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Message: [QUOTE="wayneg, post: 223062, member: 24675"] I just got a new bike (for me anyway) on sunday, which is a 200cc Beta Rev3, and being a clubman rider, it sure is nice not to have too much power. I don't have wonderful throttle control either, and I am really enjoying have a nice easy bike to ride as my previous bike was a '94 Techno with very peaky and unpredictable power!:uh: The Montesa's have a lot of power, but I felt after testing one breifly that with the standard gearing they would be too much for me. I guess my old Beta pretty much hammered the 'too much power can be a bad thing' lesson into me! You may want to look at changing the timing slightly or lowering the compression with another base gasket under the cylinder on your monty to smooth the power out, and there is some very helpful information on the Trials Australia web site. These are very easy things to change back again when you feel that you are ready for more power.([url]http://www.trials.com.au/techtips/techtips.shtml[/url]) Another thing that we were taught at a training course, for improving throttle control is to practise by riding up a steep hill with lots of bumps using only first gear. In NZ we have a lot of small ridges and steps in most of the grassy hills (must be the sheep or something!), so these sort of hills are pretty easy to find over here. This is surprisingly hard to do, and sometimes hills that can very easily be climbed in third or second gear can be a real challenge in first. You either loop out or stall very easily in first, but it can be a useful thing to practise. Very slow first gear wheelies are also something that helps to teach throttle control. Remebering to try and keep a constant slow speed, and see how long you can keep the wheelie going for. [/QUOTE]

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