consulutation" is just an unsubtle PR excersise. I hope that I am wrong.
There is a link between this initiative and the arrival of the World Trials Championships in 2010. May I expand on this-
I feel that the SSDT in 2009 was a wonderful success and the organisers have been rightly praised for their handling of some unbelievable meteorological conditions.
They do, however, need to consider the wisdom of their decision to allow the 2010 World Round organisers to hijack the opening parade.
Spectators at the SSDT are thin on the ground these days.
What a bad idea idea it was, therefore, to allow an event to promote itself in front of the very people who may choose to attend that event next year instead of the SSDT.
The SSDT relies on an enormous amount of goodwill from the local residents, authorities and Police who tolerate motorcycle, which are barely road legal, to travel backwards and forwards virtually unchallenged for a week in order to access the wonderful terrain which all competitors enjoy.
That goodwill is based on one benefit to the town which is, quite simply, an influx of people spending money.
Moving the heart of the trial out of town can only diminish it's links with the community, and ultimately the goodwill which leads to the above-mentioned tolerance. It may also, unwittingly, lead to the event becoming off-road only (and, god forbid, on pre- something or other bikes).
Promoting the World Round was an error.
World Rounds are just indoor trials held outdoors, which have no relevance whatsoever (in riding terms) to 99% of trials riders. They merely have some shallow entertainment value which, in all probability, we would get bored of watching very quickly.
TThe SSDT is one of the last real motorcycle trials. It is held outdoors - and that includes mending the bikes.
It is, in principal, not broken. So don't mend it.
Slightly cynical analyse.
Pre something or other bikes - now thats a good idea.
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Sorry, didnt notice the reference to the change in start arrangements regarding the Pre 65, where was it ?