yourmatedave
New member
Hi all, I have just entered the world of gas gas, at the weekend I picked up a 2002 ec250! the frame number is vtrecx250sb111008 which I believe denotes it as a factory supermoto? The bike has large supermoto wheels, a huge brembo front caliper, an excel front off road rim, and what I guess is a stock off road rear wheel, both with decent tyres, a spare messico pipe and tail pipe, a set of black plastics, and a nissin brake caliper. A years mot, and it set me back the right side of ?1500 (I live in the uk). The gearbox oil was pretty minging, and the air filter wasn't great, I believe the bike has been sat for quite a while/not generally used. There was a good trickle of oil around the header pipe, the coolant looks clean though. Basically I think it just needs a good thrashing to blow the cobwebs away! I do have a couple of questions regarding some bits and pieces though! Starting with the front plastics and the way the self tappers thread into the black inserts, well half of them have broken off, including the large one that mounts the fuel tank! I guess this is in case of a crash, where do I get new ones though? and what actually keeps them in the tank casing? The clutch seems to have a bit of a drag, not too bad but I think it could be better, it is the api type, I bled a fair bit of dot 4 through and got no air, I have changed the oil for a light 75-90 semi synth atf type. It has improved and I figure maybe the plates just need a bit of riding. I'd also like to know what forks I have, they are large and silver, with gold bleeders, I guess either marzocchi or wp? That's all for now, and I will get some pictures up asap! peace
