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WEST NORRITON The original one-sheet sketch plan for an intensely designed multi-sports complex at the 95-acre Westover Country Club was roundly criticized by the Montgomery County Planning Commission (MCPC) in a five-page, April 5 review letter.
The 18-hole golf course with restaurant and banquet facility would be converted into five soccer fields, 12 tennis courts, five baseball fields, five basketball courts, two swimming pools, a football field/eight-lane track, three tot lots, two picnic pavilions, six golf-course holes and a skate park by developer VRJ Associates.
A new, one-story, 50,000 clubhouse and parking for 1,806 cars would be added to the parcel, which is bounded by residential homes and condominiums on South Schuylkill Avenue, Yorktown Drive, Port Indian Road, the Montgomery County Youth Center and Brandon Road.
A multi-sports complex does not appear compatible with the surrounding residential uses. The location of the uses, especially the active recreation fields, courts, skate park, bleachers and batting cage are all proposed adjacent to existing residential uses, the report, written by MCPC Design Planner Kevin Chavous, said. Though this site is zoned for recreation use this proposal with the number and intensity of uses will generate considerable traffic, noise, lighting and parking needs, which appear more consistent with commercial or industrial zoned properties than recreation zoned properties.
This is the wrong use and wrong location. This is a major sports complex, said Michael Stokes, the assistant director of Montgomery County Planning Commission. They have a golf course and a banquet facility right now. That is very pastoral and it fits in with the residential surroundings.
VRJ Associates, the developer for Westover County Club owner Piazza Management Co., delivered a 45-sheet set of detailed site plans to West Norriton officials on Thursday afternoon, a West Norriton official said. An MCPC review of these plans over the next 30 days would push any formal consideration of the detailed plans by the West Norriton Planning Commission or West Norriton Board of Commissioners into May or June. An MCPC official will write another review letter for the new plans.
An official of Piazza Management Co. did not return telephone calls seeking comment.
Stokes reviewed the sketch plan with The Times Herald on Thursday. There is only a 25-foot buffer between the fields and the (residential) neighbors, Stokes said. The back of the bleachers for one soccer field is 35 feet from a (Brandon Road) residents property line. Two tennis courts are within 30 feet of the setback.
Stokes said the intense use of the site by outside sports teams in spring, summer and fall would create traffic volume equal to a major shopping center. The proposal does not have outdoor sports lighting for evening use but the size of the sports facility would lend itself to dawn-to-dusk use on weekends.
The sketch plan was not accompanied by a traffic study that would predict hourly traffic counts for the adjacent streets and the three proposed driveway entrances off South Schuylkill Avenue, Port Indian Road and Brandon Road.
There is a rumor out there that they are proposing this intense use to get to an approval for another type of development, Stokes said. That would be a residential development of townhouses.
The MCPC letter said the proposed plan was not consistent with the Montgomery County Comprehensive Plan and the West Norriton open space objectives for preserving open space.
Westover Country Club received an (Act 515) open space covenant agreement from Montgomery County in 1993 that was intended to preserve and stabilize open areas in the state through the use of special real estate tax assessment, the letter said. In exchange for developing 39 acres on the west side of South Schuylkill Avenue into housing, the property owner agreed to maintain 96 acres as a golf course, according to the covenant.
If the golf course should cease to operate, the open space . . . shall be maintained as such by the Owner of the Retirement Community Parcel, according to the restrictions in the covenant agreement. Nothing herein shall be deemed to prohibit the erection of a clubhouse nor the use of banquet facilities independent from the golf course or other recreational use on the main parcel. Other than a clubhouse, no other building may be erected on the main parcel.
The Act 515 open space agreement and a Montgomery County preferential property tax assessment pegged the 95.3-acre tax assessment at $1,495,640 with total annual taxes at $55,229.
By comparison, a smaller, adjacent 7.75-acre Westover Country Club parcel, was assessed at $1.5 million and generated $55,391 in annual taxes.
One ironic twist is this property is subject to preferential tax treatment. They can break out of it and pay penalties, Stokes said. For the past years they have been paying less than the full tax share because of the Act 515 covenant.
Stokes said it was hard for Montgomery County officials to understand the developers business plan.
How can they make money? Do they allow teams to use these facilities as practice fields or for weekend tournaments?, he said. They may also use this for summer camps for a particular sport. United Sports in West Chester is a successful example. They have both indoor and outdoor components.
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Seventeen-year-old local David Sheaffer, who will play at North Surry in the spring, recently returned from Australia after competing with the International Astros baseball team in the International Baseball Goodwill Series and called it an unforgettable experience.
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He called the competition tough but said the experience was exceptional because of the level of baseball played.
Sheaffer said some that he played against in the Australian tour already had signed with professional teams. In Australia, one can play professional baseball at age 16, he said.
Sheaffer left from Mount Airy on Dec. 21, and played his first baseball game in Adelaide, Australia, on Dec. 22. He said he and teammates spent one week there and played against the South Australian Bites.
Sheaffer said the host family in Adelaide was the Snellgrove family, Mark and Glenyf. He said he also stayed with their son James in his room, who is the Bites' pitcher. Sheaffer called the Goodwill Series a relationship building event as much as a competitive one. He said his competitor, James, quickly became his friend.
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Sheaffer called the one week in Adelaide a really friendly competition and said their team was really good.
