Trials bike noob needs help

[F5 Dave]

wrt to oil my GG didn't smoke once warm at 50:1, but part of it is old bikes have a lot of residue in the muffler system & will smoke like a down town prozzie even without oil in the gas. The more you trail ride I'd tend to more oil. Trial competition has a while to build up reserves while idling. Either way if you get the jetting closer it will help a heap.

Repack the muffler & remove the primary muffler most trials bikes seem to have & give it a session with a gas torch to burn out old residue.

[Eddieb]

Eddie: Your bike is jetted too rich (it goes blah-bla-blah-blah) and you are using too much two-stroke oil (by the end of your video it was getting hazy from all the oil in the air! We love the smell of that stuff but do your neighbours?). If it's a good quality synthetic oil you can mix it 75:1 or even a bit leaner. That's 15 ml per litre of gas. Or less. Don't be tempted to add a bit more. Watch the world champs on youtube again. Do you see their bikes smoking? No. They do have brand new rings and pistons, mind you. Check your float level. Then move the needle at least one notch leaner (move the clip towards the blunt end of the needle). See if it's better. The smoother it is, the better. If it is, go one more. Repeat until it stops getting better, then go back to the previous setting. I don't care if you think that getting the carb out or turned to the side enough to get the needle out is too hard or not. I just don't care. Do what I say. You will thank me later.

Cheers Sidey, I found out just after this that I had forgotten to push the choke in after it had warmed up, it ran way better after that and pretty much stopped smoking, I probably contributed more oil in the pipe though. The Techno is still running on the tank of gas that was in it when I bought it so I have no idea what mixture is in it. I haven't had much opportunity to ride it much.

[Night Falcon]

New tank and seat arrived today. Will hopefully get a chance to try it out on the weekend

[Night Falcon]

more fun at the river

[DR Girl]

AWESUM !!! You go boys

[george formby]

Am is just lovin this thread.

Am is also jealosus. Gonna be a while yet before we get a trials bike.

[Eddieb]

New tank and seat arrived today. Will hopefully get a chance to try it out on the weekend

Nice! should I ask what that set you back? Wonder if there's one available for my bike. Got a link for yours?

[Night Falcon]

Nice! should I ask what that set you back? Wonder if there's one available for my bike. Got a link for yours?

Seat cost $564.00 incl GST and freight. Got it though NZ Trials who are the beta Agent. Took a couple of months to arrive from Italy. The quality aint that flash but easy enough to sort out the few minor hassle's. Works really well for me as it gives me a chance to rest my dodgy leg in between falling off Plus the extra fuel range will come in handy for adventure trials riding expeditions in the summer

http://www.nztrials.co.nz/?page_id=296

[Night Falcon]

Finally a dry weekend so out for some more practicing..

[Sidey]

[QUOTE=Night Falcon;1130602735]Finally a dry weekend so out for some more practicing..

Hi Falcon. I don't think I saw you at the Hawkes Bay North Island champs 27/28 July. The weather was nice, it was trials bike heaven!

[Night Falcon]

[QUOTE=Sidey;1130603315]

Finally a dry weekend so out for some more practicing..

Hi Falcon. I don't think I saw you at the Hawkes Bay North Island champs 27/28 July. The weather was nice, it was trials bike heaven!

Yeah I was really hacked off bout missing that but had other commitments.