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  1. I had an issue with my 2000 2.9 clutch slipping in 4th and 5th gears. Turns out the top fiber plate was installed one set of grooves off. There is a set of grooves in the basket that goes all the way to the bottom and then there is basically a notch between the grooves that does NOT go all the way down. my top plate was in that notch so the top plate was not being fully pressed against the rest of the plates.

    Also had the 2 piston front brake and it worked like crap I changed pads, brake line, bled it a million times. but when I did a rebuild of the caliper it worked AWESOME after that, replaced seals and pistons and was just like new.

    When kickstarting take up the initial little bit of slack (kicker won't move much) and you should feel the kicker engage and then it is just a strong smooth kick and it should go.

  2. The surprising thing to me is that people think the rules we have now are OK. No , I'm sorry but they are the worst rules ever. Today you can stop with a foot down and get a only a one. This is not trials. It violates the basic principals of the sport.

    Please bear with me. I'll explain.

    Trials has at its core 2 basic elements..... "Balance and Motion" When you stop w/foot down you have failed at both elements of the sport. You are no longer demonstrating any type of skill whatsovever. It's a failure 5 points. As a matter of fact you have become so useless that the bike can perform this without you aboard. This is what I call the "Human Kickstand" or in the UK ......propstand or what ever you lot call it.

    You have ceased to be an athlete and sportsman...Yet no one is scored a failure. You can perform this absurdity for 89 seconds and still be on a one and for the majority of riders this is accepted.

    I agree that stop with foot down you are now a kickstand and have failed = 5.

    But I personally believe trials is about "CONTROL" not balance or motion exactly. stop feet up = control stop foot down = no control.

    But I disagree that we should go to no - stop because we have lost something along the way. I personally feel that modern trials riding is a mix of styles both stop and hop and no stop. both styles have their roots in control of the machine.

    So far I have seen 2 videos of supposed no stop riding Caby and Bou. Both riders stopped. difference for bou is the first time through he hopped on rear wheel and second time through he stopped with both tires on the rock.

    http://www.photobysergio.fr/cabestany-non-stop.html

    http://www.photobysergio.fr/non-stop.html

    running no stop now eliminates the use of tight 90 degree turns and immediate obstacle after that. In my opinion sections will now need to be "opened up" in order to allow a more fluid flow to the section making no - stop possible and basically turning it into an extreme enduro course.

    Personally I don't think either set of rules will bring in more spectators. Main reason I think we don't have spectators is because as a spectator you cannot just look and instantly see who is winning. Other forms of racing whoever ahead of the others is winning. With trials you have to wait until the scores are counted. (yes I know about golf - scores are constantly posted and most ppl watch on the telly, Freestyle MOTO-X is a big show anyways) Trials will always be a small niche sport populated with some of the nicest, most talented and wierdest riders out there.

    Just my opinions from a guy that rode TY's as a kid in the early 80's and now tries to stop and hop and other times ride a flowing line.

  3. I have heard rumors is this a no-stop event?

    Well the FIM has stated 2013 World rounds are no-stop.

    So this means you must continue moving the entire time you are spectating. Do NOT bring any folding chairs they will be of no use to you.

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  4. im parting a Sherco out right now, if you need anything, have a pretty much complete trans, minus the shifter shaft..{it broke}

    I have broken that shaft also on a Sherco I just sold......twice. apparently those shifter shafts don't like being used as a foot peg on a drop off. :P (Disclaimer: of course I fixed it each time and sold the bike in working condition)

    ivanski,

    This may help http://www.vmtc.at/Technik/Sherco/sparebook_07.pdf Pages 45 and 47 show exploded view of transmission gears, may help with locations of all the washers and such if it is something out of place.

  5. heres a link the group, friend me on FB...ill send you an invite...caution...we dont like rules lol..safety 3rd, and 4th gear pin it..youll make it right up that rock...ill watch.

    http://www.facebook....37430279661746/

    we do have some guidlines, members must help the squid riders {youth} and always ride over your head, crashing is always an option.

    after observing a fellow squirrel crashing, a round of aplause is always warrented, after said crasher is done rolling on the ground like a school girl. a hearty...are you ok..? walk it off, is the norm..

    Trial Up !

