Recent content by ferguscawley

Check or replace the rubber plug cap for the spark plug that screws onto the HT lead. That may be faulty.

Check that your head gasket is sealing properly. If the 'O' rings are pinched, they can let coolant into the cylinder and the bike will run like crap. All it takes is a few drops of coolant to have an effect. Is your powervalve moving when you rev the engine ?

I find that you need to increase your rebound damping a bit when you fit mousses. The fork compresses more as the tyre is still quite hard (compared to a tubed tyre) and so you need more rebund damping to stp the bike springing back up too fast. fergus

Re-check your timing. You are more than likely a tooth out on one of the cams.

Delighted to hear you are recovering well Jeff ! I'll drink a Guinness for ya. Fergus

Yup - CCK in clip 2 or 3 should sort it. Why 45 pilot ?Thats quite rich. Try a 40 or 42

What bike ? What year ? What elevation do you ride at ?

The metal spigot between this new carb and the reed block is different (ie longer) than the one used with the older carburettor. Of course, the GG manual does not reflect this so be careful if ordering one. My experience of these carbs is that they need to be jetted considerably leaner than the...

That is exactly what I meant. Sure, suspension needs to be revalved in a lot of cases, depending on rider's weight, ability, terrain etc. As someone said, anything can be fixed, but in my opinion it should be made easy to modify. (Try this - google sachs front fork spring or sachs rear shock...

Apart from you, I have heard nobody else ever say that. I used to sell GGs and was sick to death of people complaining to me about their suspension on the 09 bikes. I spent many many hours of my own time trying to rectify these problems (free of charge) for my customers and myself. The support...

Stay away from the 09 bikes. Has anyone tried getting a different spring for the sachs rear shock ? - I have - Impossible The sachs front forks on the 09s are crap also. Fork springs not easily obtained either. The 06 or 07 with the ohlins / marzocchis are the best GG enduro bikes available...

Water on the spark plug means : Damaged or warped cylinder head and/or head 'o' rings or Cracked cylinder or Damaged base gasket allowing coolant to seep into crankcase and end up in the cylinder Did you renew the base gasket(s) the last time you did a top end rebuild ?

It was much improved over stock. Forks were iniitially much plusher but I still felt that I couldn't trust the front end over roots etc - sometimes it would deflect without warning and other times it wouldn't. I think the forks are also over-sprung for enduro use which doesn't help much either...

You possibly have a warped cylinder head - are you losing coolant ? I have come across this on another EC300 where there was a tiny hole in the radiator which caused the bike to overheat sufficiently to warp the head. Remove the head and check it.

I use Rock Oil Syn 2 race and I sell it for €14.50 euros for a litre of it. Not sure if you can it in Australia.