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Triams approach to knowledge gaming
Much has been written about the theories behind knowledge management but the real challenge lies in realising these in an operational capacity. Steven de Groot and Wilma Pongers discuss the function of educational games as a means of developing and transferring knowledge together with the process of game design.
We would like to start by unravelling the term knowledge management in order to put educational games into context. In our view knowledge management is concerned with facilitating the relationship with knowledge information and resources on individual process and organisational levels. We would like to explore these two concepts facilitating and knowledge in more detail.
Paying attention to knowledge means constantly being alert to the necessary and available knowledge on the various levels mentioned above. This implies that the individual employee and entire organisation are aware not only of the knowledge (and information) that is necessary every day but also of tomorrows knowledge that will be introduced or developed in the foreseeable future.
This continuous process needs to be facilitated or managed. You should look upon this as the creation of conditions for using developing disseminating activating and anchoring knowledge. Processes and products/services are becoming more knowledge-intensive whereas the half-life of knowledge is becoming ever shorter. A continuous structural and intelligent relationship with knowledge is also becoming more important for organisations in which KM is not so much a matter of doing something else but rather a way of looking at work and processes.
Many organisations request our assistance in providing substance to the concept of knowledge management the formulation of a philosophy and in making it truly visible throughout the organisation through a number of instruments and interventions. In doing so many organisations make the assumption that they are doing KM for the first time. Of course this is not the case. Organisations already possess knowledge and have been able to justify their existence for some time by translating knowledge into services or production. Organisations have always made choices of what knowledge to acquire to record in manuals and systems and to have staff acquire through training courses. The question that remains is: how conscious are they of their relationship with knowledge and its value to the organisation?
Triam makes use of a KM growth plan that starts with an acquaintance with KM (step one importance and position of KM) and moves through mapping out the current and desired situation (step two) and implementation of KM (step three) and completes the cycle by monitoring KM (step four).
This article focuses on step three the implementation of knowledge management in this case by means of games for sharing knowledge. Each step is illustrated with a case study based on an imaginary bank and insurance company Holland Insurance in the italicised text below.
Step one getting to know knowledge management: grasping the knowledge problem
We always start by asking every organisation wanting to do KM the question: what is your knowledge problem on the various organisational levels and what makes you think that you have this problem? A non-problem never results in a solution!
Holland Insurance expressed its knowledge problem as follows: the board suspects a loss of income as a result of a deficit of knowledge among loss adjusters and quasi-loss adjusters claims assessors and car/transport acceptors.
Both the output (policies and claims payments) and the path leading to the output (the acceptance and claims handling process) appear to be person-dependent and vary according to the employee concerned.
Make certain that you are dealing with a genuine problem related to knowledge (competencies) information or resources (knowledge carriers). Be aware of the other factors that affect the performance of people and organisations such as tools motivation and stimuli. Only if there is a true knowledge problem is it useful to continue with step two mapping out the current and desired situation for KM.
Step two mapping out the current and desired situation for KM
Before arriving at a game or any other KM intervention or tool it is necessary to examine the following two matters:
- Vital knowledge (necessary and available);
- Your relationship with knowledge (current and desired).
Vital knowledge: types of knowledge
KM assumes that we wish to manage knowledge. What kind of knowledge are we talking about exactly? What knowledge is vital today and the day after for your organisation?
Many people appear unable to answer the following question: what knowledge do you and your organisation possess? The concept of knowledge is often not sufficiently concrete to be divided into smaller manageable chunks.
We recognize four types of knowledge (professional knowledge organisational knowledge environmental knowledge and supporting knowledge) a variety of knowledge levels and knowledge aspects.
Vital knowledge is mapped out in working sessions with loss adjusters by discussing the process of acceptance and claim processing. But this produces a rather general picture of the necessary vital knowledge and still says too little about the level and category of the knowledge.
The development of knowledge takes place both consciously and unconsciously and both formally and informally. Knowledge develops according to a certain system; we refer to this as knowledge taxonomy. We use the knowledge taxonomy based on a model by Romiszowski [1].
Experts are in good position to identify within this matrix knowledge that is most essential for the job and that can be made more explicit in the form of information. Learning takes place along a path that runs from the top left of the matrix to the bottom right. The loss adjusters' knowledge appears to reside mostly at the bottom right of the taxonomy. Holland Insurance also indicated that this was where the most vital knowledge of the acceptance and claims handling process could be found. Experience has shown that knowledge in the first two columns in particular can be made explicit (structural capital [2]) and can be recorded on non-human information carriers.
The knowledge residing at the bottom right of the taxonomy is much more difficult to extract and is probably best left within employees (human capital) provided this knowledge is disseminated sufficiently.
Your relationship with knowledge
You now know what knowledge is vital for your organisation and for your staff. A view of the gap between necessary knowledge and available knowledge can be gained using the instruments described above. The questions that now arise are:
- How can we bridge this knowledge gap?
- How does this knowledge flow through the organisation?
This brings us to the choices the organisation can make in the relationship with knowledge. We refer to these as the knowledge competencies.
The working session with the Holland Insurance loss adjusters revealed that the knowledge competencies of disseminating and anchoring demanded the most attention and that Holland Insurance had a need for a means of intervention or tool to enable each employee to develop the vital knowledge concerned.
