TrailRider magazine article

I've said it in another post, it bears repeating. When the mag can send writers to a Midwest National Enduro and they can actually back up what they say, I'll pay a little more attention. As of right now they can't so I don't care to read their reviews. All I know is the importer of my bike, the dealer of my bike, all ride and compete in the same places I do. The bike isn't the limiting factor in my racing. Very few people here can extract 90% of any bikes performance. If we could we wouldn't be buying bikes, they would be giving them to us, it's called sponsored!

Nice review though, I will have to look for this magazine in the future.
 
coopernicus said:
Mike, let me know what you want pictures of and I will take them. The GG Spain site has a lot of pictures but I would be happy to take some if you want to see something specific. Unfortunately, like you, I'm in a cold region of the country and part of my meniscus is waiting for excision so I'm taking it easy until the ice is gone from the front of the house (I just broke up last of the ice a couple of hours ago). Feel free to PM me with specific pictures desired and I will start another thread. For now, I will go online and look into a TrailRider subscription!

Eric
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I just like looking at bikes and wanted to see your 2014 haha. :D
 
The only feature that I seem to be able to use above the bikes capability is the e-start feature. Ha!
 
firffighter said:
They love the Gasgas 300! They consider it the best of all of the 300's by far and said it is perfect for the tough nasty terrain. Included in the article was the Beta, Husaberg/KTM as well as some 4 stroke 250's and 300's. Funny how they love the Gasgas heads and shoulders over the others and they only ride tight woods.

BTW, they love the new Sherco 300 2-stroke.

Just think it's interesting that Gasgas is top selling bike in France where it seems like all great off road riders come from. They do amazing in ISDE and WEC.
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This has been a common theme for years. Regardless of what the US magazines say, the GG300 is a brilliant bike, and it excels in ALL conditions.
 
Nice test of an EC250F

http://cdn.moto1.es/enduropro/51/enduropro51.pdf

in Spanish castle magic words they found the suspension a bit soft and the engine slower than others 250F BUT this make the Gasser great for medium level riders.
nothing special or bad with Reiger shock.
Very beautiful, lighter...cheaper than orange bling.
 
Interesting thread.

It got me to subscribe to a magazine, something I haven't done in over ten years.

When I was in the market for a new bike I looked and looked for a KTM 300 that fit my budget and needs. I was ready to pull the trigger on a leftover Berg 300 at one point, but having had ridden various KTM 300's I never really liked how they handled.

A few of my riding buddies whose opinions I respected favored the KTM's, one even said he had worked with the suspension on a friend's 2011 Gasser (he is a suspension tuner who is getting some press from DR of all places) and said his friend wouldn't do it again.

My local GG dealer let me take his personal 2011 EC300 out for spin and I threw my budget and all that talk out the window and took my gasser home that week. I love the way it handles on the trail, I love the motor, I love the ergos. I couldn't care less about the weight. Any sup par performance can almost always be attributed to the rider.

Since I took my 2012 ec300 home a year ago, I have crashed the hell out of it. Just last weekend it took a direct hit to the water pump through the skidplate (the plate is now trashed) but to my amazement the pump itself only suffered a couple nicks. The thing is crazy durable and handles like a scalpel in tight and nasty stuff.

Sure I broke my plastic subframe, and the starter isn't exactly the bees knees, but no bike I've ever owned has been perfect.

This fall I got to go ride some local NM desert single track with Clay and my dealer and the guy is a genuine good human being. I can't afford to buy a new bike every season but when I do, I know it will be a Sherco or a GG.

Thanks for all the hard work Clay, and someone please buy the 2011 leftover ec300 at my local dealer so he can buy new eye candy for me to lust over. :D
 
VxZeroKnots said:
Interesting thread.

It got me to subscribe to a magazine, something I haven't done in over ten years.

When I was in the market for a new bike I looked and looked for a KTM 300 that fit my budget and needs. I was ready to pull the trigger on a leftover Berg 300 at one point, but having had ridden various KTM 300's I never really liked how they handled.

A few of my riding buddies whose opinions I respected favored the KTM's, one even said he had worked with the suspension on a friend's 2011 Gasser (he is a suspension tuner who is getting some press from DR of all places) and said his friend wouldn't do it again.

My local GG dealer let me take his personal 2011 EC300 out for spin and I threw my budget and all that talk out the window and took my gasser home that week. I love the way it handles on the trail, I love the motor, I love the ergos. I couldn't care less about the weight. Any sup par performance can almost always be attributed to the rider.

Since I took my 2012 ec300 home a year ago, I have crashed the hell out of it. Just last weekend it took a direct hit to the water pump through the skidplate (the plate is now trashed) but to my amazement the pump itself only suffered a couple nicks. The thing is crazy durable and handles like a scalpel in tight and nasty stuff.

