I normally try to stay out of conversations on here but I thought that I would throw in my 2 cents on this topic.
When I come on here and read all of the "mods" that are being done to these bikes it kind of blows my mind. It seems as if there is a massive amount of time being spent trying to fix (or re-design in some cases) many items that are completely non-issues. I'm glad Stu brought up the fact that he has one of my bikes and got to see first hand how little needs to be done to them. My 2013 is the same way; Pro-Action suspension, a Leo Vince and a few protection items. Any one who knows me knows that I am extremely picky about my suspension so I have spent a great deal of time in that area but that is whats important. Some may know that before Gas Gas I raced Yamahas basically forever. I can tell you that I had to do WAY more stuff to them to get them race ready than any Gas Gas.
I get questions all the time about how I fixed this or whats my setup on that and 9 times out of ten my answer is "however it came stock."
I'm not getting what all the fuss is either. Bought my bike a year ago, put hand guards and rad braces on it and the factory skid plate & greased the suspension. My maintenance program has been; Wash the bike when it's dirty(everyone who knows me knows how clean my bikes are) change trans oil every 20 hrs & the air filter when it's dirty. Bike has 68 hrs on it & I finally adjusted the spokes today.
The bike hasn't needed anything else, but the odd clicker change and the jetting's a bit rich. Big deal. First bike I've had that I haven't wanted to spend hundreds of $$ on the suspension.
Not sure how you guys are managing to fill the airbox with water when you wash your bikes?? I only use a garden hose BTW, never a power washer.
The bikes are good. IMO, folks should ride them more and spend less time looking for things to futz about.........Jus' sayin'
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