The desired situation at Holland Insurance: the dissemination and anchoring of process knowledge of the acceptance and claims handling so that each loss adjuster and quasi-loss adjuster possesses the same level of knowledge. This must give rise to a uniform execution of the acceptance and claims handling processes and a consistent output.
Step three implementation of knowledge management
In this phase we design and implement tools and interventions to remove the obstacles identified in step one. For example interventions such as instructions job rotation the introduction of knowledge pairs and so on. This article discusses the educational game as a means of developing and disseminating knowledge in this case the implicit knowledge of the loss adjusters.
The structural attention to learning in organisations is leading to the phenomenon of training fatigue which in many cases is the consequence of incorrect training or inappropriate learning objectives: too small a distinction between need to learn and nice to learn. But the discussion is not only about the variety of forms of work but also fortunately the effectiveness of training.
Organisations often still embrace traditional forms of training for instance by putting a trainer in a room and drumming knowledge into the participants with a pile of presentation slides. But learning should be fun; its effectiveness will then automatically increase. We have developed and implemented educational games with great success for a variety of clients in various knowledge management projects.
We are all familiar with games from our childhood. The power of these games lies in the cooperation the transfer of knowledge and the elements of competency and chance. These are powerful aspects that are also extremely useful in a learning environment in business. When we forge a more direct link with learning and in so doing opt for a game as a means of learning we observe that the relationship with learning objectives including the sharing of knowledge and experience is a prerequisite.
Educational games can be used as a means of achieving cognitive learning objectives if an emphasis is placed on facts and the improvement of understanding and relationships if the objectives are interpreting explaining and solving problems. But beyond that a game also makes a demand on behavioural factors such as learning to cooperate and improving awareness and motivation.
Another condition for an educational game is the inclusion of feedback opportunities. In the course of the game the reasons why a participant scores well or not so well and how they can influence the score must be fed back to them.
And just like games that are played for fun educational games often have an element of chance an element of competition and are fun. Participants experience learning through playing on an individual level and in the interaction with other participants. Educational games frequently offer a way of learning through discovery which is useful in the orientation phase and processing phase of learning. Another strength of educational games is the safe environment in which it is permissible to make mistakes. Roles and rules are broken. Equally anyone can play; people of any age culture or experience. Games are often extremely expressive particularly when they exhibit a direct relationship with work situations.
The characteristics of an educational game are as follows:
- Varied and enjoyable form of work;
- Visual;
- Away from the place of work;
- Interactive: learning from each other;
- Breaking through roles and rules;
- Individual experience;
- Less resistance less threatening.
Types of games
In a study into the possibilities of the effective use of games as a means of learning carried out by Triam we encountered the following types of educational game: Happy Families Snakes and Ladders-type games the quiz the puzzle memory tests and the simulation. We make grateful use of the investigation carried out by L. Bijkerk [3].
Of these games snakes and ladders the quiz the puzzle and the simulation are suitable for disseminating and developing the implicit knowledge of loss adjusters.
Snakes and ladders-type games are characterised by a path that the participants have to move along with questions to be answered and assignments to be carried out at the various stops. Asking questions related to knowledge of the daily work process or on the workplace is a frequently encountered form of this type of game. Through the exchange of information among the participants the transfer takes place of facts structures concepts and relationships.
The quiz is oriented mainly to the participants ready factual knowledge and can be used as an alternative or in addition to testing. Here too the exchange of information regarding facts takes place among the participants.
The puzzle provides the opportunity for the participant to design a game board or a structure often an abstract representation of a complex situation. This kind of game is mainly suited to providing the participant with an understanding of relationships and structures of situations such as communication structures organisation structures the sequence of steps within processes and work instructions.
Finally the simulation. This type of game is characterised by a high degree of realism which makes it familiar. A common theme is the simulation of a process in the daily work situation. The great advantage of simulation is the total view of the process or situation where errors can be made without disastrous consequences. The participant can comprehend the consequences and can undo decisions. Participants can perform the simulation in groups and subsequently discuss the results of a number of groups. Making errors is permitted learning is compulsory is the pervading theme of simulations.
In practice you also encounter combinations of the above-mentioned types of game. Combining types of games allows a variety of learning objectives to be united within one form of work. The game supervisor is an important factor in each type of game.
In addition to the above forms of educational game Triam makes two further distinctions:
- A game in which knowledge resides in the game materials. In situations in which implicit knowledge is difficult to record the game can be used to disseminate the knowledge. The knowledge then resides in (some of) the participants. The participants transfer the knowledge by playing the game.
- A game in which the knowledge resides in the participants. In other cases it is possible to record the implicit knowledge at the time of developing the game (for example in the form of a score matrix). The game can then be played by participants who do not have the knowledge concerned which is then developed by the participants.
The game developed for Holland Insurance is a clear example of a simulation game in which the knowledge resides in the participants. Holland Insurance desires in the framework of its knowledge management to disseminate the (implicit) experience-based knowledge of senior staff in the area of insurance among themselves and to staff moving on to senior positions.
Not just a game
In spite of the fact that a game can be a very effective learning tool the effectiveness of games is often at its best in combination with other forms of work. The educational games developed by Triam all have a place within a course of learning alongside training courses and the use of assignments and self-study material. In addition in many cases Triam develops instruments to increase the transfer of what has been learned in practice. In the design phase the learning objectives serve as a starting point to achieving the best possible mix of forms of work.
