What did you do to your Gas Gas today?
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Not today exactly, but the last week or so.
Pulled the top end down, put in a new set of rings, replaced the base gaskets with one thin gasket. Measured the squish and had the head modified to 1.2mm.
Pulled the power valve assembly apart and cleaned it up (fair bit of carbon in there) and replaced one of the bearings.
Started it up this arvo and went for a ride in the backyard (we have a couple of acres) the hesitation at 1/4 throttle is gone and the bike pulls like a train. Looking forward to getting out on the trails!
Pulled the top end down, put in a new set of rings, replaced the base gaskets with one thin gasket. Measured the squish and had the head modified to 1.2mm.
Pulled the power valve assembly apart and cleaned it up (fair bit of carbon in there) and replaced one of the bearings.
Started it up this arvo and went for a ride in the backyard (we have a couple of acres) the hesitation at 1/4 throttle is gone and the bike pulls like a train. Looking forward to getting out on the trails!
Just finished a top end rebuild on my EC300 today. New piston kit, little end bearing, reeds, air filter, and head modded to 1.25 squish and 12.8:1cr. It feels like a totally different bike, and ticks over quite nicely, which it never did before! Can't wait to take it for a spin.
Jim Cook
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Is that northern New Mexico?
New Mexico is beautiful country when you get up into the mountains.
A friend guided me and some friends in the Natl Forest southwest of the Los Alamos area a few years ago. The air was so thin at 13K' that the shadows were absolutely dark. The trails were fantastic. I think they had a bad wildfire out that way sometime in the last couple of years.
Good Riding!
Jim
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This is in the four corners area of New Mexico. We are fortunate to have approximately 20,000 acres of multi-use BLM just north of town and about 1 mile from my house. There are three other areas of BLM land around that town that we ride at frequently. Given the lower elevation when compared to Las Alamos; we don't have any tall pines. It is mostly just high desert with juniper trees.
savage sausage
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took my clutch slave cylinder off cos i can't get my damn clutch bled 
how can i pop the piston out?
how can i pop the piston out?
Jim Cook
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Fred,
That looks pretty. Did you have the parts annodized; and if so, who did it? I thank Zac Crowl is doing some of that type stuff.
For the last three weeks, I've been working on and "riding in" a new private trail that is local to me. It's very tight woods singletrack, but being in the creek bottoms of south Arkansas, there are not any hills involved.
The woods there are primarily thickets (with lots of vines), so the cutting is going pretty slow, but when I get through I hope to have between three and four miles to play on that are less than 10 miles from my home.
Thank goodness for the relatively cool weather we've been having. Today, it was back to 86% humidity and 92F.
Post photos when you get finished, Fred.
Fred1956
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Exactly Jim, and it was Zac that did them. Had a little trouble anodizing the cast but we kind of expected that. Came out good though
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Jim Cook
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High desert with single track running through stands of juniper trees sounds like the place I rode outside of Albuquerque.
When I was a teenager, I spent 15 days hiking through Philmont Boy Scout Ranch near Clayton, NM. It was my first time in the Rockies. It amazed me that there would be desert everywhere I could see, and the country would turn to such lush forests as I climbed to the higher elevations.
The mountains of New Mexico are really beautiful.
Good Riding!
Jim
Well, I've been loving my new bike!
So the other day I go on a 50 mile or so loop with some friends, I'm on the return road to the car, I'm just cruising up the road, minding my own business when the bike just dies. Initially I thought it was out of gas but it wouldn't restart. Well, long story short, the cooling system was completely dry. I'm not sure how it happenned but on tear down I can see where the inner o-ring failed for some reason and I must have burned all my coolant.
Anyway, just needs a top end. Cylinder looks good and parts are in the mail. So I figured while it's apart I'll cut the head. I have a friend who has been building turbo snowmobiles for 20+ years, so he ordered me parts through one of his accounts and he is cutting the squish on the head.
Notice the plug turned gold from the heat.
Wrist pin.
While I am in there I did a billet impeller from checkpoint. (Great service and fast shipping BTW)
...and I ditched the t-stat and used one of these little inline coolers as a fitting. I'm not sure they do anything but it's cooler looking than a brass fitting.
I also updated the lighting a little. I rode a little a few weeks ago in the dark and was surprised how terrible the lighting is. So I picked up a cheap ebay led bike light.
I cut the back off, gutted the driver out of it since it has multiple settings as well as strobe and I didn't want that. I bought a driver from ledsupply.com and wired that in. The light press fit into the stock openning perfectly. I just through a washer under the stock screw to help hold it in place then rtv'ed the back.
It's not as bright as I would like, and the housing barely gets warm so I will probably pick up a stronger driver for it but it is waaay brighter than the stock headlight.
Oh, and on the subject of the rain/shine switch, I can feel a difference, but I wind up riding it on shine all the time, so I removed the switch and just plugged the ends from the cdi together.
Well, I finished getting the bike back together and man the head mod made a huge difference! It's way more crisp!
swazi_matt
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Nothing as exciting as some of the earlier posts, just bled the brakes, replaced tubliss tubes and worn liners (from over zealous tire levers) and replaced wheel bearings - used the skf wheel seal kits - really cool hopefully they will last much longer than normal seals as they turn within themselves as opposed to turning on and wearing a groove on the spacer
bkwdc
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Time to upgrade. Almost bought a sherco. Almost bought a beta. Almost bought a husky.
Instead, I bought a piston, rings, reed valves, graphics, seat cover, head work.
Like my Dad said; that gasgas is beating all those bikes every week, why would buy one of them?
At 88 he's still smarter than me.
Instead, I bought a piston, rings, reed valves, graphics, seat cover, head work.
Like my Dad said; that gasgas is beating all those bikes every week, why would buy one of them?
At 88 he's still smarter than me.
Got my bike back from the dealers. Repair was covered by warranty - new bendix, flywheel, ringear, woodruff key and gasket. Everything bar the flywheel was in stock and that was sent from Spain and arrived in Australia in 4 business days.
Who says parts availability is a problem owning a gas gas?
Who says parts availability is a problem owning a gas gas?
Fred1956
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All I'll get done until Tues due to a son's wedding & dealer meetings but here is something to look at. Pics are small to save space, not the best (I-Phone) but you'll get the idea. Still a couple of red items to go on.......Soon my Senorita!
All I'll get done until Tues due to a son's wedding & dealer meetings but here is something to look at. Pics are small to save space, not the best (I-Phone) but you'll get the idea. Still a couple of red items to go on.......Soon my Senorita!
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swazi_matt
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that looks awesome - what have you got planned for the plastics and for polishing up the motor so it does not look 3 years old?All I'll get done until Tues due to a son's wedding & dealer meetings but here is something to look at. Pics are small to save space, not the best (I-Phone) but you'll get the idea. Still a couple of red items to go on.......Soon my Senorita!
Cheers mate. I didn't go through Jeff, went through the dealer that sold me my bike, which conveniently is only 25 mins away. He is a top bloke as well and couldn't do enough for me. I'm just lucky my local dealer is one of the ones who loves gassers and is pretty passionate about them.
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