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My brother sometimes rides a Blooper special some of which we had as schoolboy competitors. The engine is the one he won the 1969 schoolboy scrambles championship at that time it was housed in a pressed steel K80 frame but soon after my dad bought a tubular frame which was made by a Mr Davis for his lad but he went on to make him a better one. It was using this that I won the YMSA trials championship. At the time it had a 17 inch rear and 19 front. It now has Fantic 125 wheels forks and swing arm. My dad had it bored to 128cc using a piston from the super six twin and now it is 132cc which is helpful on hills as it does lack omph. We have never had the high and low speed box as it's never been used on the road (did do a road trial once, but trailered it between sections). It's a fine little bike, bit wide and short and suits a learner rider and ours has seen many of these. The later Student is almost identical and often a good source of spares

allowing 4-speed Bantams into pre-65 trials

Our nearest course had a similar stipulation, it doesn't have to be another rider - just someone who could raise the 'alarm' if necessary

Something fishy here I think. I can't see it ever getting to that much clearence, it should be more like 0.10. If it has worn it's way through the very thin coating on the aluminium bore then yes, rapid wear will occur but normally they seize up. The pistons come in a range of sizes but only fractionally apart as manufacturers find it easier to match a piston to a bore already produced.

I think (90% sure) the RL250 flywheel will go straight on, but might be too heavy so try the TS250 which again has the same ignition system

That's a lot of work, but looking good. The 185 is a great engine, the crankcase reed valve works well. Junk the carb for an OKO or similar

The early Osets had a waring in the instruction manual not to get the bike wet!

make sure the gearbox works especially that it does not jump out of gear going uphill, lots seem to

The way I've done it is to up the tickover slightly then instruct them not to use the throttle, Spend some time just letting them feel the bite of the clutch without actually moving helps too

Think that is too early for the SY, most probably the Rotax engined easy

The short answer is yes. I was moving some books so had a look in my copy of Don Morley"s Classic British Trials bikes and obviously many pages are given over to the AMC machines, mostly concentrating on the works machines. In part three TODAY (which is now out of date) he describes the 1955 to 1958 springers with the roadster and scrambler derived long wheelbase, poor ground clearence frames, are to be avoided at all cost for although such items as the unduly heavy full width wheelhubs can easily be jettisoned, the machines overall dimensions are too great a handicap for today"s competition.

They indeed can make a nice trail bike. The frame is very similar to the Victor and takes modern components without too much hassle. The GB engine is a tough one but not exactly exciting. It comes with a wide rartio gearbox which is handy meaning you can have a lowish first gear but a reasonably high top for when on the tarmac

This trial is going ahead all being well, there seems to be some rumour circulating that it was cancelled but this is not so. There was a worry about the low number of entries but the minimum viable number was passed a while ago. See calendar on here for details and entry form

I thought this couldn't be done, the honda has 36 holes - the Beta 32 by memory

normal is to have the spring side facing inwards and the lubricated area

Use a strap to put the forks under tension and try again

I think they started out the same length and then the top bit was broken, probably when fitting ne seals. I've seen a couple of places repairing these. You might find it cheaper though to pick up a s/h assembly, these forks were fitted to many bikes including fantic SWM and Armstrong so they do turn up fairly regular

Have you checked that the timing marks are in the right place and that it srobes up correctly?

I fairly sure the SL125 had the same hubs

on facebook, go to the cost optimised fantic site and search there as someone has fitted that system to his trials fantic

Paulmac, it wasn't meant as a dig more an observation. I do add our local trials to the calendar and then post the results if I get them

I've noticed a few less postings, but more worryingly the news and results sections seem to be way out of date. Also I post our clubs newest results, but it seems to be ages before they appear yet the ones from our trial in November are in the latest results column

Nigel, has it worked? Is the arm reacting as it did before injury?

Cheers, will try to get in contact with him or his team