What did you do to your Gas Gas today?
- Thread starter Bandit9
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Since we have been in lockdown here in Victoria Australia and after I gave the whole bike a good teardown re-grease, I've been busy doing things to the bike that I've been putting off for some time.
I've taken 100mm off the silencer, done a key delete and installed one of those push button switches you see on the pumpkins, and made a new improved linkage guard for the bash guard.
Now only if the restrictions could be eased so I can ride it!
I've taken 100mm off the silencer, done a key delete and installed one of those push button switches you see on the pumpkins, and made a new improved linkage guard for the bash guard.
Now only if the restrictions could be eased so I can ride it!
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it looks good!How'd you do the silencer? More Info please
Jim Cook
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Reading your posts reminds me how much I've been impressed over the years with the level of expertise that many GasGas enthusiasts operate at. Many of my best tech ideas and innovations came from customers. The first such submission was in late 1999, from a customer who was an electrical engineer who sent me the schematic drawing (hand drawing) of a homemade rectifier he had made from a few dollars (less than $5) of Radio Shack parts. He had a new 2000 XC250 and wanted to add a cheap aftermarket horn. He
needed to change the voltage from AC to DC for the horn, without buying the $42 GasGas horn rectifier.
It was the first of many useful bits that customers who were smarter than me shared over the years. The tech articles on web site's home page still feature some of them.
Kudos.
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Open up the silencer as if you were changing the packing. Remove the tip from the canister by drilling out the 4 rivets that hold it on. Mark and cut 100mm off the outer canister at the tip end then mark and cut 100mm off the inner core from the tip end. Then measure up and mark where the 4 holes should go, drill the holes and reassemble the new short silencer.
Is that what your after?
Perfect, thanks reidy
farmerj
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Installed a Strike seats gripper seat cover. Good quality and far grippier than the stocker. I'm quietly confident we will be able to ride down here next weekend.
Gez,
Where did you get those swingarm protectors? I'm interested in using them, although I've heard that they can hold mud & water in there and cause corrosion/discoloring. Do you find that to be a problem?
Jeff
swazi_matt
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I used the hyde ones for about 8 years and they are thicker but worse fitting. I just put a good layer of duct tape on the swingarm and when i sold the bike i ripped it off and used spirits to get the glue off and it was all still fine, there were a few spots where the sand had rubbed through the tape, but caught it in time
Not to my bike, but I just sent an email to Vic Roads asking for a refund or an extension of my registration because I couldn't ride my dirtbikes for the last 2 months due to Covid-19........How's that gonna work out for me
Haha worth a try, that'd be like a $14 refund?
In other news, I'm heading out on Saturday
Beastie Boy
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Fitted case saver / slave cylinder protector
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