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Beta Rev 3 (2003)

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30 of 42 people found the following review helpful
Wed Oct 08 2003 Reviewed By: Matt Tupman (anon) Rider Level: Advanced
Used Product For 6 Months Strengths A very well built bike and great looks this is pure Italian style. Its realy easy to hop and bounce around and and you will find yourself doing biketrial moves on this bike. Weaknesses So could say its a little bulkey but this would only affect top riders. Similar Products Used Beta Techno, Scorpa SY 2001, Gas Gas 160 Review An amazing bike curently ridden by the world indoor champion. You have to ride one to see for yourself.
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11 of 15 people found the following review helpful
Thu Aug 19 2004 Reviewed By: 'Dan from Oz (anon) Rider Level: Advanced
Used Product For 3 Months Strengths Power band, Geometry, Aggressive posture Weaknesses Far too many out-sourced parts, fiddly for maintenance, cast frame Similar Products Used Shercos, Fantics & Montesas Review Mine was an '03 270. Having tested the bike prior to purchase, I felt that the frame was built around the engine. With its torquey pull in the low end, soft mid-range and powerful high end, the bike seemed much more agressive than my previous steed. It was only after buying it that I realised that there were many problems with it. There's a known problem with the German ignition systems (the Beta dealers were replacing these free of charge at the Scottish Six Days in 2003), which was only solved by replacing the entire electrical system with one out of an '02 Rev 3. Any big or top-end work that needs to be done to the engine (and it's needed every six months or so) requires the engine to be dropped. The final straw was when, on the third full mechanical rebuild in eight rides, I found a major fracture at the top shock mounting, which is integrated to their monocoque frame. Anyone fancy forking out $1000 for a new mainframe? To be fair, it was purchased off one of the best riders in the country, but to have it fall apart like it did after inspecting it as thoughourly as I did; well, I won't be going back to one. Anyone beginning out there, BUY A 200cc BIKE!!! Do not get anything bigger until you're very established, otherwise your scores will suffer and you'll tire faster. Sure, we like to roost, but you'll find EVERYTHING easier on a 200cc. During the six months I had the bike, it caused me nothing but problems. Sure, it looks the best, but from my experiences, it is nowhere near as well-designed as the Spanish brands. I'm now on a 2003 Sherco, and cannot say a bad word about it! P.S. I've not put my real name down, as it's a small sport, and you don't want to burn bridges. I'd suggest more people on this site do the same!
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5 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Fri Aug 27 2004 Reviewed By: stewart (anon) Rider Level: Intermediate
Used Product For 1 Year Strengths build quality,ease of riding Weaknesses Stator plate Similar Products Used Gas Gas 270 Review Thought i had to write in to defend the Beta after the slating from "Anon". I have a 250 03 rev 3 previous to this i had 250, 00 Rev 3 and prior to that a 270 Gas Gas. Yes there are electrical problems with the Beta, both models i had suffered from the same stator problems, however these where very quickly sorted by the local dealer free of charge. Stator problems apart the Rev 3 is probably one of the most reliable bikes around. You do not have to "drop" the enginge to do top end work and show me a bike that you dont need to "drop" the engine to do bottom end work. It looks like Anon has been unlucky in the bike he purchased. I would highly recommend any of the Rev3 range to anyone from the 200cc for the beginner to the 270cc for the expert.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Thu Mar 10 2005 Reviewed By: ben utter (anon) Rider Level: Intermediate
Used Product For 2 Years or more Strengths quality build, easy to maintain, easy to ride Weaknesses might be a little soft right off idle for big steps Similar Products Used 2004 gas gas 280 Review This is my third beta 2003 270, 2004 250, and now on a 2004 200. I've never had any electric problems or any problems except for some finicky jetting. The 200 is the most fun I've had on any trials bike ever because its just so easy to ride. It will go up, over and around anything I have the desire to try. If you're just starting or want to have more fun riding you need to try one of these bikes.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Fri Mar 18 2005 Reviewed By: Dave (anon) Rider Level: Advanced
Used Product For 1 Year Strengths Motor, Suspension Weaknesses Shifting Similar Products Used Scorpa SY Review I had the staotor go out in my '04 Rev 3. I contacted my dealer and they covered the new part under the warranty. I have had the bike for over a year. Beta really takes care of their customers.
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2 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Sun Jul 03 2005 Reviewed By: Annoyed (anon) Rider Level: Intermediate
Used Product For 2 Years or more Strengths grippy and nice to ride, one trial at a time! Weaknesses Utter rubbish Similar Products Used Scorpa Review Buy one of these if you enjoy spending hours in your garage bodging this machine back together after the most sedate of trials!! European rubbish!
