Recent content by WoodsRider

My '98 EC250 came stock with a Messico pipe and it had a pretty smooth transition from off-idle to WOT. An FMF pipe on the same bike had a lot more mid-range hit. Only problem with the Messico was the thin walls which, even with a CF guard, got pretty hammered in the rocks. I'd like to try a...

Corner of Telephone Rd. and Wayside Dr., but it's going to take a lot of tinfoil to wrap them up...

Didn't those silencers have a spooge drain on the bottom?

Pre-'98 2-stroke KTM's with the factory "hockey-stick" S/A silencers always tested in the mid to upper 80's. My '98 EC250 Gasser with the stock Messico silencer never tested above 88 dbA until I hacked off 6-inches to install an Answer S/A. It never tested below 92dbA after that.

I had a dbSnorkel on my '01 XC300 and consistenly blew 88 - 90 dbA during sound testing. Without the dbSnorkel, the stock FMF TC2 blew 93 - 95 dbA with fresh packing. I didn't have any problems keeping the dbSnorkel on my bike as the attachment was quite sturdy and well engineered. However the...

I'm certain if you google "jetting temperature chart" you'll find several links to conversion charts. Keep in mind that baseline jetting is usually for 70 degrees F at sea level. From experience when the outside temp drops below 50F I go up one size on the main from baseline. Below 30F I go up...

I've used butter-flavored cooking spray and the fumes coming off the pipe always made me hungry.

I'm going to assume it was running before you rebuilt the top-end. 1) Did you install a new piston? 2) Did you orient the piston correctly (arrow pointing forward to the exhaust port)? A piston installed backwards, on a 2-stroke, won't properly scavenge.

I put a Motowest pipe on my '98 EC250 and it did hit quite a bit harder than the stock Messico. After waffling the stock FMF pipe on my '01 XC300 I put the Motowest pipe on that bike and could never really tell the difference between the two. What I really liked about the Motowest pipe was...

Over the years I've known quite a few really fast guys in their 20s who've left the sport. Off-road racing is physically, mentally, mechanically and financially challenging. Some leave to persue other interests and never ride again. Others just enjoy trail riding without the pressure of racing...

I live about 30-minutes south of you in Niskayuna. Been riding GasGas enduro bikes since before I moved here in 2001. Never had a problem getting parts except from that one dealer you mentioned that's near you. Although, to be fair, when I needed a new piston for my '03 300, they had one on the...

For the past couple years I've put together a very informal GasGas ride in November after all the racing is done. Last year it was held at a friends house (site of the NE Husky Gathering last month) near Duanesburg, NY. It's a good mix of tight woods and fast, open stuff. No big hills, a few...

Back in the old Smackover forum days Jim Cook used to preach that running a 40:1 ratio reduced piston ring wear. At the time I was using Mobil MX2T @ 50:1 and after a full season my piston rings were beyond the factory wear limits. After rebuilding the top end I switched to a 40:1 ratio. After a...

The stock Euro (Messico, non-S/A) silencer, that came on my '98 EC250, was by far the quietest, non-modified silencer I've ever had on a GG. It killed me to hack 6" off it to attach a USFS-legal S/A. Before adding the S/A it tested in the high-80s. After adding the S/A it gained ~4 dbA. For a...

I run 13/49 on my 300. It's perfect for the kind of riding I like to do and it'll go 75 according to my enduro comp. That's faster than I really need to be going.