changed the front tyre this pm ( first time i've had the front wheel off in the couple of weeks i've had the bike) when all put back together its no longer centred between the forks.
i've had it apart a zillion times since and it just wont centre up with the tyre been only about 8mm from the offside fork leg. i've a big spacer and thats where it came from beside the nearside fork but i cant see what or why the wheels not central ( without the spacer the wheel dont turn and the brake fouls the disc)
Now Ted Simon, who features in the LWR, if you haven't already read his book 'Jupiter's Travels' do, its how real adventure biking should be, not by two priviledged, pampered, actoorss.
I've read Jupiters travels several times and given the choice would go with CB & EM, but only just. Met CB briefly and asked him why they carried all that crap when they had those support vehicles. Answered something about independance. Incidentally they arn't "actoorss" they're act-arses.
Maybe KTM think they havn't got a bike that can win?
As an example Ewan McGregor and Charlie Boorman chose KTM to go round the world on; KTM then pulled out and the thinking was that they thought the bike wouldn't make hence bad press and maybe detrimental to future bike sales. For those of you that havn't seen the DVD they chose BMW 1150's did it and BMW are still selling loads of bikes of the back of this!!!
Just maybe KTM's policy is to WIN? if there is doubt then they withdraw??????????
Big mistake by KTM if the number of big BMW's going up to the Scottish is an indication of sales, looked to be about 10:1.
Having one of them was like having a fat eager girlfriend,great fun, me and my mates regularly attempted 3's up down the back of the school fields and when it got too hot and seized up we had to p**** on her to keep it cool.....
I honestly don't have a lot of experience with trials bikes and was hoping that someone would respond to your listing - but I have 35 years of experience with chainsaws and motocross bikes and I really don't think the carbon deposit looks unusual and is pretty typical - I suspect the droplets are just coolant leaked out when the head was taken off. I really don't see that you need to keep taking your head off to decarbon the piston and cylinder head......you are going to wear yourself out taking the engine apart to keep the carbon off as it happens quickly in a two cycle engine. There should not be an interference between the piston and head with the small amount of carbon build up on the piston.
Are you using a good full synthetic oil mixed at the recommended ratio? I don't know about your Beta - my Sherco is mixed at 80:1. Find someone that is familiar with your bike and see if your bike knocks louder than theirs......maybe it is time for you to get a piston or rings if the knocking is caused by excessive clearance between the piston and cylinder.
Took the head off a Rotax engine which had been run 32:1 for decades, virtually no carbon build up !
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