Game development
Game development consists of the following steps which are discussed below:
1. Formulation of learning objectives and selection of form of work;
2. Drawing up requirement specification;
3. Devising and selecting game idea/design;
4. Development of game (prototype);
5. Executing pilot;
6. Production of game materials;
7. Playing.
It is no simple matter to develop an educational game. Thinking about a game as intervention for the dissemination or development of implicit knowledge follows on from the formulation of learning objectives and making a selection of forms of work. In practice we sometimes see the game being used as a starting point and the learning objectives modified to justify choosing the game. Bear in mind that a learning activity is an intervention a means for achieving an objective. Therefore ask whether using a game is the right choice for the learning objectives you have identified.
Once the educational game as intervention for the dissemination or development of implicit knowledge has been chosen draw up the requirements specification. The specification comprises the following:
- The investigation into and the formulation of the form of game;
- Duration of game;
- Number of participants;
- Number of times to be played (durability);
- Practicality;
- Sensitivity to maintenance of information and reproduction;
- The characteristics of the target group (necessary prior knowledge composition familiarity with and consequences of the game as a form of work).
When agreement has been reached on the requirements specification one or more designs of the game are produced. During the design of the game the design team devises the game structure the number of rounds the choice of materials (for example game board method of scoring question and answer cards user manual game box) and the relationship with other forms of work.
The role of the client in this phase is extremely important because they are required to provide a great deal of input in order to arrive at the correct implementation of the game design.
Experience has shown that as is also the case in the development of other learning resources clients often take the contracting out of training development too literally. The effectiveness of training increases if the learning resource is custom-built for the participant. Demands are made on the client's time just as they are in the case of a tailor taking a clients measurements.
After that the game materials are developed into a prototype.
The Holland Insurance game is a simulation of the process of acceptance and claims processing. The thought processes and the knowledge information and resources (both electronic and human) for each process step are made explicit by means of 'knowledge cards' and 'result cards' on a game board. By means of the cards in the knowledge circle the player learns for each process step what knowledge information and resources to use. By means of the cards in the results circle the player learns what results might be produced.
Three groups play the game at the same time in the same room. In the course of a number of rounds the steps of the acceptance process are simulated with information being gathered and assessed in each round ultimately arriving at a policy.
After each round the results of the three groups are compared with each other and discussed.
The claims handling process is then simulated in a similar way with information and knowledge being gathered and assessed in each round ultimately arriving at the decision on a claims payment and the possible amount.
It is important to have one or more pilots in the process of game development. Play the game as it will later be played in practice. The objective of the pilots is to test the game materials the correctness of information (authenticity and level of detail) and the achievement of the learning objectives.
It was shown in the Holland Insurance pilots that the game is an excellent means of making vital knowledge explicit and of disseminating it.
Following the pilot the game materials are modified to a final version. Before the game sessions take place the organisation has to be made ready for the start. The game supervisor must have or be given sufficient skills in supervising the game. Knowledge of the subject matter alone is not enough. Skill in directing the group process preserving the learning atmosphere and giving feedback is also necessary.
Finally the participants will start to play the game and above all learn. Improvements could be incorporated at some future time in consultation with the client if necessary.
Holland Insurance also wishes to develop the game for other departments.
Step four monitoring knowledge management
The circle is almost complete. Now is the time to investigate whether the knowledge problem (step one) will be solved whether the gap between the current and desired situations (step two) will be reduced and whether the chosen tools and interventions will make a contribution. This could be referred to as a knowledge audit. The execution of the above steps should be performed cyclically and continuously. Your organisation must pay constant attention to its knowledge problem its vital knowledge the design of the knowledge infrastructure and the strategy to be employed. Quality thinking (plan-do-check-act/adapt) can be of assistance in this.
And above all be pragmatic. Make use of current projects in the organisation. There is a large probability that half of these projects have something to say about dealing more intelligently with knowledge. Try to embed KM in everyone's daily actions. Not doing something new but doing something old in a different way. Good luck!
1. Romisowski A.J. Producing Instructional Systems: Lesson Planning for Individualized and Group Learning Activities (New York 1984)
2. Stewart T. Intellectual Capital (Brealey 1997)
3. Bijkerk L. Spel als leermiddel voor volwassenen (1995)
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I just want to know if there is any Texas football teams that are still looking for games. and if so, what dates??
Any Teams With Open Dates?
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Posted 15 July 2012 - 02:19 PM
Posted 15 July 2012 - 07:00 PM
there's a few....Plano East, Prime Prep, Stephenville...all in the Dallas/Fort Worth area
Posted 19 July 2012 - 07:22 PM
Texas High has 2 spots. 9/14 and 10/5
Posted 20 July 2012 - 12:03 PM
hey THS fan, would they be willing to travel?? and arent they playing Evangel? what date is that?
Posted 20 July 2012 - 06:32 PM
No clue about traveling, although they have NEVER been shy about it. Playing Evangel Sept 7th.
Here's our schedule
Here's our schedule
Posted 10 August 2012 - 04:41 PM
It's too bad the Football Lords didn't have the foresight to line up Southlake Carroll,Tx. vs. River Ridge John Curtis,La; who always seems to have a difficult time filling their schedule;No clue about traveling, although they have NEVER been shy about it. Playing Evangel Sept 7th.
Here's our schedule
Would have been a great one. The best from 2 states.
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I race the bike in Harescrambles,so I had to get it more enduro.HA setup to my personal liking.
