Just got my 515 gaser put together on Saturday night. Oiled the filter, changed oil, and gassed it up. Bike started right away. Seemed to rev unbelievably quick. Absolutely no cough and stall! After a few heat cycles, I took it out for few icy figure 8's in the yard. Remember this is Minnesota here. Bike was very tight right away, but this thing felt suprisingly light.
On Sunday, I finished preping it to the way I would normally ride (bars, pegs, spike tires, ect.) I put about and hour on it in 15 degree weather. We maybe have about 6 - 8" of crusty snow here right now. I managed to go over the bars within the first 150 yards. Damn crusty snow!!! Picked my way through my enduro loop. Lots of nasty uphills and tight turns. It is a hard area to truely judge a bike by, as it is almost like riding in the mud,(snow is almost a foot deep in the woods) but man is this a quick handling beast. I haved ridden the 04 and 05 gas gas 450s and this bike is nothing like those. Very quick and easy to handle. The engine is already breaking in. Starting is getting better and better. It almost wants to start in gear, but it probably won't until I go to a lighter oil after my break in. Post stall starting is getting better too. My current race bike is a '07 300. I got this bike for another play/ practice bike, but I am thinking this will be more of a race bike than I originally anticipated. I have owned a 470 Husaberg in the past and have a lot of time on big KTMs as well, and from early indicators, might be the best big bike I have tried to date. Gas Gas has finally got a four stroke that is just as good if not better then the others. This is the highest quality Gas Gas I have owned to date! Big thank you to Mark and Steve at GoFasters!
I will get some pics out as soon as I can.
Man am I out of shape. Almost three months after the Six Days and I struggling.
For sale- 2006 YZ 250F Lots of extras, low hours!
Brian
On Sunday, I finished preping it to the way I would normally ride (bars, pegs, spike tires, ect.) I put about and hour on it in 15 degree weather. We maybe have about 6 - 8" of crusty snow here right now. I managed to go over the bars within the first 150 yards. Damn crusty snow!!! Picked my way through my enduro loop. Lots of nasty uphills and tight turns. It is a hard area to truely judge a bike by, as it is almost like riding in the mud,(snow is almost a foot deep in the woods) but man is this a quick handling beast. I haved ridden the 04 and 05 gas gas 450s and this bike is nothing like those. Very quick and easy to handle. The engine is already breaking in. Starting is getting better and better. It almost wants to start in gear, but it probably won't until I go to a lighter oil after my break in. Post stall starting is getting better too. My current race bike is a '07 300. I got this bike for another play/ practice bike, but I am thinking this will be more of a race bike than I originally anticipated. I have owned a 470 Husaberg in the past and have a lot of time on big KTMs as well, and from early indicators, might be the best big bike I have tried to date. Gas Gas has finally got a four stroke that is just as good if not better then the others. This is the highest quality Gas Gas I have owned to date! Big thank you to Mark and Steve at GoFasters!
I will get some pics out as soon as I can.
Man am I out of shape. Almost three months after the Six Days and I struggling.
For sale- 2006 YZ 250F Lots of extras, low hours!
Brian
