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[QUOTE="wayneg, post: 656486, member: 24675"] MCMAN56 - You may be able to calm things down a little bit on your 270 by retarding the timing a few degrees. This will make the bike easier to start with less kickstart effort, and tone down the bottom end power and make it less snappy. Go to the Gas Gas USA web site and look through the techincal Guru columns or post this question yourself asking how to do it. I have a 200cc Beta Rev3 which I really like, the main reason being that it has very soft bottom end power. Because Trials is all about control, having a more controllable bike definitely helps, especially if you aren't too good at throttle control. Most of the trials in my area are usually wet and slippery, which probably makes throttle control a more important issue than the sort of dry and rocky terrain that you guys would normally get to ride. I did briefly ride a 2000 GasGas 160cc bike which belongs to Dave Trustrum, and found that it had even less and softer power than my Beta, and was quite a nice bike to ride. The amount of power on offer was perfectly useable for a clubman or sportsman class rider, without being boring. I've also had a few 'tests' on a 2003 Beta 250cc Rev3, and think that the power on these bikes is very soft and smooth at the bottom end (I don't use the top end very much at all!!). This will be my next bike because the whole package seems to fit in nicely with my poor skills, and the yellow colour fits in nicely with my nature, because of the HUGE yellow streak which seems to appear whenever theres a really steep downhill in a section. (Colour co-ordinated - now thats a first!). [/QUOTE]
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