Also, being magnetic, the damn things wander. Here's mine stuck to the side of the kitchen drawer, which is not much help when you've driven nearly an hour to a trial to find that it is not on the bike.
Just for those cases make sure you have a magnet in your tool box and some duct/electrical (whatever the popular European type of ) tape. and just tape the magnet on and viola!!! problem solved
My dad would do Parades on his TLR200 Reflex. (Nose wheelies or Endos, a teeter totter. wheelies, ride over a car etc....) and he fashioned a kill switch with a set of points and non-conductive something or other attached with a wrist strap. Worked every time. He also got an electric motor (Reflex had battery) and hooked it into the kill switch circuit. this motor would then pull on the rear brake rod and engage the rear brake as well. Was a pretty cool set up.
So lanyard type "Dead man switch" "kill switch": maybe a good idea for all levels of competition............... but the way I ride I would rather have it attached to my chest. I use my hands to make dabs on trees too often.
Maybe Bou should ride with the philosophy one of our local riders has "ride a gear higher with MORE throttle". No stalling
Obviously there is some confusion with the Observers. Notice the observer waving a closed fist and looking to see if Bou puts a foot down, that observer obviously believes that Bou is still clean while the observer with the card shows a 5 and has to explain to the other observer why Bou has a 5. No stop rule is stupid at this level of competition and even worse when observers are unsure of how the rule is to be marked. I watched other vids where the rider stopped but was not given a 5 for it. But the observers can't see everything everywhere but still this rule makes it hard on the observers not necessarily the riders.
The 2002 is better improved design wise than the 1999. I had no problems obtaining parts for the 2000 2.9 that I had owned for 7 yrs that I just recently sold.
But again buy on condition...........but you won't know the true condition until you physically look at it. Too bad the distance is so great.
yesterday I fitted a new shift lever that I got off Ebay. It sticks out a little bit more than the stock lever, but this gives more clearance between the lever and the flywheel cover. The folding tip is also a little longer than stock. This combination made it much easier to shift when putting around my driveway. Hopefully it does not stick out too far and get mangled on a tree/rock etc.
It's probably easy to over analyze this, if you practice smooth throttle application and focus on body position at some point in the near future you will realize that you have completely forgotten about your throttle hand, it will (and must) become automatic, same as your clutch finger
There's waaaaay to much to think about while riding a section, you can't be concentrating on the throttle
Ride for fun and practice for no more than 20 minutes at a time and it will come together
But don't forget how fun these bikes are
the automatic throttle and clutch thing is true,especially when things get a little a little out of hand.
Hold the bars "loosely" don't have them in a "death grip".
Sounds like you are covering the clutch so that is good. Keep one finger on it.
and yep practice, practice, practice. Like 0007 says, practice throttle control specifically.
also try slipping the clutch, kinda like working the throttle against the clutch. Hold throttle with some engine RPMs (low) and use the clutch to keep yourself staying in one spot. It is ok to first try this with your foot down to get an idea of what everything is doing. This may help you control the throttle and get used to the relationship between the throttle and clutch. (also useful in tight turns)
Well, this was not today but last Saturday (day 1 of 2 day event). I lost all rear brake, push pedal down and it went past the skidplate, no pressure.
So right in the pit (paddock) area in the middle of the event I rebuilt the rear brake master cylinder. Remove the two bolts that hold the master in place on the frame and wiggle it around so that the master is between the swing arm and the muffler with the bottom pointing out. Pop out snap ring, pull out plunger, spring and remark about all the crap that was in there on the seals. Then shove new plunger and spring in and get the snap ring in. wiggle it around and remount it and VOILA I am off and running.
This whole thing got me thinking about maintenance and repair. When these things are done at home in the garage/shop most of us are very meticulous about making sure everything is clean! Make sure there are no bits of dirt, metal etc. within 40 feet of whatever we are repairing. But in the middle of an event, when we need to repair and get riding this is basically what is running through my head "Just Shove That Part in there, Dirt don't matter, GO GO GO!!!!"
Unfortunately no. I will not be able to attend. The mythical checkbook hath run dry, and the keepers of the time called vacation have become quite stingy.
Fingers crossed that it does fix it without needing to split the cases again. Hope it hasnt cost too much so far. Its a great feeling when you solve the puzzle and you should have a good bike when its done.
I sometimes think every one should be made to strip and rebuild a motor just to see what happens when you stomp on that gear lever with a size 10 boot or stab at the kickstart with out taking up the slack in the gear first. It makes me cringe watching some people starting there bikes, a guy told me on Sunday that he had snapped three kickstart shafts and thought it was a design fault, Then I saw him start it.
Sorry slightly off topic rant there.
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Solving the puzzle is a great feeling.
I agree about riders understanding how the internals of the motor works. They all may not have to be able to split the cases and rebuild it, but at least should understand how it works.
I tried using the shift lever on that sherco I had as a foot peg once, I got all out of shape on a drop off and my foot came down on the shift lever instead of the peg.................SNAP there went the shift shaft.
And they do start much easier taking up the slack first.
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Neutral???? That gear don't help in the sections!
I rarely need neutral, but when I do I usually have the engine off and use my hand to find it.