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Did anyone practice in Blackford Quarry (completly off limits now) probably late 70's early 80's ? It was a great place and very popular at the time. If the name sounds familiar to some , its situated on Blackford Hill , on the opposite side to where the SSDT finished before it moved completly to Fort Bill.

In my humble opinion, its got to be the modern 2stroke oil. I have a 20 odd year old bike, head has never been off it. Run it on 32:1 old fashioned 2 stroke, yes it does smoke a bit, the rest of the problems reported when using these ratios of oil just dont matter to me.

Are both bearings the same ? if so take one as a sample and the bearing shop should be able to match it for you. Personally I would use a grinder (very carefully) if the bearing is well siezed.

pink - if you care toooooooooo mutch

What is a T Ride ?

[ I've swapped front rims in the past by taping the new rim to the old with all the holes lined up. Slacken the spokes right off, then move the spokes across one at a time, doing the nearest side first. No doubt someone will say if this is not possible with a rear.

My cheque and entry form were returned 7 days ago as entry full, if this helps.

Or slander !

Have you checked to see it there is any chrome left in the hubs ? As you will probably remember it had a habit of flacking off, in the UK environment anyway.

Iraq diving team LOL

Trials should replace the horsey sports in the Olimpics, at least all the bikes could be the same, so only the rider would count. (this should offend a few)

Mike - your lucky to get an entry, how long ago did you enter ? Ross

The Chinese dont enter a market to fail ! Try looking at any of your household goods, clothing,shoes, furniture etc. They are coming of age. I would wait for any problems in any new product to be rectfied before buying. Residual valves might be a problem.

Ride and practice as often as time allows and you will lose weight, gain muscle, improve heart & lungs, be able to eat more with no penalty, and all while having fun. Why doesnt everybody do it ?

You dont mention how much cheeper it is over stock ? Personaly it would have to be considerably less to take the risk, unless I knew and trusted the dealer, and even then I would be checking the small print in the warranty. Also, any new bike that I had to consider adding flywheel weights / base gaskets etc ! Might be better options.

Hi John Unfortunatly I will not be able to tell anyone of the fantastic Highland Two Day Trial, as I have just received my entry returned after 2.5 weeks as trial now full ! Regards Ross

Somebody will give you specific info, but I imagine there will be a drain scew at the bottom. Remove and gently pump forks to eject oil.

Youve probably got your MOT by now, but for what its worth, thighten the cables right up till there is vitually no play. I dont clean the braking surface in the hubleaving it to go rusty, crude but improves the braking enough to pass !

Never attempt to teach a pig to sing etc - sounds like the wisdom of Hommer ?

Hi Michael Sorry havn't been on this thread recently, the KT I had was fine off road, but at the time I also used it for transport, and on over run would bang quite alarmingly (not in the exhaust, in the cylinder) I did have it running for a short time with no side electrode ! But compromised with a huge gap. Never found power to be a problem, but then my previouse bike was a TL125, with a 60 tooth rear sprocket. Regards Ross

Hi swoshdave Sorry I havnt checked this thread recently, I bought my KT new from the then Edinburgh Kawasaki dealer, so I feel that the handling observations I made (rightly or wrongly) were inherant. One of the technicians at Napier College who also had one went to the extent of building a new frame. Monoshock no less. He also did alot of engine work, but unfortunatly I never rod it so cant coment on how it performed. The only problem (apart from the crap side stand) I had was it ran out of sparks, the cure was to remove the CDI unit and sit it on a radiator for a few days. Regards Ross

I would agree with the above, according to "experts" by the time you feel thirsty you are already dehydrated to an extent. I try to eat and drink constantly during longer and hotter events.

Hi John I would ride alot more often if there were more pre 65 trials (your comments elsewhere are spot on) Definatly planning on coming next year. Going down to Kendal on 16 / 17 August, heard its really good, and a bit of a challange ! Trial on Saturday, Scramble on Sunday. Ross

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