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Tue Mar 08 2005 Reviewed By: Dave (anon) Rider Level: Advanced
Used Product For 1 Year Similar Products Used Scorpa SY250 Review I am in the process of replacing the stator on my '04 Rev 3. It's hard to pay a lot of money without having crashed the bike. I know two other guys that had stator problems on their '03 & '04 Rev 3's.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Thu May 26 2005 Reviewed By: josh (anon) Rider Level: Beginner
Used Product For 3 Months Strengths engine surspention Weaknesses heavy to move Similar Products Used sherco Review 10k heavier than the sherco, but a part from that overrall 9/10
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Mon Jun 13 2005 Reviewed By: george moore (anon) Rider Level: Intermediate
Used Product For 2 Years or more Review i have found on mine that the acce4leration is not what i would expect from that bike and also the choke has to be on when starting im sure3 its not supposed to be like this so does anyone have any sugestions as to what might be wrong apart from muck in the carburator and dirty air in take because they have been sorted
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1 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Mon Aug 22 2005 Reviewed By: thomas (anon) Rider Level: Advanced
Used Product For 1 Month Strengths everythin. Review this is the best bike in the world!!!
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1 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Sun Oct 09 2005 Reviewed By: Jim McLean (Australia) (anon) Rider Level: Intermediate
Used Product For 2 Years or more Strengths Easy to ride. Reliable. Smooth suspension. Not noisy. Plenty of power for any clubman rider. Weaknesses Some cheap aspects like silencer mounting, chain tensioner mounting, inconsistent array of bolts sizes and types. Review I bought my 2003 REV-3 secondhand. Pretty soon I started experiencing ignition breakdown about 2 hours into a trial. Sometimes I'd let it sit for 15 minutes or so and the bike would be fine for the rest of the day. Or sometimes I'd just keep riding and it would come good. When it was happening I tried replacing the spark plug, replacing the spark plug cap, screwing the plug cap on extra hard. I'd checked all the wires in the workshop...nothing seemed to make a difference. Nobody had told me about a stator problem. Anyway, one day at a trial I got the shits with it and cut 10mm off the end of the spark plug lead, screwed the original plug cap back on, and it has never ever misfired again. That was more than 12 months ago.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Sat Oct 29 2005 Reviewed By: david capovana (anon) Rider Level: Intermediate
Used Product For 1 Year Strengths plenty Weaknesses not many Similar Products Used none like this.beta are too good to beat. Review In the past few years i have had 2 betas now on my third, 1 montessa and 1 gas gas.The gas gas and the mont gave me nothing but trouble and pay.Last year i had the 04 beta and now im on the 06 and they go like a dream.i dont think i have or ever will go on a bike as good as this. Come on ladies and gents you know the BETAs are the best and always will be.the 06 beta is just a beast of a machine its great.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Thu Apr 20 2006 Reviewed By: fred elliot (anon) Rider Level: Intermediate
Used Product For 1 Year Strengths its just awesome Weaknesses none Similar Products Used 2000 125 gasgas Review its a mint bike so get lost
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Mon Nov 13 2006 Reviewed By: Louis (anon) Rider Level: Intermediate
Used Product For 2 Years or more Strengths Build Quality, smooth power Weaknesses Stickers on plastics Similar Products Used Gas Gas 200 Review You can't Beat the Beta
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Thu Mar 01 2007 Reviewed By: john (anon) Rider Level: Intermediate
Used Product For 1 Year Strengths v powerfull Weaknesses cheap fixings nuts bolts and STATOR Similar Products Used montessa Review bought bike was well impresed wi it now i have nothing but problems the stator has started to break up and v expensive part costing 177 quid also my cdi box has gone costing 97 quid and fan stoped working nice looking but you will have nothing but problems with them so mine is going ..going to get a sherco 290 .
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Sat Apr 07 2007 Reviewed By: kevin (anon) Rider Level: Intermediate
Used Product For 1 Year Strengths Smooth power delivery, just the best suspension, very easy to work on. Weaknesses carb has a few known issues, but very easy to sort. Similar Products Used gg jtx, ggtxt, gg pro, ty250,mont 4rt, sy175,sherco's Review Been riding a 270 03 for the past year without any major problems and have just got myself a 200 06. There are 6 beta riders in the group that i regularly ride with and none have a stator electrical problems with any of there bikes, but all have done the carb mod.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Thu Mar 06 2008 Reviewed By: Jakey Wakey (anon) Rider Level: Advanced
Used Product For 2 Years or more Strengths everything apart from the stator Weaknesses stator Similar Products Used Gas Gas contact jtr 125 Review If you are thinking of getting a trials bike then get a beta 2003 had no problems apart from the stator its a lovely smooth bike gets you up everthng and anything its a very light bike indeed compared with the gas gas. When i got the gasgas all i had was just problems but with the beta its been a dream to ride and it is a bike well worth getting.
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0 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Tue Oct 12 2004 Reviewed By: thomass latham (anon) Rider Level: Pro/Elite
Used Product For 2 Years or more Strengths build quallity, durabillity easy to ride Weaknesses none Similar Products Used 1998 250 gas gas Review the bike pictured at the top of this page is a 2004 beta rev 3 and in this model there are no such stator problems if u want a reliable bike buy a 2004 beta rev 3
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0 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Wed Nov 03 2004 Reviewed By: Ronalds (anon) Rider Level: Pro/Elite
Used Product For 2 Years or more Review I'm lovin it!
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0 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Mon Feb 28 2005 Reviewed By: sam (anon) Rider Level: Intermediate
Used Product For 3 Months Strengths brakes and wheels Weaknesses gear box Similar Products Used N/A Review all around good bike
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