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It's NOT a Dress! It's a KILT!!

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.

Majority of the Beta owners I see with the lefty kickers have gotten used to it and have no trouble kicking them over, so it can be done. Beta 4t's have it on the correct side though...................maybe Beta is giving in to peer pressure to be like everyone else. All wives are unreasonable, and it is always the bikes fault! HAHAHA Welcome back to trials.......................... now get out and ride!!

Chuck, that doesn't sound too bad. A bit of a nail biter on the way down but doable.

That sounds like it will work out nicely. Bracket fix should last until you find a new one.

That looks beautiful.................. and scary as hell!

Yep, at least it was on the correct side unlike Beta's My foot slipped off that silly Forward kick Fantic more times than I want to count. I really knew it when the kicker embeded itself in my calf muscle. OUCH!! bruised of course, finished riding of course, whined and cried to wifey for some sympathy at home of course...................................... She shook her head and called me "stupid man" and walked away.........of course

Practice?????? What is this practice you speak of? I wasn't exactly sure about the rear brake.... figured I would get corrected if I was a bit off on that.

Over the 7 or 8 years I owned that Sherco 2.9 I got REAL familiar with the insides of the motor.........................................Sometimes it was something I did that caused me to need to split the cases and fix it other times was just normal wear and tear.

How did you decide to secure the footpeg mount?

The 2000 2.9 I used to own had that problem. There is a small replaceable metal piece that separates the kickstart gears when not in use. this piece wore too thin and did not separate the gears completely. Piece 5.15. it can be accessed by taking clutch cover off............too bad coolent will need to be emptied to do it.

I think clutch is more important on this than rear brake................but I have been wrong before.

If you plan to remove the swing arm don't forget to loosen the pinch bolts where the swing arm axle passes through the motor. All in all a pretty straight forward job. I just did mine (2003) recently. Also some riders "flip around" the "triangle" piece under there so that the bolt that threads into it will rotate to tighten on the down stroke of the suspension. Some have had this bolt loosen periodically and it hits frame, etc. when it works its way out. The "triangle" is "reversable" so to speak. (man that last paragraph is about as clear as mud )

Welcome to the sport..... I love my 2003 GasGas 300 pro These modern bikes are wonderful, in my youngster days I was on TYs (80 and a 175) got out of trials in my teens. jump ahead many years got back into it on an 86 TLR 200 Reflex, couple years went to a 95 Fantic Section (HUGE difference) later got into bikes from the 2000's and another HUGE jump ahead.

Sure complain that we need more riders in the WTC, but then try to discourage anyone that is not from Europe from attempting the series. How about waiting to critique their performance after they have had a chance to perform. Bou won't be #1 forever, Raga, Fuji, Caby, Fejardo won't be able to ride forever.....................We need some of these "younger" riders to give it a go, From whatever countries they come from.

Going just off the title I am sorry that the bike is lonely and in need of a date. I would have been interested in my younger days, but alas i am a happily married man, (at least that is what she tells me) I did do some Google searching and I was unable to find anything to help determine the year. sorry about that

With the talk of why riders don't ride the WTC I will put this little tidbit here. We have 2!!!! riders from the USA planning on riding in the WTC in 2014! and they have plans of riding the round at Trials Training Center this year! http://teamsherco.wix.com/americandreamtrip

Place in New York is probably the Tryals Shop. Website for info! http://www.tryalsshop.com/preowned.html I am not sure about the particulars for that machine, mix ratio, gearbox oil etc..... Somebody on here will be able to help you with that. May want to post your questions on the machine in the Fantic specific forum or Twinshock forum. Now get to riding it!!!

I was at an event and there was a nice young lad about 13 yrs old riding a 125cc in the same class as me. I watched him basically walk that 125cc up a rather steep tall hill. I thought "well, I should be able to get up there, I am 3 times older and I have a 270cc!" As it turns out I could make it 7/8 of the way up the hill......and all the way back down. lesson learned, That kid is an excellent rider, and a pleasure to talk with also. so to the young man. Good luck to him and may he go far in the sport. (it takes a special type of person to be able to accept being beaten by a youngster and be able to congratulate them and actually mean it)

The following is my opinion as it relates to Trials in USA This is actually part of the problem not the solution for Trials. Riders of other motorsports (IE enduro, motox, woods, GNCC etc.) do recognize the skills that trials provides but they only see it as a way of adding skill to their current chosen sport. They do not see it as another serious option of competition. So these other riders will considering buying used bikes and just put around the yard or go "play" at the local riding area, and no interest in entering events. So maybe there are some indirect new bike sales, (guy sells old bike and buys new or newer bike and so on) but the sport of trials will not grow because we do not get new competitors from this type of "cross training". Just my opinion,

91KG = 200 LBS. About average for that vintage of bike.

Could this be the culprit???

This one is a bit more expensive than the one Cope posted, but in the interested of having options.............. http://www.tryalsshop.com/#!/~/product/category=162629&id=358874

Welcome!!!

So is that your kitteh named Mittens?