Got my Alpinestars Mid-season last year. Comfortable right out of the box. I wear ankle braces, more as a security blanket now than actual need, and they fit in the boot nicely. Light weight, grippy sole. My foot stays on the pegs nicely. The Alpinestars are slightly taller than the Gaerne's that I had and this changed the placement of my knee brace slightly but is still comfy. I do not feel any vibration, I also ride a sherco.
That is entirely possible. After the stupid bone heals it is possible for us to reinjure it, and them it will eventually heal again. And then we do something stupid again and again etc....
But a pinky with 2 shocks on would still have an unfair advantage over a Majesty or a Fantic etc whereas this would have a disadvantage over a pinky, Beta, Gas Gas etc etc etc. So to me anyway that would be ok. Same as it would also be ok to me if someone who had converted a pinky to a twinshock rode in the Air Cooled Mono class as they would most definately NOT have an unfair advantage. Just think how good they would feel however if they beat the other Air Cooled Monos? just like Martyn Stanistreet did when he entered the Expert twinshock class at our last event on his James and beat the Majestys, Fantics etc etc.
OH for Christ's Sake..........buy a damn bike you like and ride it, and people have said that U.S. trials is confusing.
All the above advise is good but the rear wheel is whizzing round right next to the exhaust.
I have seen a magnet activated kill button attached to Fabio lenzis Future team bike.
As soon as you let go of left handlebar the magnet was pulled off by the attachment to your glove.
Even works at high rpm so would be good for kids.
Possibly made by acerbis or domino
When I was a youngen my dad made a kill switch similar to that out of a set of points for when we did parades. The points were held apart by some non-conductive material and that was attached to our wrists by a string. All pretty low tech but very effective. Not sure how well it would work at high RPM's.
which was a bit older but the bike is mint (ish) how do people keep their bikes like that?
2 ways:
1 don't ride it.
2 spend much time and money to keep it all pretty.
Welcome to the wonderful weird world of trials. It is a bit of a mental adjustment when one realizes that this slow speed sport is more difficult than it seems. But it is OH SO MUCH FUN!!
We from this point on should vow to never dab again. We will keep our feet on the pegs no matter the situation. That way when we crash and collect our 5 we will be able to do so knowing full well that there will be no confusion as to the score. And then I can get the observer to sign my cast also.
Think I am getting about 14 to 15 with my 2002 GMC 2500HD Sierra, 2 wheel drive Extended cab with 6.0 Liter V-8.
But on a side note I generally do not drive it everyday, I have a small car that I run when I just need to get from point A to point B (30 miles/gallon) The truck is for truck stuff, hauling bikes, wood, moving logs etc......
Hmmmm, does seem a bit clunky! Probably at or near reasonable limits, mind the fact it is non Grinding or knocking means it does still run, so does not absolutly have to happen tomorrow.
Still in the winter, so not a bad time to do it. About three choices here:
Do it yourself and make a month long kitchen table project out of it, like Zippy, Ham, and others!
Pull the motor and take it to your reputable dealer for a quick turn and get it back in a day or three, depending.
Take the bike and let them fight with it, kick back and enjoy life!
Advantage to doing it yourself is a month of evenings away from the wife.........
Yep probably time to replace the Crank Bearings, When I finally did mine the crank moved up and down about as much as yours, but it also moved in and out quite a bit. With the engine off if I tapped on the clutch side of the handlebars I could hear the bearings clunking.
How often are you meant to change the oil in a gearbox on a trials bike?
I do it once a year whether it needs it or not.
Depends on what you use. ATF is usually changed more often than Gear lube. (This is a whole different discussion about which is better.)
Actually I think I do it twice a season. More if I break something and need to drain gearbox to fix it, which I usually do at least once a season. Kickstart shafts/springs and shift shafts don't exactly agree with me.
This carb has been cleaned very often due to thinking that is why it ran improperly, but it was actually the crank seals had failed. So carb will get cleaned yet again. I also have a plan for blocking off the oil inlet hole in the intake.
the turd stays in.
And then I can get the observer to sign my cast also.
Did a slight mod to my trailer today.
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