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  4. Which Van Do You Use?

    in Trials Transport

    Posted

    I've a vw caddy sdi the gasser fits in on the diagonal with the bulkhead fitted and there's still space for all the gear plus it goes well for a donkey, i'd plump for an L200 or navara etc rather than a van :D

    I'm told L200 have engine problems at approx 30K miles.

  5. Sticky Forks

    in Sherco

    Posted

    On the '05, the quantity is 330ml per leg.

    Good cleaning and fresh oil of 5wt may go a long way here, although they are different than the later models to some extent. :D

    I would try this first, was the previous owner 20 stone ? He might have put in heavy weight oil.

  7. Fuel/oil Ratio Mont 349

    in Twinshock

    Posted

    I have been using a 50:1 mixture of full synthetic oil (Mobil 2T) in my Suzuki RL250 for a couple of years without any problems. Back in the old days when people just used 30 weight motor oil we would mix at 20:1 - but these old oils were not as good as the modern synthetic oils and needed to be mixed that way to properly lubricate.

    The old oils seemed to stick to the bearings for longer, even leaving for months at a time seemed to cause no problems.

    32 : 1 conventional 2 stroke oil for me.

  9. Water Pump Corrosion

    in General Trials Talk

    Posted

    That photo looks like corrosion. Especially as its around the perimeter of the pump housing and has traces of coolant/crusty stuff in it. Cavitation will usually be around the impeller area and quite clean. Nothing to do with boat propellers!

    Cheers,

    Stork

    Boat propellers don't suffer from cavitation ! I think you'l find they do.

  14. Standards

    in General Trials Talk

    Posted · Edited by B40RT

    I would just like to comment on the appalling level of grammar, spelling and punctuation by the contributors to the forums. Whilst the views aired are frequently informative, entertaining, humourous and enlightening, all too often the essence of the post is lost by how it has been written.

    I can feel "egg on the face" if I've missed a spelling mistake!

    Your not confusing T C with the Guardian by any chance ?

  16. Would It Be Good To Do Weights

    in Trials Training And Technique

    Posted

    When I did training at Meadowbank, every session started with running up and down the grandstand, ie up and down every set of steps, then round the terraces. As we got fitter the warm up was double. Lots of reps, lighter weights. Try to balance opposing mussels (not sure of terminology) Used to see bodybuilders with curly arms from concentrating on their bisepts. (sp ?)

  19. Axa Insurance Co

    in Anything goes

    Posted

    Anybody seen their adverts ? The reality is very different, in a recent customer pole they rated lowest.

    An AXA customer wrote my car off 2 years ago in March, he pulled out a drive into the side of me, open and shut you would think.

    Now going to court, or it would if AXA would stop changing the address to serve the court papers. Every change of address adds weeks.

    Might be worth checking customer satisfaction ratings before parting with hard earned folding.

  22. The Long Dab !

    in UK Trials Talk

    Posted

    So if you stop and lean against a tree, then providing the feet are still on the pegs then that's a clean too? :thumbup:

    Pedants corner says - footing will be considered to have occurred if the rider benefits from any part of the riders body or any part of the machine (with the exception of the tires or the sump shield) touches the ground or an obstacle (tree wall etc) without stopping the progress of the machine.

  
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