On 18 Apr 2006 11:00:43 -0700, "Yosef - '02 200exc & '04 MTD 38 (my
>'02 KTM 200e
>The rear (trials) tire keeps slipping on the rim.
The valve stem is tilted, but are you sure the tire is moving on the
rim? Someone over on KTM Talk suggested it may be the tube squirming
around in there, especially at low pressures in a radial tire. (?)
As well seated as my tire bead is to the rim, it's hard to imagine it
slipping, especially slipping a little bit then stabilizing.
When I first noticed it slipping, I'd break the beads every once in a
while and straighten it back up. Most times, as soon as I'd break the
beads, the stem straightened up on it's own. After a while, I got
lazy and just let it find it's own place, which it did and didn't
progress any further.
Mark the tire and rim, ride it and determine what's moving.
>The direction indicates it's moving under braking.
The trials tires are directional, I wonder if flipping the tire around
would make the slip appear to be from acceleration? If it did, it
might lend some credibility to the squirming theory.
>I loosen the rim lock, let most of the air out of the tube, spin the
>rim & jam on the brake to get it back in place.
>On another topic - I'm starting to climb (really pretty small) rocks
>and so far the Rekluse hasn't let the engine stall. Not once. I keep
>finding myself torquing around in 4th gear. I'm wondering if I ought
>to throw a spare set of clutch plates in the RV for when I burn the
>stock set up...
Ya gotta pay attention Joe, if 'yer gonna ride it like that, some
spare parts are probably in order, maybe in the backpack, along with
the necessary tool selection. At the very least carry a good tow strap
and ride with a good buddy...
>Maybe 7 miles and I can't hardly lift my arms...
Are you seeing any improvement? How long to recover once you get like
that
>-Joe
DJ
>> So far, the only issue I can see is in "bull-dogging" situations where
>> it's so darn steep I get off & bull-dog the bike down. Now I can't
>> just stick it in gear & drag the rear.
>I've often thought that auto clutch bikes need a good DEPENDABLE rear
>parking brake. I'd think that pretty easy to do if you have the left
>hand brake system. Not sure how you would do it otherwise?
How about a plastic sheer pin thru the holes in the disk?
Mike
Mike Baxter --------------- "All GasGas, All The Time"
2005 GasGas EC300, 2000 GasGas EC300, 1997 GasGas JXT270
On 3 May 2006 08:30:27 -0700, "Yosef - '02 200exc & '04 MTD 38 (my
>> >> So far, the only issue I can see is in "bull-dogging" situations where
>> >> it's so darn steep I get off & bull-dog the bike down. Now I can't
>> >> just stick it in gear & drag the rear.
>> >
>> >I've often thought that auto clutch bikes need a good DEPENDABLE rear
>> >parking brake. I'd think that pretty easy to do if you have the left
>> >hand brake system. Not sure how you would do it otherwise?
>>
>> How about a plastic sheer pin thru the holes in the disk?
>That's a thought. Might work as the normal bulldogging scenarios seems
>to be one where I end up standing next to the bike laying on its left
>side so I could just reach over/back to the rear rotor and push in a
>pin. Where might I go looking for such a thing?
I was thinking you would need to make one out of some sturdy plastic
rod. I'll bet you have something laying around that will do a fine
job.
>Another thought - auto clutch bikes should be awesome for arrowing
>event routes. I remember Tom M rigging a "hook" to hold in the clutch
>on his XR the first time we (BEMC) marked a course - didn't work out as
>I recall.
>-Wellen
I wanted one really bad on Sunday. I must have started my bike at
least 600 times. I sure am glad the '05 GasGas is super easy to
start.
Mike Baxter --------------- "All GasGas, All The Time"
2005 GasGas EC300, 2000 GasGas EC300, 1997 GasGas JXT270
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>The rear (trials) tire keeps slipping on the rim.