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Here's something to think about........ I recently picked a new G.P. doctor. After two visits and exhaustive Lab tests, he said I was doing 'fairly well' for my age. (I've just reached 65). A little concerned about that comment, I couldn't resist asking him, 'Do you think I'll live to be 85?' He asked, 'Do you smoke tobacco, or drink beer, wine or hard liquor? 'Oh not much grog these days and don't smoke' I replied. 'I'm not doing drugs, either!' Then he asked, 'Do you eat rib-eye steaks, fatty roasts and barbecued Ribs? 'I said, 'Not much.... my former doctor said that all red meat is very unhealthy!' 'Do you spend a lot of time in the sun, like playing golf, boating, sailing, surfing, hiking, or Trials riding?' 'No, I don't,' I said. He asked, 'Do you gamble, drive fast cars, or have a lots of sex?' 'No,' I said... He looked at me and said,.. 'Then, why the F - - - do you want to live to 85?

Little Zachary, a Jewish kid, was doing very badly in maths. His parents had tried everything: tutors, mentors, flash cards, special learning centres. In short, everything they could think of to help his maths. Finally, in a last ditch effort, they took Zachary down and enrolled him in the local Catholic school. After the first day, little Zachary came home with a very serious look on his face. He didn't even kiss his mother hello. Instead, he went straight to his room and started studying. Books and papers were spread out all over the room and little Zachary was hard at work. His mother was amazed. She called him down to dinner. To her shock, the minute he was done, he marched back to his room without a word, and in no time, he was back hitting the books as hard as before. This went on for some time, day after day, while the mother tried to understand what made all the difference. Finally, little Zachary brought home his report card. He quietly laid it on the table, went up to his room and hit the books. With great trepidation, his Mum looked at it and to her great surprise, little Zachary got an "A" in maths. She could no longer hold her curiosity. She went to his room and said, "Son, what was it? Was it the nuns?" Little Zachary looked at her and shook his head, no. "Well, then," she replied, "was it the books, the discipline, the structure, the uniforms? WHAT WAS IT?" Little Zachary looked at her and said, "Well, on the first day of school when I saw that guy nailed to the plus sign, I knew they weren't fooling around!"

Just beautiful.

A small grandson got lost at the shopping centre. He approached a uniformed security guard and said, "I've lost my granddad!" The guard asked: "What's he like?" The little bloke hesitated for a moment and then replied, "Rum and Coke and Sheila's with big tits."

Sound to good, if anyone has one fitted let us know how successful they are. Have sent a request for one from the factory.

Hi OZ, what type problems have you heard of with people not using the ELF in the Montesa. The 75w Belray is what I have used in Scorpa, Gas Gas and now Ossa and have been very pleased with it, no problems. All these bikes have this as the clutch bath. I have only now been advised to try an ATF in my Ossa but with a little extra volume.

They are expensive.....In the range of $700 for the ECU and a couple of hundred for the normal head. Best to exchange with a more experienced rider on a 2012 model and do a swap of the 2013 head and ECU for his 2012 parts. I tried just removing the high comp head first, but still more aggression that I wanted off the bottom, so I needed to get the 2012 ECU fitted as well to accept the mapping I was comfortable with. Best of both worlds new bike familiar power I was very happy with.

The donkeys were available with the earlier model Ossa's that were hard to start.

It is a cow of a job. No need to touch radiator. Take off the radiator top cover to get a better view down from the top. Unstrap the rubber support that holds firm the ECU. Remove the plug in connection harness to the ECU and then wiggle and jiggle it out, it is a very very tight fit. I replaced the high compression head with an early head and also removed my 2013 ECU to replace it with a 2012 ECU so I could use the more gentle maps..

Have to disagree with you totty79, DIY work on an OSSA is looking for trouble. An experienced hand is needed to accurately set the TPS for trouble free performance

I had to replace the caliper when I had this problem.

Maybe he wanted a lighter bike.......

Have a look here jj65, Reconyx.com .au Infra Red IR Trail Cameras, camera traps, outdoor remote cameras

Sorry to hear of this happening to you. We have in a couple of locations at our farm and home area where motion activated cameras are in use and they are fantastic. They are small portable motion activated cameras that run on AA sized batteries (or solar panels) and can last for months at time running 24/7 using infra-red for night time images. They are weatherproof cameras and take photos and video. Well worth looking into, hope you bikes are found and returned safely.

why do you seem surprised

This season it has been introduced here in Australia for national events.

Is a Lanyard compulsory to ride events in Canada, UK, USA and Europe yet ?

Put poor ole Micheal Jackson on a new Trials bike probably would have saved him heaps on buying bleach....

You could send him a PM through this forum, peterb

Just so you remember how important it is, what picktas has so righty pointed out,, IF YOU DONT do step No 2 with software after any changing of the idle speed no matter how minute you think you have done, your ECU is now confused and problems will follow.....

I have found jumping bean oil is well worth the extra outlay.

quote name='nigel dabster' timestamp='1388831240' post='352657'] I just think that the FIM appear to be trying to find the quickest way to f up the sport/manufacturers/riders. Looking at many changes that have been implemented over the last 10 years or so by FIM, has been a major contributing factor why Trials has declined so dramatically in my opinion. Governing bodies of other countries throughout the world must also shoulder the blame as they immediately put in place these changes that have no benefit for the NORMAL riders who make up this sport. Regulatory bodies from all countries should always put the welfare of riders under their control first and foremost. Keeping on changing to be in line with WTC rulings is a farce, and the same old drivel of giving the top riders of each country the chance to ride under international rules is utter nonsence. If youngsters possess the talent to be on the world stage they should be in Europe competing.

Yes Mark, Bou will probably remove his sump to save a point here and there, give the others no chance at all.

Would be a good place to drop off a few politicians and multi national execs that are worthy of a lesson in the real world.

Lucky people that were there to witness that, , even I would climb that lamp post to see such talent. Thanks for posting that ND.