Older Gasgas project: Ultimate tight woods bike

[firffighter]

Been Jonesin' to get back on Gasgas after a year on my KTM200. Love the little bike and it is set up awesome with Rekluse and LHRB. Fun bike for woods.

Have my eye on a 2000 EC250 to make into a woods weapon. I know the EC250 package well and thought it would make a sweet tight woods bike. I would like to get the older Gasser with with the conventionals for rocky woods. I love my 45 Zokes on my KTM. They soak up the rocks and roots so amazingly well. If I remember right, the older motors also turned out tons of low end which would be perfect for what I have in mind. I also like the smaller geometry and ergos of the earlier bikes which adds to the woods effectiveness.

Here is what I have in mind:

*Set up suspension for tight NW woods (conventionals forks)
*Add a Core EXP Rekluse and do a LHRB conversion (Love this on my KTM)
*Full woods guards
*Woods gearing
*Lectron carb or just work on getting the jetting to suit my style.

What do you think?

Crazy to put so much into an older bike?

Or, who cares, an older Gasgas set up for woods is one bad bike!

 

[jhendr3702]

i had a 2000 250 for a little while that had conv forks..

that bike was a bullet and very fun to ride

great idea..

btw.. how long did it take you to get used to the lhrb ?

 

[Rick]

Man....I wish I still had my 45 Zokes for ya! One of the guys in Texas bought them...complete front end! Would have been a complete bolt on deal!

Add a 2K3 to that list

 

[jhendr3702]

Man....I wish I still had my 45 Zokes for ya! One of the guys in Texas bought them...complete front end! Would have been a complete bolt on deal!

Add a 2K3 to that list

that was a buddy of mine.. they are on his kids 200 working great..

 

[firffighter]

Yes the 45 Zokes are really amazing in the woods. The ones on my KTM have been totally worked over by previous owner who sent them off to C Cycle back East. They are hands down the best fork I've used in the woods!

It took my about 3 "serious" rides to get used to the LHRB. I put it this way, I like the Rekluse but don't NEED it and could totally ride without it. I LOVE the LHRB and feel it is something I don't want to ride without!

I did an experiment in June on a 4 day ride. I switched my LHRB out for regular foot pedal and rode a full 50 mile day. As soon as we came back to camp I immediately switched back to my LHRB. It takes riding to a new level IMO.

 

[Rick]

that was a buddy of mine.. they are on his kids 200 working great..

Nice.....glad they have worked out!

 

[Synergy-Seals]

I happen to have a complete set of 45 zokes from my old 99 ktm200 with the triple tree.

$75 and they are yours.

Rob

 

[firffighter]

Thanks for the offer, but I am looking for an older completer bike and go from there.

Found a 2000 TM 300en local for cheap and it is like new. Don't know much about TM but the bike looks beautiful.

 

[jhendr3702]

Thanks for the offer, but I am looking for an older completer bike and go from there.

Found a 2000 TM 300en local for cheap and it is like new. Don't know much about TM but the bike looks beautiful.

have read a little about them... supposed to be arm rippers... no way to know that..

they look nice

 

[mackmack]

Been Jonesin' to get back on Gasgas after a year on my KTM200. Love the little bike and it is set up awesome with Rekluse and LHRB. Fun bike for woods.

Have my eye on a 2000 EC250 to make into a woods weapon. I know the EC250 package well and thought it would make a sweet tight woods bike. I would like to get the older Gasser with with the conventionals for rocky woods. I love my 45 Zokes on my KTM. They soak up the rocks and roots so amazingly well. If I remember right, the older motors also turned out tons of low end which would be perfect for what I have in mind. I also like the smaller geometry and ergos of the earlier bikes which adds to the woods effectiveness.

Here is what I have in mind:

*Set up suspension for tight NW woods (conventionals forks)
*Add a Core EXP Rekluse and do a LHRB conversion (Love this on my KTM)
*Full woods guards
*Woods gearing
*Lectron carb or just work on getting the jetting to suit my style.

What do you think?

Crazy to put so much into an older bike?

Or, who cares, an older Gasgas set up for woods is one bad bike!

Sounds like my bike i bulit in 2007 (2005 300) and still own. I put a rekluse with LHRB,13-52 gearing ,ltr jetting, xr 650 conventionals, scotts UTB damper and flexxbars plus a whole lot more. I have owned over 30 dirtbikes and this is the only one ill never sale.

 

[Beta Steve]

MM, I've been thinking about flex bars, your take please? Also have you had a chance to play with the different cushions for compress and rebound? Any and all info will be considered very helpful, thanks,
Steve

 

[firffighter]

Sweet bike MackMack!

That is what I'm talking about. Just curious why the XR650 conventionals. I do know that the old Honda Showa's were considered perfect woods forks.

Great build. I love my Reklue and LHRB!

 

[mackmack]

Flexbars are great! They do take a while to get use to, start with the hardest cushions. Im running the medium ones without the rebound mod. They are a great investment if you ride rocks/roots. The pair on my gg have been on there for 6 years and survived several crashes.

The xr 650 conventionals are Kybs. I run them because I rode Scott summers crf 450 that he had set up with the xr 650 conventionals and devol linkage and it was by far the best suspension I had ever felt, so I set my crf 450 up the same way back when I was racing . People make fun of them until they ride the bike then are amazed at how you can hit rocks and roots so hard without deflection.

 

[kneehurts]

re:

Do you really like the 45 mm conventional zones? I thought they were terrible on my 99 ktm200 even after revalve from ccycle. The 46mm conventional pailois that atk used are much better.

 

[firffighter]

Rode 55 miles of nasty NW rock and roots yesterday at smugglers poker run. 45's soaked up everything and worked great. This was some very difficult rocky singletrack.

Not sure what C Cycle did to your Zokes, but mine now have Kayaba speed sensitive cartridge kit with anti-bottoming system, hard coat anodized in and out with 22 position compression and rebound adjusters on each leg. Of corse new fork springs for weight, ability and terrain.

They not only soak up the rocks and roots, but are much gentler on the square edge stuff with no clanking, bottoming or sending shock to your bars.