First-I modified the tank to 3 gallons. Stock was 2.5 gallons or abit over,but I needed more fuel for 2-3 hour events.I cn now make quicker and less pit stops.
The bike fits me great.I am 6 ft tall and 200lbs. The stock springs wer good in front,but I ended up going to a 5.4 for the rear.I think the stock was 5.0 or 5.2
I had shaved the seat and contoured it to my liking and added an N-style gripper cover.
I found 225cc in the outer chamber and properly bleeding the inner cartridge critical for a good ride. The forks are really great-you can adjust sag/preload via a circlip on the inner cartridge. I am in the 4th clip position
I run 120mm of sag.I also made a small linkage modification. It didn't make a huge difference,but complimented my suspension setup and way I ride.
I run air chambers on the front forks.It is an easy way to adjust the fork oil/air volume in the outer chamber and gives more plush in initial stroke.
I run a 2 ring piston and a boyesen Rad Valve. I also changed the port timing,ignition timing and the powervalve opening setting to my liking via the PV mechanism internally.I made some crude modifications to experiment in opening the PV at different RPM.Stock opens at 6200-6400 RPM. My mod made the PV open at 5700-5800 RPM. I finished by making a bunch of different pipes and tried to have a mid-top oriented pipe and a bottomm/torque pipe. Lastly-jetting..I started out rich. THe stock needle works very well,but with my mods,everything was way too rich. I am currently at the 2nd clip from top NOZE needle,45 pilot and 176 main.
The bike was great stock,but I love to customize and tune. These mods made the bike work perfect for me. Just wanted to share my setup and options that are out there. Oh-I also went to 13-48 gearing. The changes I made,I am able to pull taller gearing which is great for the fast sections
Posted 28 April 2011 - 04:56 PM
linkage mod
tank mod and sub tanks for forks
This bike revs to 9,543 RPM stock in map 1 igniton setting. HP stock was 49.7 peak.IN stock form it is a rocket,but I wanted a bit more snap and bring the "snap" on sooner. The HP peak is less ( 47.2) with my mods,but I broadened and shifted the powerband more towards the bottom and added more torque. The mods gave a stonger bottom-mid hit..I love this bike
Its a great jumper and turns excellent
low rider haha
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Posted 28 April 2011 - 05:05 PM
Posted 28 April 2011 - 11:04 PM
It was developed in Oz by the TM importer & getting rave reviews.
Posted 29 April 2011 - 03:15 AM
TM530 said:
It was developed in Oz by the TM importer & getting rave reviews.
Because that governs how hard it engages/slows it down. I wanted it to do the exact opposite-open faster/sooner/harder!
I do think the JRF Torque Control is a brilliant idea,but what I really want to make,other than having to take the side case off...Is to be able to adjust the PV to open from say 5,000 and adjust up to 7,000 Combined with the jrf-it would be a nice,adjustable powerband. Provini also makes them. Provini has torque controls for just about every 2 stroke out there
Posted 29 April 2011 - 04:37 AM
Posted 29 April 2011 - 09:12 AM
john01 said:
The TM motors are actually very easy to tune/change the feel of the powerband. In past,they had a very strong hit.. The motors now, have a very friendly powerband-they can be ridden below the PV opening point with very little punch or revved above 6200 RPM,where they pull and rev like crazy. The 144 can be made to be very bottom end oriented,just like my mods to the 250..kinda like you did to the husky Cr. The thing about any bike is-you gotta find what fits you,then alter and fine tune from there. I am a 2 stroke guy. Everyone except for yami and the "exotics" have given up on 2 strokes. The advancements TM,KTM,husky and GG are making on these bikes-makes them all very versatile.With simple mods you can have a top-end screamer or a torque monster that will chug along all day. All the changes I made to the bike are able to be changed. The only permanent thing I did was minor porting...which was just cleaning up the exhaust casting and I polish the powervalve. The intake is already polished from the factory. Polishing any moving flowing component "typically" adds in a performance gain and better life of components. I polish anything in the motor and suspension that is a friction point. A smooth even surface lubricates and function better IMO. I has a 200xc and recently rode a tm144 and the ktm 150xc. I owned a ktm 200xc and I know the potential of both bikes. Honestly,I feel the 144 displacement has better power characteristics than a 200. 144 is more responsive and you can use the rev ceiling better to its potential. To me a small bore is all about response and revability,yet able to pull out of a lug. In stock form TM has more of an uper revving motor,but the terrain most ride-this is suitable. For us on the east coast or tight woods-we will have to make mods to most any bike to get the power we like. I haven't ever owned or ridden a bike that I felt was "perfect" stock. Each motor/suspension and geometry needs to be tuned to the pilot. Only bike I have never gotten along with is four strokes...not sure why-but I cannot ride them:banghead: Glad I can still ride/get a 2 stroke:thumbsup:
Posted 29 April 2011 - 11:48 AM
Posted 29 April 2011 - 01:20 PM
doctorchopper said:
Nice work!I have talked alot with some of the electraction team-alot of smart guys that love TM's and know them well.I have shared some of my setup and they have shared theres with me. Drilling out the oil holes on the piston a little bigger is a good idea-especially on the 300. The 250 seems to be easier on pistons than the 300. My pipe I make myself. I saw guys use pipes from other bikes like the YZ and the CR pipe,but it gives up too much in one spot or another-probably because they are tuned more towards whatever bike's engine design is. The first pipes I built-I used sections of different pipes and the stocker to get the design I wanted and to test ride them and run on the dyno. The pipe that I have on my bike is a cone-pipe.It is similar to the build that dyno port uses on building pipes. Every small section isn't exactly coned-I form a section and bend it out on an english wheel,hammer and a mandrel to spread-then tig weld everything.Took me 6 hours to make a pipe. I made 2 of the cone pipes and have smashed all the other pipes I made while riding:smirk:.The pipe in the pics is one of the first ones I made out of other pipes,when I was testing. The stocker is pretty darn good all around,but dents easily.It sounds pretty cool though,with the thin wall. Some say the thinner wall makes better power too,but for offroad-we all know a thin pipe doesn't last long.I did hear HGS will be makng a heavier walled pipe available. I have no plans to get into the "pipe business".It's just another thing I like to tinker with. Sometimes I make things that work better than stock..other times stock is best. In all honesty though-I really wouldn't have had to do any mods-the bike is damn good stock. I was turning 4-5 second faster lap times on my track compared to my old race bike.That says alot,since my old bike I knew and the TM I had just got.I cannot resist though...If I had a Ferrari-I'd have to modify it:lol:
Posted 04 May 2011 - 08:32 PM
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Posted 10 May 2011 - 12:00 PM
OK..been doing some more testing. my latest setup is pretty damn good.I got the flu and didn't race this past weekend. I could barely breathe and coughing so 3 hour race was not doable. So-here is what I came up with..
