Pro taper SELA hits the shelves next week

ridinbeast932 5/12/2020 8:46am
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$300 or learn to pull a start. If everyone is honest they do not put enough practice time into the start technique, if any. If everyone...
$300 or learn to pull a start. If everyone is honest they do not put enough practice time into the start technique, if any.

If everyone has a device like this it still comes down to a racer with developed starting technique.

I understand the idea behind the device and they do what they are supposed to do however IMO they are another bling item that advantage no one at our level of racing.
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You’re absolutely kidding yourself if you don’t think a start device helps at all levels of racing. It’s literally like cheating when you put one on...
You’re absolutely kidding yourself if you don’t think a start device helps at all levels of racing. It’s literally like cheating when you put one on, and I felt like the biggest idiot for waiting as long as I did to get one.
Yep. Honestly the biggest advantage for me is it allows me to touch both toes and not use starting blocks lol.
TriRacer27 5/12/2020 9:12am
5/12/2020 9:12am
Start Devices.....

Making fat old MFs shut off sooner before the first turn since 2001.
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kkawboy14 5/12/2020 9:16am
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Whatever happened to the rear shock holeshot device?
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kkawboy14 5/12/2020 9:17am
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Oops found one



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simpson335 5/12/2020 6:01pm
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Been waiting impatiently for a long time. Got mine yesterday, went to do the install today and.... Doesn’t fit cone valves... bummer. It looks as though a longer bolt will give it enough reach to make it around the fork tube, but with what’s in the packaging it’s a no go. The fit and finish seem to be great though!
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T-Fish 5/12/2020 9:05pm
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simpson335 wrote:
Been waiting impatiently for a long time. Got mine yesterday, went to do the install today and.... Doesn’t fit cone valves... bummer. It looks as though...
Been waiting impatiently for a long time. Got mine yesterday, went to do the install today and.... Doesn’t fit cone valves... bummer. It looks as though a longer bolt will give it enough reach to make it around the fork tube, but with what’s in the packaging it’s a no go. The fit and finish seem to be great though!
Weird. When it was first introduced it was on Wilson’s Cone Valves and I’ve been led to believe it’s supposed to work with all forks. I need two of these and I need them to work with Cone Valves.
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KirkChandler 5/12/2020 9:11pm
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I love pulling holeshots without using a start device, start map, or roasting a fresh rear tire on a concrete pad. Throttle control and technique is all you really need.
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Rickyisms 5/12/2020 11:11pm
5/12/2020 11:11pm Edited Date/Time 5/12/2020 11:12pm
If anyone is in need of one and can’t find one online let me know. Mines been at the shop for a while now and no ones batted an eye to it. Always down to help out a vital member with a little discount and I can ship to your door. If you’re interested my email is jesseheidenthal925@gmail.com
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Tonynz 5/13/2020 2:39am
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Rickyisms wrote:
If anyone is in need of one and can’t find one online let me know. Mines been at the shop for a while now and no...
If anyone is in need of one and can’t find one online let me know. Mines been at the shop for a while now and no ones batted an eye to it. Always down to help out a vital member with a little discount and I can ship to your door. If you’re interested my email is jesseheidenthal925@gmail.com
You keen to ship overseas, to New Zealand. Can pay via Pay Pal. Checked the ones on eBay and shipping is over the top.
Rickyisms 5/13/2020 8:38am
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If anyone is in need of one and can’t find one online let me know. Mines been at the shop for a while now and no...
If anyone is in need of one and can’t find one online let me know. Mines been at the shop for a while now and no ones batted an eye to it. Always down to help out a vital member with a little discount and I can ship to your door. If you’re interested my email is jesseheidenthal925@gmail.com
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You keen to ship overseas, to New Zealand. Can pay via Pay Pal. Checked the ones on eBay and shipping is over the top.
Let me check around and I’ll let you know.
Rickyisms 5/13/2020 10:51am
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If anyone is in need of one and can’t find one online let me know. Mines been at the shop for a while now and no...
If anyone is in need of one and can’t find one online let me know. Mines been at the shop for a while now and no ones batted an eye to it. Always down to help out a vital member with a little discount and I can ship to your door. If you’re interested my email is jesseheidenthal925@gmail.com
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You keen to ship overseas, to New Zealand. Can pay via Pay Pal. Checked the ones on eBay and shipping is over the top.
You’re better off going with eBay. Shipping would be cheaper through a big vendor with an account than a local shop like me.
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hubbardmx50 5/13/2020 4:38pm
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$143 on eBay with free shipping. Not bad.... definitely want one but no need for one right now since there’s no races! Blush
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T-Fish 5/13/2020 4:45pm
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I’ve tried calling PT (and of course, it says to email) and emailing them about Cone Valve compatibility and can’t get them to reply.
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hubbardmx50 5/13/2020 5:47pm
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I’ve tried calling PT (and of course, it says to email) and emailing them about Cone Valve compatibility and can’t get them to reply.
That sucks, Ive emailed them so many damn times about my ball bearing throttle tube and they are always very good about customer service. I would imagine they are still open right now but have a very limited staff.
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T-Fish 5/13/2020 6:46pm
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T-Fish wrote:
I’ve tried calling PT (and of course, it says to email) and emailing them about Cone Valve compatibility and can’t get them to reply.
hubbardmx50 wrote:
That sucks, Ive emailed them so many damn times about my ball bearing throttle tube and they are always very good about customer service. I would...
That sucks, Ive emailed them so many damn times about my ball bearing throttle tube and they are always very good about customer service. I would imagine they are still open right now but have a very limited staff.
I’m going to order a couple and hope for the best.

