hello all, just aquired a 2004 gasgas ec300. going over the bike, fixing little things, greasing everything, and have been playing with the jetting. my elevation is 850ft. and the temp is 40-72f right now. i am using yamalube mixed 32:1 with 91 octane premium.
weather is warm one day and cold the next so that hasnt helped with the jetting.
rode the bike at 50deg. f with a 40 pilot, n1ef clip 1, 172 main. have a #7 slide. was not impressed.
next i tried my JD jet kit, ran blue needle clip 3, 178 main. this combo ran pretty good at 45-50deg. f, i then lowered the clip to position 2 and the bike ran well, but was still a fuzz rich at idle.
using my laser thermometer, the bike is running 130-145 deg. f. on top of the cylinder head. the next day a buddy rode the bike and fouled a plug. it was 72f here on 1-27-13, and im guessing that's what got the plug. my buddy isnt slow either.
so on 1-28-13 i tried a 38 pilot, CEK needle clip 3, 178 main. at 72f i tried this combo out riding in the dark with a flashlight in my mouth. ran really well, bike idles better, running about 140f on the head. hard to do a wide open plug chop, but ran pretty snappy on bottom and pulls the front wheel up quick now. thinking of doing a run in the daylight, reading the plug, and determining if i can drop to a 175 main.
i also ordered a N3CJ needle to try but am still waiting for the mail.
my questions are:
1)what is the best plug wrench i can carry in a daypack to fit the gasgas properly around the water pipe near the plug?
2)would like to see a comparison of the following needles from rich to lean:
JDblue, JDred, CEK, CEL, N3EW, and NEDW.
3) my jet nozzle in my carb could be worn, this bike was bought used, who say this is the original carb, how many hours who knows, might just buy a apt carb later or send it to RB designs with my head later?
just wanting a little more prospective on how these needles compare to each other and also looking to see what needles would fall in between the JD red and blue. would like to try and leave my pilot and main the same, and just pick 2 needles to use; 1 for summer and 1 for winter. dont know if this possible.
my overall impression of the gasgas ec300 is that it is an awesome bike. i currently own a 05 yamaha wr250f, 02 rm 125, 97 banshee, and 09 trx450er. i raced xc on atvs for quite a few years, but didnt own a dirt bike until 2009. the wr250f taught me alot. i am really enjoying the gasgas, i want to buy a new ktm 300xc-w, but am waiting to pay some things off.
so buying the gasgas for $1700 cash was a good thing for me, and i am handy at refurbishing bikes. enjoy building them up as much as riding them. the gasgas steers and handles like my suzuki, and steer better than the wr250f. handles great, has alot more torque than the rm125( i weigh 200lbs.) dont know why i like the steering/handling of the gasgas better than the wr250f but i do. the ec300 transmission is perfect, i can crawl or fly, the ratios are perfect. and i am sick of four strokes.
thanks for reading my post and i look foward to hearing from you guys!
weather is warm one day and cold the next so that hasnt helped with the jetting.
rode the bike at 50deg. f with a 40 pilot, n1ef clip 1, 172 main. have a #7 slide. was not impressed.
next i tried my JD jet kit, ran blue needle clip 3, 178 main. this combo ran pretty good at 45-50deg. f, i then lowered the clip to position 2 and the bike ran well, but was still a fuzz rich at idle.
using my laser thermometer, the bike is running 130-145 deg. f. on top of the cylinder head. the next day a buddy rode the bike and fouled a plug. it was 72f here on 1-27-13, and im guessing that's what got the plug. my buddy isnt slow either.
so on 1-28-13 i tried a 38 pilot, CEK needle clip 3, 178 main. at 72f i tried this combo out riding in the dark with a flashlight in my mouth. ran really well, bike idles better, running about 140f on the head. hard to do a wide open plug chop, but ran pretty snappy on bottom and pulls the front wheel up quick now. thinking of doing a run in the daylight, reading the plug, and determining if i can drop to a 175 main.
i also ordered a N3CJ needle to try but am still waiting for the mail.
my questions are:
1)what is the best plug wrench i can carry in a daypack to fit the gasgas properly around the water pipe near the plug?
2)would like to see a comparison of the following needles from rich to lean:
JDblue, JDred, CEK, CEL, N3EW, and NEDW.
3) my jet nozzle in my carb could be worn, this bike was bought used, who say this is the original carb, how many hours who knows, might just buy a apt carb later or send it to RB designs with my head later?
just wanting a little more prospective on how these needles compare to each other and also looking to see what needles would fall in between the JD red and blue. would like to try and leave my pilot and main the same, and just pick 2 needles to use; 1 for summer and 1 for winter. dont know if this possible.
my overall impression of the gasgas ec300 is that it is an awesome bike. i currently own a 05 yamaha wr250f, 02 rm 125, 97 banshee, and 09 trx450er. i raced xc on atvs for quite a few years, but didnt own a dirt bike until 2009. the wr250f taught me alot. i am really enjoying the gasgas, i want to buy a new ktm 300xc-w, but am waiting to pay some things off.
so buying the gasgas for $1700 cash was a good thing for me, and i am handy at refurbishing bikes. enjoy building them up as much as riding them. the gasgas steers and handles like my suzuki, and steer better than the wr250f. handles great, has alot more torque than the rm125( i weigh 200lbs.) dont know why i like the steering/handling of the gasgas better than the wr250f but i do. the ec300 transmission is perfect, i can crawl or fly, the ratios are perfect. and i am sick of four strokes.
thanks for reading my post and i look foward to hearing from you guys!
I haven't found an after market with clearance yet that works without taking the tank off. In saying that it would be easy enough to fab one out out of a generic hex tube one, trimmed with a handle tack welded on.