Sure I broke my plastic subframe, and the starter isn't exactly the bees knees, but no bike I've ever owned has been perfect.

This fall I got to go ride some local NM desert single track with Clay and my dealer and the guy is a genuine good human being. I can't afford to buy a new bike every season but when I do, I know it will be a Sherco or a GG.

Thanks for all the hard work Clay, and someone please buy the 2011 leftover ec300 at my local dealer so he can buy new eye candy for me to lust over. :D
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I agree completely about GG and Clay!
 
bkwdc said:
Only thing porky about my gasgas is the rider. :-)
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I resemble that remark. I'm way more porky than my bike.

Now, if they hadn't stolen my 2006 DE300, I would still be riding it. I had planned on it being my last new dirt bike. It was perfect, and I loved it. It gave me great service and a lot of fun in the woods from Fl to NM to Idaho to NC, and never disappointed me.

Having said that, I can also say that I love my electric start 2011 EC250. (I wouldn't have paid extra for the electric start, but damn if I don't use it almost every time I start the bike.) I simply love the bike. It chugs up the hills just fine, and when I feel "froggy", it jumps. It will race, but at the same time it's so controllable that I can ride with a beginner without feeling handicapped; and it runs cool while my 4-stroke buddies and my KTM buddies bikes are boiling over.

It's the perfect bike for me. Oh, I may get a 300cc top end and change it over (and back) just to have a bit of variety once in a while; but unless someone steals this one, I plan on riding it for a long, long time.

Good Riding to All Y'all!
Jim
 
gasser said:
Opinions are like a-holes and definitely ever a-hole has one so I'm gonna throw my 2 cents in. Well I guess I had better not. I won't say what I'm thinking because I don't believe in saying such things unless I can do it face to face. I'm just too peed off that anyone would come on this forum and launch such a vicious direct assault against anyone let alone the best friend the GasGas community has. If anyone doesn't like what I'm saying don't comment here on this forum - call me up or better yet come to my home. Clay puts his phone number out there so anyone can voice any concerns or get help. Clay is not the person who needs to grow a pair.

931-498-5113 Ken Wyatt 2925 Eagle Landing Dr. Cookeville, TN 38506
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Ken, my friend, you haven't changed one bit since you left Arkansas for TN. I sure enjoy reading your posts here on gasgasrider.org. If I get up into your area for a ride, I'll let you know so we can put in some miles together. I'm planning on Brushy Mtn, at least, this year.

Good Riding!
Jim
Ps. The Wudi Ride is just before and on the weekend of April 4/5 this year.
Come join us. (Everyone else here is invited, too.)
http://www.jebruns.com/Wudi16/wudi16.html

.
 
VxZeroKnots said:
Interesting thread.

It got me to subscribe to a magazine, something I haven't done in over ten years.

When I was in the market for a new bike I looked and looked for a KTM 300 that fit my budget and needs. I was ready to pull the trigger on a leftover Berg 300 at one point, but having had ridden various KTM 300's I never really liked how they handled.

A few of my riding buddies whose opinions I respected favored the KTM's, one even said he had worked with the suspension on a friend's 2011 Gasser (he is a suspension tuner who is getting some press from DR of all places) and said his friend wouldn't do it again.

My local GG dealer let me take his personal 2011 EC300 out for spin and I threw my budget and all that talk out the window and took my gasser home that week. I love the way it handles on the trail, I love the motor, I love the ergos. I couldn't care less about the weight. Any sup par performance can almost always be attributed to the rider.

Since I took my 2012 ec300 home a year ago, I have crashed the hell out of it. Just last weekend it took a direct hit to the water pump through the skidplate (the plate is now trashed) but to my amazement the pump itself only suffered a couple nicks. The thing is crazy durable and handles like a scalpel in tight and nasty stuff.

Sure I broke my plastic subframe, and the starter isn't exactly the bees knees, but no bike I've ever owned has been perfect.

This fall I got to go ride some local NM desert single track with Clay and my dealer and the guy is a genuine good human being. I can't afford to buy a new bike every season but when I do, I know it will be a Sherco or a GG.

Thanks for all the hard work Clay, and someone please buy the 2011 leftover ec300 at my local dealer so he can buy new eye candy for me to lust over. :D
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Who is your local dealer? I might be interested in the 300
 
bkwdc said:
14% here. I don't seem to use the stand up feature much.
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That's another remark that I resemble. Since I tore my hamstring at the Hardwood Enduro a few years ago, I let the first big bump bounce my butt up in the air and then just straighten my legs. Instant "stand up". Lucky for me that the GasGas will let me ride hugged up on the tank and still take care of me. :D
 
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