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Have a bit of a laugh

Looking at that site makes me wish I had much $$$$$ to throw around

I have been there before...............with similar results. As a late teen/early 20's I used a pry bar to hold an S-10 (small truck) serpentine belt tension pulley back. Promptly snapping the arm of the tensioner off. When buying new one at the dealer ($$$$$$$$$$) found out there is a little square inset in the arm that a ratchet/breaker bar would fit into and then pull back on the arm without breaking it...........................

PFM as the kids say. Total Sorcery as us old guys say

Thanks for that. currently I have some over the boot motocross pants that the legs zip off to make them shorts. I just ride in shorts..........

Just sent them an email concerning amount of room available for a knee brace. but anybody here able to answer if a large (ish) metal knee brace would fit comfortably?

So what you are saying is that because a few people are doing activities illegally "Every year at the Scott I see a number of riders (including past spoon winners) riding motorcycles where they should not be and also some riders who I know to be underage, uninsured and or unlicensed for the motorcycles they are on riding on the road" than it should be acceptable for others to use the right to roam incorrectly and therefore be illegal as well?

I use a pressure washer. Medium pressure, keep back a bit. only get as close as needed to make the dirt and mud come off. I don't plug or cover anything. I just make sure that the spray is directed away from the exit of the muffler. WD-40 the moving bits, (foot pegs, kickstart, rear brake pedal tip, shifter pedal tip etc..) Run the bike up to operating temperature. Lube the chain. To be honest I don't worry about the stickers..................not enough of them left on the Old BAGG to worry about. She's a 2003, I spend money on the bits I break not bits to make her pretty. Function before fashion. I have not had any functional problems due to the way I wash the bike.................if I wash the bike

Exercise? How is this word pronounced? No clue what that is.

Install a cable clutch system, I hear that cables cure everything

I agree we are all different, I even stated we do not NEED hydraulics but makes it more fun, easier etc...... I will respond to the bit about the TY175. The TY175 is a beautiful machine and would be perfect with the mods I mentioned for riding the type of trials I also mentioned (vintage no stop, or even vintage stop allowed), Those sections are DESIGNED for those bikes and the TY175 has great power, suspension and weight for those sections. I have a GasGas for the modern hop, rev, splat, balance, rev, launch, nose wheelie stuff. I enjoy both. Also I don't think anybody actually likes cricket.......... do they?

The 2000 2.9 I had, the last plate was installed one notch over. When I started having issues with the clutch slipping I installed the last plate in line with the rest of them and then the slipping went away. I believe the offset is done to warn the owner when the clutch plates are worn and need replacement.............I am super cheap so I opten to get a little more life out of them.

Disc brakes would make it so the bike would actually slow down on the way down a hill, also no need to take the wheels off and clean/sand the brake shoes/drums if I ride through a stream so that the brakes don't rust up. Ease of use of the clutch, less arm pump = more enjoyable day out for a ride Slipping the clutch while turning gives better control through the turn and the ability to turn tighter. Shifting to higher gear for the big hill mid-section would be easier. Just a couple quick examples why I personally would want to fit hydraulics and disc brakes.

At the risk of not reading the entire thread I will post my answer. I have ridden trials for many years and have used both cable and hydraulic controls and in order to ride trials we do not NEED hydraulics. But having hydraulics makes riding trials: more controlable more comfortable more fun less strenuous on the hands more responsive Please add more to the list of what hydraulics does for the experience of riding trials. and yes it would be a dream come true to ride a vintage no-stop event on a TY175 running perfect with hydraulic clutch, and hydraulic brakes (disc preferred) (Many Enduro riders have/converted to hydraulic clutches)

Sorry I should have been slightly more specific. Stearing Head Bearings, just under the handlebars where the front end does the turning. As far as the filter oil, I use some PJ1 Foam Filter cleaner and after rinsing and drying coat it with PJ1 spray filter oil. I think the propellant is CO2 because it makes the filter really cold and stiff, the key here is to gently squeeze out the excess oil and your hands will warm it up to where the filter is pliable again.

After attaching one end of the vent hose to the fuel cap, insert the other end in the small hole near the head bearings.

I had a 2000 2.9 as well. I beat the hell out of that bike. Many repair welds on the frame. was a good bike to ride. (Tip: do not drop it in a small creek and suck water into the engine............I did that, the silt and crap in the creek does bad things to the motor. but on a positive note it ran for 2 years after that before the crank bearings finally gave up. When I split the cases there were burn marks on the cases below the crank bearings, the rings had been blowing past pretty badly I would say. and there was still a build up of silt in the intake manifold after the carb. So basically what I am saying is, the bike did well for me and the abuse I gave it)

Guys, I believe that is what dabster stated..................

Thank you sir, And the hairy, flabby, pasty legs are still driving the wild years later.

Yep, I wear a large metal knee brace on the leg that is on the exhaust side.................................................so I have a few burns on the other leg from exhaust though. Like I said "I am not quite right in the head"

Membership has it's privileges........................

Not stupid, you just lack information. But you have the spirit of WGASA. Sounds like you are enjoying that new bike quite a bit. Keep having fun. Pretty sure I've seen the meaning of WGASA as Who Gives A S--- Anyway, sounds like they take things really seriously tony27 you have the definition perfect. The whole WGASA spirit is based on having fun. When you go riding did you have fun? Did you place in the top three.......doesn't matter because Who Gives A S--- Anyways. Yea us Americans are a fun lot.

Shorts.........that's the solution. comfortable, flexible, cool. I have a pair of camo cargo shorts and a pair of MX pants that the legs zip off to become shorts. Trials boots cover the shins so there is just a bit of skin exposed between top of boots and the shorts. It also helps that I wear a knee brace for arthritis on the exhaust side. It works for me, not for everybody. But I am not quite right in the head.

Biff you sir are a genius! A bit of a mad genius but a genius all the same We shall give those new bushings a workout!