sherco70 Posted March 17, 2019 Report Share Posted March 17, 2019 Not a lot of organized trials riding close to home town here in the west coast of Washington state, USA. Nice area though for off road trail riding and a lot of it is fun and technical enough for a trials machine. Several years ago I tried to interest the local riding fellows I ride with into getting trials motorcycles but no one was interested and I got a Sherco X-ride. Later a member of our group got a beat up Yamaha TY250, which lead to a later year Montesa 4RT, and others have bought trials motorcycles and are really into how neat trials riding is. After going to a couple trials events I decided to move from the Sherco X-ride to a trials machine and knowing my skill level is low, I would have preferred a classic, but classic trials here is not very big, and the Gasgas Contact seemed right. In the past I have owned Sherpa T's, a 250 and a 350, and a Yamaha TY 350, air cooled mono-shock. With getting older I really like the light weight machine. I envy the European classic trials and love watching the YouTube classic events. It is good to be back on a trials machine. Art 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff B Posted March 18, 2019 Report Share Posted March 18, 2019 you should enjoy the Contact. I have a 2017 also. There was information all over the place, but that has kind of dried up a bit. I found that 102 octane runs the best with very minor jetting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sherco70 Posted March 18, 2019 Author Report Share Posted March 18, 2019 Once the weather warmed up, the stock jetting and 2% premium pre-mix seems to be good for me here at sea level. Same Delorto 26 as the Sherco X-ride but the bigger cc engine on the Sherco is smoother. Not sure why. Art Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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