CDI- swapped stock CDI for a KTM 250sx..BINGO! Great bottom with huge midrange.
Pipe and silencer-fixed up a cr250 style pipe I had made and bolted on the pro circuit TM spark arrestor-this smoothed out the mid-top and shifted everything down a little.
36mm carb-this is my favorite. For woods the 36mm is just more responsive in the tight. I am going to machine the carb for an insert and install a divider on the 38mm and try the 38 again. The 38 should give what I am looking for,but for some reason-it isn't at the moment.
Gearing 13/48
2 ring piston
Powervalve mod to open at 6200 RPM
Boyesen Rad Valve
1 degree advanced timing from stock setting.
.2mm base gasket
I may reshape the head a little. At sea level my compression is really high- 228psi. The comp ratio is very high stock on the TM and the twin ring piston may be attributing to a higher CR from stock.also,the thinner base gasket. So I may reshape the bowl to get the CR lower.I feel this will give better bottom and attribute to the powerband I am after. As it is right now-it feels alot like a KTM 300xc. I love the KTM motors and alot of my mods were to get the power I was more familiar with from my old ktm. I would still be on a KTM for the engine-but the TM chassis and suspension are that much better than the KTM. Motors are easy to change,but a chassis issue always seems to be a larger hurdle.The TM also feels much lighter. I like perimeter frames and Tm has the gas hung low in the frame.It is a very responsive and agile chassis compared to other bikes I have raced.
Posted 17 October 2011 - 07:29 PM
I just bought a 2010 EN144. The first thing I did was to rebuild the fork by the Marzocchi manual. It said that you should use 7.5W oil in both the inner- and outer-chamber, the amount of oil in the outer legs should be 320 ml. The bike was unridable with this setting. I got the tip to use 5W oil for the inner-chamber insted and go down to 220 ml in the outer legs. It made a huge differense, for the better.
I also added a little more preload (one grove), because the original setting had no preload.
The Sachs shock beats me up, I´m only about 65 kg so mabye a softer spring is the way to go. Do you have Sachs shock, if so, have you done anything to the valveing?
I saw you had changed the ignition timing, how did you check it?
I feel my bike runs harder at MAP2 then MAP1, what I have heard it should be the oposit.
The pilot jet is changed from #42 to #40.
The Needle is the stock NJWE in the third grove.
Mainjet is changed from #180 to #188
I would like a needle that is a little richer from 1/2 to 2/3 throttle, can anyone recommend one?
Posted 18 October 2011 - 09:49 AM
I really like the thinking on power delivery AC717, sounds like a pretty awesome setup. I race GNCC on a modded out 508 bb/stroker Yamaha WR450f four stroke, and since acquiring a few TM's I have been converted to the realm of no valves! I have seen the light [blue].
Depending on how sponsor deals go for next season, I am seriously considering racing my (dinosaur) 2001 TM 300en, as initial rides have proven it much less tiring to ride than my chunky dark blue bike. When I first got it as someone's parts bike, it was a complete basket case and required 2 years of crazy research and investigations to finish what someone else had started. Turns out I have a +8mm long rod and a cylinder spacer installed under a 73mm big bored cylinder and custom piston.
In my haste to assemble and ride this contraption, I miscalculated the squish measurement, leaving bad port timing and overly high compression. I knew the squish was too tight and the ports were too low, as it was kind of gutless and detonated when lugged. "Aaaahhh, I'll just run 110 octane in it until I get around to looking at it". After a few 8-hour trail trash sessions, it was far too late for my detonation scorched piston and cylinder.
Now I am left with the choice of buying one of 7 remaining custom pistons in the world and replating the cylinder......or finding some stock stuff for cheap that will fit. Anyone have any top ends? I was in contact with a really cool guy from Canada, but I may have waited too long and dropped the ball on that one.
