I've had the wee Beta trials bike for 3 years now. In that time, all I've done is: every 9 months fill her with premix and punish her for 2 days at a time in Scotland.
 |
| Time for some Beta Love! |
On the last Scotland trip she couldn't do the big climbs in 4th with the others. She was feeling soggy and tired compared to the others' bikes and was spinning up in 3rd everywhere. Kinda spoiled the quarry day a bit.
 |
| The worst part was draining the coolant... down my sleeve... on the bench... on the floor... |
 |
| Dinky carb |
I've never done a carb cleanout or two-smoke top-end rebuild before. Was pretty straight-forward. Badda-bing, badda-boom... all back together... two kicks and she started then ran sweet as a nut! Result!
 |
| Tired and dirty |
 |
| Shiny and new - these parts cost about 25% of the value of the bike - doh! |
Also gave the brakes a service, fixed the exhaust, put on some big-ass bars and a few other bits 'n pieces. She scrubbed up real good and is feeling better than ever. Now she'll be buried in the garage for another nine months till the next Scotland trip.
 |
| Note: this is a 'Racing' bike |
No comments:
Post a Comment