    WOW you guys have all the same beliefs as Team WGASA :thumbup::rotfl: Sure you can make it up that HUGE _________ . OH you didn't make it HAHAHA crash looks great on video, try again I am sure this time you can make it.

    http://www.motatrials.com/wgasa

    Safety???? I wear fashionable and protective shorts when I ride..................which incidently are neither fashionable nor protective....

  6. From what I have seen here in the States is that trials attracts 2 different sets of people. The older riders from Motocross and Enduro that are tired of crashing and getting hurt at high speed and the young kids that want to do the "trick riding" hopping and HUGE obstacles. (And then there is me...... grew up in the sport and love it. I try to do hoppy stuff and love the evolution of the sport to more balance and control, but still appreciate the choose a line and ride it, keep moving and adjust on the fly riding of yesteryear)

    I try to explain to as many people that will listen what the sport is all about and most average person just doesn't get it. We who ride the sport or grew up with it will see the minor nuances from rider to rider in something as simple as a turn before an obstacle and we will know which of the two riders will have made the obstacle harder by messing up in the first 1/4 of the turn. But like my wife says "they all look the same to me" MotoX, Enduro, road racing average person will understand these because it is he who goes fastest wins and they can always tell at any point in the race who is winning. With Trials nobody knows until the end who has won unless you go around to every section with your own score card and record everybodies score and keep track of what is happening. Personally I don't think demos do much to promote the sport of trials. Look at it this way. Watch a trials demo pretending you know nothing about the sport of trials. OK look at the cool "tricks" that can be done on a motorcycle, I have seen trick riding with BMX and Freestyle MotoX. Those competitions look like the demo and are scored on some arbritrary system of "style" and "difficulty". Then talk to somebody about trials and now they are telling you about dabs and points, sections, ribbons, markers and failures. There is a loop and number of section attempts....this sounds nothing like the demo I just witnessed, this sounds complicated and stupid. I will get on my MotoX bike and go fast in the trails or roost some guy on the track.

  7. Simple,keep trials as spectacular as possible,get more youth involved because they are the future of trials and because they are the ones that are going to be able to run at the front and forget no stop,mind you having said that i have just seen a clip of cabestany riding no stop and have to say its not as boring as i first thought but definately not as exciting as stop allowed and he fived the section every time.

    Is this the video you refer to? Unless the stop gate is just before the final big rock at the top of the hill, I too believe he 5's the section every time when he stops on the rear wheel. Or is he not stopping because he is hopping? or moving forward a mm everytime he hops?

    http://www.photobysergio.fr/cabestany-non-stop.html

  8. ahhh, nope, cant play video games anymore..i get sea sick. lol..we have a little group secret squirrels. kind of a lot of missfits that play on motorcycles, that rebel against authority. you know you have hit the bigtime when you get the FB invite lol

    :D

    Sounds like you got a fun group to ride with. I am a member of Team WGASA, we are a goofy lot, and are just in it for the fun! This is Myself and Biffsgasgas at an event earlier this year. Wheelchair - $5 (garage sale) Cooler full of "medicine" - $30 (I buy cheap :beer: ) Goofy looks and smiles from everybody that sees it - Priceless

    My winter time practice is usually spent in front of the TV with my kids' Xbox playing Trials HD and EVO. funny thing is there are squirrels hidden in the game to find. :)

  9. I suggest if you need to change 1 sprocket that you bite the bullet and change both sprockets and the chain, also look at the chain tensioner block and swing arm rubbing blocks. that way they all wear together.

  10. if it works as the normal kill switch does it may not work on full revs as there is too much power been generated to kill ,you may after tap into a different wire to break the circuit what could of saved it would of been a bar end bigger than the throttle grip which would create a larger hole in the mud hopefully allowing the throttle to return ,, iam also not sure here but i dont think been flat out on its side untill the fuel runs out the bowl is enough alone to cause a seize up but could be wrong on that one just ive seen plenty trials bikes rev flat out and be ok

    I watched a buddies 2006 Gas Gas 300 Sieze at full revs on it's side in about 20 seconds. Full revs and zero load is bad combination. Sad thing was it was a lay over type of crash. Not even a big nasty fall. We did try to come up with a good story though. :popcorn:

 
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