As my riding skill has improved vastly, I don't really care about power delivery, but I enjoy the precision in turning and the stopping power of the TM chassis. I am ready to sacrifice a few drag races in exchange for something that's 45 pounds lighter than my WR508F. So I guess in a game of opinions, what do you guys think I should do?
I'm down with a 250 top end mated to my long rod setup, which will have an electric smooth power delivery with no discernible "hit", or with a 300 top end which I'm sure will have more "meat" in the middle of the power. I just want this bike to move again!
Posted 01 March 2012 - 12:53 AM
I emailed Boysen about a rad valve to suit TM 250 and the reply I got was they had heard a 86-98 Honda Rad valve P/N RAD02B might fit, so it seems they don't make one specifically for the TM.
Also what year model KTM250SX cdi do you use for the improved bottom end??
Do you think the EXC one would be even better for bottom end at the expense of top end.
Any help appreciated.
Posted 05 March 2012 - 07:02 AM
jaffazoom, on 01 March 2012 - 12:53 AM, said:
I emailed Boysen about a rad valve to suit TM 250 and the reply I got was they had heard a 86-98 Honda Rad valve P/N RAD02B might fit, so it seems they don't make one specifically for the TM.
Also what year model KTM250SX cdi do you use for the improved bottom end??
Do you think the EXC one would be even better for bottom end at the expense of top end.
Any help appreciated.
Call Boyesen and ask for Chris. He knows which Rad Valve fits. Any 07-12 KTM CDI will fit. Sorry to say,but I don't have TM's anymore. I hope some of my testing will help others. I am back on KTM's and messing around with a 2011 RMZ450. Never thought I would be on a 4 stroke again LOL. My wish list for TM's would be: different gear ratios,easier PV adjustment,pipe selection and build some flex into the chassis.


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Kockott a match-winner for Castres
8 Oct 2012
GARETH DUNCAN looks at the Saffas who impressed in the leagues around the world over the weekend.
While former Sharks and Lions scrumhalf Rory Kockott made a quiet exit from South African rugby after the 2011 Super Rugby campaign, the 26-year-old is headlining in France because of his impressive form for Castres this season.
A fortnight ago, he scored a try and kicked 14 points (a conversion and four penalties) in the club's 28-13 win over Biarritz.
Last Friday, Kockott played his second match-winning role in Castres' 16-13 edging of Clermont. The No 9 kicked two penalties and crossed the chalk for a telling try in the second half.
The result ended Castres' two-match losing streak, which sees them jump up to sixth place on the log.
In other French Top 14 results, lock Bakkies Botha and flank Joe van Niekerk returned to Toulon's starting line-up and the team resumed their impressive campaign with a 36-9 thumping of reserve prop Wikus Blaauw's Biarritz. Toulon lost their first match of the season against Toulouse last weekend without the duo in their run-on XV.
Agen struggled without flyhalf Conrad Barnard as they fell to a 37-16 loss to fullback Scott Spedding, outside centre Sam Gerber and lock Dewald Senekal's Bayonne. Lock Ross Skeate and fullback Greg Goosen started for the losers, with the latter adding 11 points (a conversion and three penalties) with the boot.
Hooker Gary Botha and loosehead prop Gurthro Steenkamp's Toulouse grabbed three tries in the final quarter to steal a 34-32 away victory over scrumhalf Heini Adams' Bordeaux.
In the Japanese Top League, scrumhalf Fourie du Preez and reserve flank Danie Rossouw helped defending champions Suntory Sungoliath to an easy 49-24 win over Kintetsu Rainazu. It was the club's fifth consecutive victory, which sees them top the log.
Outside centre Jaque Fourie continued his fine form for the Kobe Steelers as he crossed the chalk in their 33-13 triumph over Yamaha Jubilo. It was the Springbok midfielder's fourth try of the season. The Steelers are second in the standings.
Former Springbok lock Albert van den Berg scored a try in Canon Eagles' 34-5 win over Kyushu. The veteran second-rower is still playing regularly at the age of 38.
Inside centre Wynand Olivier's Ricoh Black Rams enjoyed their first victory of the campaign as they thrashed Sanix Fukuoka 50-17.
In the Pro12, lock Johann Muller captained Ulster to their fifth consecutive league win as they thumped Connacht 25-0 at Ravenhill. Hooker Rob Herring also ran on for the victors off the bench.
Hooker Richardt Strauss and looshead prop Heinke van der Merwe fronted Leinster's 30-21 Irish derby win over front-rowers BJ Botha and Wian du Preez's Munster. Strauss, who qualifies for Ireland this year, scored an early try in his first match since returning from injury.
Flank Josh Strauss helped Glasgow to an 18-3 victory over No 8 Andries Pretorius' Cardiff Blues. It was the Scottish club's third consecutive win.
Wing Tobie Botes' Treviso shocked tighthead prop WP Nel's Edinburgh with a 27-22 win at Murrayfield. Nel received a yellow card in the first half after Edinburgh were penalised seven times in the opening eight scrums.
In the English Premiership, Saffa-laden Saracens continued their chase in the top four of the table with a 28-23 win over London Welsh in Oxford. Hooker John Smit and tighthead prop Matt Stevens started for the victors, while prop Petrus du Plessis, lock Mouritz Botha, flank Nick Fenton-Wells and scrumhalf Neil de Kock featured off the wood.