Edit: ordered two of them.
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CarlinoJoeVideo 5/13/2020 9:23pm
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Mine should be here by Friday and I’ll test on CVs. If not, I’ll look to source a longer bolt.
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racingfortheson 5/13/2020 10:05pm
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We just had the inventor of it in studio on the MotoXpod Show. He has been a life long friend of mine.

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CarlinoJoeVideo 5/14/2020 2:32pm
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So the device itself fits 48mm cone valve forks...


Just the bolt is too short:


If anyone has received contact back from Pro taper and can ask for the thread and diameter we can easy source a new bolt. Maybe we get some nice looking ti bolts for it.
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simpson335 5/15/2020 5:48am
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Still waiting on response after I emailed them on Weds.
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Spooner 5/15/2020 7:26am
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A lot of people are still furloughed so maybe that's why you aren't hearing back.
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simpson335 5/15/2020 10:54am
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M4x30 by my old eyes at the hardware store. I’m going to look for an M4x40, none to be had here
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Spudnut 5/15/2020 11:39am
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The best part us weekend warriors can get for better starts is a gate to practice on, launch devices and “launch mode” are for chicks and dudes with spoke skins
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T-Fish 5/15/2020 12:04pm
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Spooner wrote:
A lot of people are still furloughed so maybe that's why you aren't hearing back.
I suspect Joe will have an answer for us soon, as it looks like PT sent him a DM regarding this on IG.
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gearhead342 5/15/2020 12:21pm
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Hi,
The fork ring was designed with flex to mount on a variety of common fork diameters. However, your forks look nearly the size of the tree trunk forks that the factory team runs. LOL

The bolt size is an M4 x .7 x 30mm long. By looking at the pic, a 40mm long should make the reach.

With those massive forks, the fitment guide for receiver and screw combo for your bike would not apply.

I would start with "receiver A" and the shortest screws to assemble to the fork ring.

The end result is to have the receiver nearly touching the inside of the fork guard, regardless of what spacer, receiver, and screw combo is used.

Everything has to be precisely mounted and adjusted for smooth operation.

Hope this helps fellas
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FortyHat 5/15/2020 11:58pm
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Been waiting to try this thing out for over a year now. What online retailers are selling it so far? I saw that ktm-parts.com is selling...
Been waiting to try this thing out for over a year now. What online retailers are selling it so far? I saw that ktm-parts.com is selling it, but they aren't allowing any cancels during covid Blink and didn't give an estimated delivery during checkout.

I've had more than one moment on the start that one buddy or another was super late to show up and set my device, and I had to sheepishly ask some other dude to do it for me. Oh the shame Laughing
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Dennis Kirk has them on sale, but they're back-ordered. I suspect that's going to be the case pretty much everywhere for a while.

https://www.denniskirk.com/pro-taper/sela-device-20202.p587065.prd/5870…
I wound up ordering one off of ebay from H&R Powersports and it showed up in 4 days.

The bad news is, most of my riding friends are doing an unsanctioned outlaw race at one of the coolest tracks in the state, and I'll be installing this thing and a trellis for my wife instead.


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DB97 5/16/2020 2:55am
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FortyHat wrote:
I wound up ordering one off of ebay from H&R Powersports and it showed up in 4 days. The bad news is, most of my riding...
I wound up ordering one off of ebay from H&R Powersports and it showed up in 4 days.

The bad news is, most of my riding friends are doing an unsanctioned outlaw race at one of the coolest tracks in the state, and I'll be installing this thing and a trellis for my wife instead.


H&R is my buddies shop 👍
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CarlinoJoeVideo 5/16/2020 10:43pm
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gearhead342 wrote:
Hi, The fork ring was designed with flex to mount on a variety of common fork diameters. However, your forks look nearly the size of the...
Hi,
The fork ring was designed with flex to mount on a variety of common fork diameters. However, your forks look nearly the size of the tree trunk forks that the factory team runs. LOL

The bolt size is an M4 x .7 x 30mm long. By looking at the pic, a 40mm long should make the reach.

With those massive forks, the fitment guide for receiver and screw combo for your bike would not apply.

I would start with "receiver A" and the shortest screws to assemble to the fork ring.

The end result is to have the receiver nearly touching the inside of the fork guard, regardless of what spacer, receiver, and screw combo is used.

Everything has to be precisely mounted and adjusted for smooth operation.

Hope this helps fellas
Thanks for the info on the bolt. I ordered one and will see if it fits.

I read on Instagram a guy lost his device off the fork tube on the first day riding. He said it was for sure right, but gone in the dirt somewhere now... So sounds like loctite on the bolt is needed and/or some type of safety wire for insurance.
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RCMXracing 5/17/2020 8:43am
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“Start devices should be banned.” *shouting at sky*
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