Recent content by Rien Deau

I have for sale a 2005 Gas Gas EC200 two stroke enduro bike. I seized the engine last fall and spent the winter completely re-building the top and bottom end. The whole engine has only seen a few tanks of gas just to get the rings seated. I had the jug nicasil plated (look it up if you don?t...

How much for the crankshaft assembly? OR the whole bottom end?

So after successfully re-plating the top end of my EC200, installing a new Vertex piston and rings, filling the fluids back up and kicking it over I heard the sound that we all fear. Silence. The bottom end was stuck and wouldn't turn over, let alone start. I took the whole bike back apart...

Thanks for all the help guys. The link that Moto7man put up is way more helpful than the user manual. I shopped around a bit for re-plate options and I think I'm gonna go with Powerseal. It seems like they do a pretty high quality job for the price. I'll be sure to give them a call and get...

Here are some shots of the problem. I tried to get a good shot of the gouge in the cylinder, its about 1 mm x 4mm and deep enough to catch a fingernail in. I would like to re-plate as I've heard that sleeving is a bit on the sketchier side and I'd like to do this right. The other two pictures...

So I recently seized my '05 EC200 and am in the process of rebuilding the top end. I ordered a new top end kit from Bob Piper at North Tahoe Motorsports (I would recommend anyone rebuilding a Gasgas to use him) and was going to send out the cylinder for re-plating when I ran into a few problems...