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8 Oct 2012, 05:35 amHeinke van der Merwe – Most destructive loosehead prop SA have produced in recent years. Wasted talent should sbe playing test rugby.
BJ and Wian still powerful scrummahers.
8 Oct 2012, 08:45 amIts a shame too, an experienced vet like BJ would only bode well for galvanising a young squad in high pressure test games. Must be long now since he left our shores.. Keen to see van der Merwe & Kockott in action always enjoyed his Tempo.
8 Oct 2012, 17:36 pmRory is a good player but he isn't good enough to play for SA as Ruan Pienaar and the beast of a scrumhalf Francois Hougaard who play such a high standard of rugby, although he is a very good scrumhalf I think he lacks the passion and loyalty to get as far as the boks, as he wouldn't have left the sharks for France even if the pay was better.Although is a good player and I commend him for his form and proud that the other countries can see that South Africas rugby players have talent and are the best in the worl even if that's not what the rankings say, it is true to all passionate rugby supporters of SA!I hope that Rory returns to South Africa soon with a new found passion and loyalty to South African rugby and joins the sharks once again and maybe just maybe becomes a Bok!
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Aloha everyone, and how is your day going thus far? Well, I have some pretty neat lessons that will be coming your way and are Halloween related. But first let me upload this lesson that people have been waiting for since I uploaded the finished drawing yesterday on my Facebook page. I received a request from someone that wanted me to make a wolf shaped like a heart so they could draw it for a friend. Before reading the request, I actually attempted this task before on my own. I could never come up with a good way to draw a wolf shaped as a heart, but then I figured it out. I made angel wings that touch and form a heart shape. I was so excited to have come up with a design for a heart shaped wolf. The wolf is actually a wolf pup, and he/she is sleeping. The way that the wolf looks so peaceful makes looking at the drawing so delightful. I hope you enjoy drawing a heart shaped wolf. For me, I have to get out of here to get those Halloween lessons uploaded. Have fun folks and enjoy!


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By Kelly Eve
A BUS load of elderly Workington women took part in their first-ever carnival and went home with a top honour.
The 10 Age Concern members – all in their eighties and nineties – from Laybourne House in Moorclose won the open class for their Footballers' Wives of 1966 entry in Saturday's parade.
They were among the 270-plus that entered the parade around the sunny streets of Workington, the highest total ever recorded by the current carnival organiser Tracey Sharp.
Thousands of spectators also lined the town centre streets and enjoyed an array of activities laid on at the Mill Field, in the shadow of Curwen Hall, on Saturday and Sunday.
Only 12 weeks ago, the town faced losing its carnival due to a lack of support.
Tracey said: "The weather brought everyone out. We've never had to give out so many medals to those who took part in the parade.
"It was surprising how many adults came dressed up with their children ready to take part and entered the carnival. I was at the back of the parade and at one point my sister called me to say that it was just entering Murray Road, I was way back still on Oxford Street outside Lennon's garage."
She added: "The ladies who were the Footballers Wives were on a specially decorated bus with their carers. They were all in their eighties and nineties and had never been in a carnival in their lives. They won the open class, they were brilliant. I heard they were almost fighting over the trophy on the way back because one was holding longer than the other."
A last-minute hitch almost spoiled plans for carnival queen Lesley-Ann Barry, 11, of South William Street, to go round on a horse-drawn carriage. But local car dealership Dobies Vauxhall came to the rescue.
Mrs Sharp said: "I got a call at Friday tea-time to say that the horse had taken a kick and was being rested but there was a real possibility that it may not be fit for the parade.
"We had to ring round everywhere trying to come up with a suitable alternative just in case. Eventually, Dobies Vauxhall called to say they'd managed to sort out a brand new car that had only just come in that day. It didn't even have its trims on or anything.
"They spent three hours that night fixing it up for us. In the end our retiring queen, Hayley Sharp, went round in it."
The carnival committee was pleased to see that the Vine Bar pub entered a float, complete with a bucking bronco and cowgirls. It is now hoped other pubs will follow suit next year.
Others taking part on Saturday included drag queens from the Steam Packet pub, former Allerdale leader Mark Fryer disguised as a giant clown, more than 50 children and 30 parents from St Michael's Church and the Workington and District civic trust, members of which travelled in a vintage bus.
On Sunday there was a duck race, CFM roadshow, funfair, a tug-o-war with eight pub teams entered and a junior football competition with 160 youngsters taking part.
The weekend's success appears to have inspired people to put down their names to get involved in organising next year's event.
Sponsors included Thomas Armstrong, Salterbeck Residents Association, Modern Homes, Dobies, Voridian, Lola Homes and Millican Waters.
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revgen wrote:thisbjgz wrote:Kobe is the only one who can facilitate this team right now, he has to know that and try to get others involved, EVERYONE, even if they aren't hitting shots.
So Kobe is supposed to pass the ball to guys who aren't making shots, even if he's making his shots?
Lol, ok..so we got sarcasm. Let's have Kobe take all the shots then? Like I'm starting to think you're serious content with Kobe taking every shot. Do you play basketball? Do you want to play with a guy who doesn't pass you the ball or do you like the fact when you're out there playing..you don't even get to touch the ball? Why would I wanna protect the rim with a guy who doesn't even think I exist out there?
Btw..I'd also bet every single game that Kobe decides to go Kobe ball...that he would NOT make 16 out of 28 shots every game. This easily could've been a 15+ loss.