Today I rode the BSA at the BMCA summer trial at Tardebigge near Bromsgrove. The terrain was all in the woodland and consisted of a bit of mud (even thought the weather was fantastic) and climbs and turns amongst the trees and roots.
All didn't start too well to be honest with a rather inconsistent throttle response on section one causing a loss of a couple of steadying dabs and then on section 3 as I entered the section and climbed a gentle bank the bike died as though I had left the petrol turned off. I am not sure what happened though as it fired up again 1st kick and ran OK for the rest of the section??
I lost another 2 on a cambered turn over roots on section 7 and a loose dab on section 9 when I lost the rear end just as I got to the ends markers.
At the end of the first lap I decided to ditch the approach that I had tried and instead turned up the tickover and adjusted the clutch up to ride the bike a little more like a modern bike on the revs and slipping the clutch out of corners to ensure that the engine was running clean when I needed the power rathyer than feeling for the power on the throttle alone.
This worked wonders as I did the second lap for 1 mark and cleaned laps 3 and 4 for a total of 11 for the trial. I felt that the result was very encouraging thought probably will not scare the head of the field as the 1st lap was a few marks too many.
Overall the bike handled really well, it turned and stopped exactly as I had hoped and the suspension worked well. I made a few mods to the chain tensioner yesterday and that worked fine.
Just got the results through - it seems that I lost 12 marks as the observer had me for a dab on section 10 on the first lap too.
Results
2 Stroke Class
1. Mick Parkes 7
2. Ray Collins 17
3. Graham Roberts 23
4. Steve Neale 25
Unit 4 Stroke Class
1. Steve Hay 5
2. Nathan Jones 8
3. Dave Dawson 12
4. Nick Wooley 16
Pre Unit Class
1. Andy Richardson 1
2. Pete Reed 27
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