Recent content by mtothef

praise i recently installed ttx cartridges and shock on my 2010 300, and all i can say is: this is the best suspension i have ever had the good fortune to ride, bar none. i've had a lot of bikes over the years, and have sent almost everything away at some point or another for revalving...

this guy... i hear this guy's pretty handy on a mountain bike, as well as no slouch on a moto. damn good taste in bikes too, both engine and pedal...

to be honest, mine were fine. they took a while to break in, but after about 20 hours were good enough stock that i could live with them - i weigh about 195 geared up, prefer woods to whoops, middlin' b rider. in terms of "must have" items, i'd say skidplate and handguards and jetting and call...

damper AND cartridges... damper came first, retail on them runs around $699. it's pretty darn nice. you can adjust deflection damping independently of return to center damping. i've used scotts and gpr in the past, and having the ability to run a lighter return than deflection feels (to me at...

okay, i am going to preface this by saying that a) i am at the best of times a middlin' B rider and there is no way i will ever outride my stock suspension, and b) i am totally happy with the way my '10 300 handles. it is far and away the best turning bike i have ever owned, and after the sachs...

same boat here. no cable, simple plunger. i have had an aversion to cable operated chokes since having one on a suzuki 50 when i was 11...

temps trump altitude took my 300 up to the eastern sierra to play in some sand and snow mix - temps were barely in the 40s, generally around 5000' asl. my sea level setup is: 40 pilot, 2 turns out on air screw, N3CH #3, 178 main. noticed as soon as i got the bike warmed up off the truck there...

N3ch!!! spent the day at hollister yesterday playing with jetting. between 500-1000 above sea level, about 65 degrees. i've got 178 main, and i think 38 pilot, stock N1EF needle on the #1 clip. really like the way it runs as is, although there's nowhere for me to move the needle if i go above...

bump onegreyghost, i've been digging around everywhere trying to get fit info on the ohlins damper for my 2010 300. ohlins don't list an application for gasgas, at least not so far as i found. what damper did you get, did you have to adapt it, and how much of a headache (if any) was it to get...

not much consolation, but... this happens to everyone, and it starts happening with clockwork regularity to people at around 40. our corneas begin to harden, or at least that's what the eye doc told me (46). as they get hard, they no longer have the elasticity to get shaped by our eye muscles...

decisions, decisions... lots of good info here - i hadn't seen the fastway or the ohlins 2.1 (sweet piece of kit, but damn they make you pay for it!) yet. i'm leaning away from the GPR since the bike is going to be spending a lot more time in the woods than the desert and the idea of separate...

i know, this should probably go in the suspension forum, but more of you lurk here than there, and i am curious to see what the general mood is - let's talk steering dampers: i have had both scotts (ktm 200, tons of woods) and GPR (xr650, lots of desert), and am pretty well versed in the...

5'10" on a real tall day probably more like 5'9" most of the time: stock bars in front hole, bar mounts rotated so the bars are as far forward as they can go. yes, it gets in the way of the fork caps. 105mm rear sag, stock springs, 185lb rider. fork caps level with top of triple clamp. bike...

looks like they do there's a link somewhere around here to the gasgas euro powerparts catalog, and there's a 12l tank in there. also saw something for sale on the gasserparts.com website: http://www.ktm-parts.com/BE250610124.html see? piece of cake. for a mere $817. ouch. is the clarke...

politics and religion... i try not to let them get in the way of my dirt biking. i'm a hippie. i recycle. i work on the bicycle industry. i vote democrat. i go barefoot a lot. i would love to enjoy socialized education and medicine in this country in some form that isn't totally laughable. i...