Is there a definitive crossover list?

[steveola]

I've seen the one that very generically says, "Use KX seat foam," which I find somewhat useless as it neither identifies the year KX or the year GG.

I would think, as a GG owner of '99 and '00 models, that locating parts is one of the major issues with owning a Gas Gas. My '99 seat is destroyed, and the '00 doesn't fit. I should be able to go to Gas Gas' website and see . . . "for '99 to '04 get a '97 to '02 KX250 foam and cover and you'll be able to fudge it."

Given how much it costs to make parts and new castings, and that Gas Gas doesn't exactly have the production run of a Honda, I would think that most these parts would come from other sources, not be specific to Gas Gas.

I want a new bike, and at 51 years old it may well be my last, but given the lack of support for older stuff I'm really having second thoughts. I'm not even upset that I would have to cut, chop, modify, scrounge to keep my '99 and '00 running, but I would really appreciate it if Gas Gas made it a priority to support us older Gassers, even if only with information.

 

[Stoby]

seat

I have an older but decent seat that looks a little different from my 01
I picked it up at a swap meet for $5 Do you have a part # I could compare if you wanted ?
Stoby

 

[noobi]

II should be able to go to Gas Gas' website and see . . . "for '99 to '04 get a '97 to '02 KX250 foam and cover and you'll be able to fudge it."

...but given the lack of support for older stuff I'm really having second thoughts.

Just out of curiosity, considering no other brand does this, why would GasGas officially release a list of crossovers to other brands?

 

[bowhunter007]

For the most part...doesn't the parts crossover pertain to the pre-07 bikes?

 

[steveola]

Just out of curiosity, considering no other brand does this, why would GasGas officially release a list of crossovers to other brands?

Maybe because half the stuff isn't available? If I could call a Gas Gas dealer and just order stuff, I sure wouldn't mind doing just that. This isn't a Honda.

Support it or help me out. Pick one.

 

[steveola]

I have an older but decent seat that looks a little different from my 01
I picked it up at a swap meet for $5 Do you have a part # I could compare if you wanted ?
Stoby

I'll take and post a photo of the connection system. The '00 seat doesn't hook in the same and even if I took the subframe from the '00 and put it on the '99, the seat still was too long. My Clark tank may have something to do with that so I pulled the staples and trimmed the front, but no help.

The '99 was my original bike, I sold it to a Hobbit who cut the seat so far down I can feel the plastic, then I bought it back.

 

[Fred1956]

per Jim Cook-foam from a 96-98 KX (125- or 250) will work Ceet & Guts were making them and as far as GG you'd need a seat from 94-99 year models

From the Ceet website http://ceetracing.com/en/kawasaki/124-kawasaki-dirt-bike-foam.html
94-98 KX Tall foam part # FK019
Std foam is part # FK018


If we posted a list no one would ask us questions, asking us questions gives us a chance to prove our worth.....

 

[steveola]

If we posted a list no one would ask us questions, asking us questions gives us a chance to prove our worth.....

I don't LOL at the screen too often but that was good.

Jim is one of my favorite guys and I had an SMS sticker on my swingarm until I finally blew it off with the power washer.

I am a rabid and loyal GG guy. I *love* my bikes because I'm fat, old, and a substantially slower. I just don't have time to go on a hunting and gathering mission because I'm self employed.

Thank you so much for the intel.

Now, if I can just weld the nuts on for my subframe so I curse less during repairs . . .

My wreckage: http://stevejamison.homestead.com/bikepics.html

Steve

 

[Anders]

Maybe because half the stuff isn't available? If I could call a Gas Gas dealer and just order stuff, I sure wouldn't mind doing just that. This isn't a Honda.

Support it or help me out. Pick one.

I guess some of the parts that are not available anymore can be replaced by newer parts, provided you opt for the transformation kit. I believe that is GG's way of supporting the older bikes in the long run. The kit is actually quite nicely priced, and you get rid of older plastic, seat, lamps etc that may no longer be available.

No, this isn't Honda. I don't know much about Honda spares availability, but I have several other european bikes where the spares are a problem. In my world, spares support for my GG is actually the best among my bikes. More than once I have been impressed with the Norwegian importer's stock of spares for my 06 EC200. OTOH, my GG is also the newest in my stable, so perhaps I shouldn't be supriced ?

 

[EC250]

Hi Steveola

24MX.com has a seat foam for EC 1998 for ?47 if your interested.

 

[steveola]

Hi Steveola

24MX.com has a seat foam for EC 1998 for ?47 if your interested.

Thanks! I'm going to see if I can hook up with from Stoby, but I'm writing this stuff down.

Some kind of grid with part name down the first column and year/model across the top would be cool. No, I'm not volunteering.

I did that for the ancient machines I have to work on. When I find something that is an acceptable replacement, I fill in that spot in the grid.

 

[steveola]

I have an older but decent seat that looks a little different from my 01
I picked it up at a swap meet for $5 Do you have a part # I could compare if you wanted ?
Stoby

Hi Stoby,

Does it look like either of these?

 

[Stoby]

seat

I'll look for it tomorrow and let you know but if memory serves it looks like the one on the left I remember it being different somehow ,,,, but I bought it maybe 3-4 years ago.

 

[steveola]

seat

left is the 99, so that would be excellent!

 

[Stoby]

Sorry

Don't know what I thought was different but its a newer one with the anchor under the tank
Tried,...... good luck

 

[steveola]

Don't know what I thought was different but its a newer one with the anchor under the tank
Tried,...... good luck

Thanks, for trying!
S

 

[gassergrant]

brake pads I buy one set for my cr500 and a set for my gg the same.
master cylinders, brake leaver (front).
nissin calipers Honda up to 07 I think,
air filter Honda cr,
con rod Honda cr 250 not sure of year. coil looks the same.
fork guards Honda cr/crf . all fit as there the same bits.
carb pwk all jap 2 stroke and ktm, husky,etc
that's all I can think of at the mo

not sure were you are but you can get most things from gas gas uk.
ebay is a good source of second hand parts as someone is all ways breaking a GG