Why I love my GasGas

FG I bought my bike from the trials guy on Indian School rd Mike Carlton at Hard Rock Trials. He ws planning a bigger store in N. PHX a couple years ago to try to get the Gasser's up and going but I don't know what happened with his plans, likely the sagging economy. I have not lived thier for 3 years, if you think they are few in AZ try Idaho. I've seen one other bike hear in 3 years. Nearest dealer north of Seattle, 600 miles away. I take that back there are a couple in Nevada 350 miles away, but they don't have bikes or parts.
 
Rick, Say hi the Tim at Bernies for me, i was a customer of his for years.
Curtis Larsen.

Tim is a stand up guy, always treats his customers fairly, and they actually know and ride the bikes they sell. what a concept in the days of mega bike stores where the customer has to educate the sales people on the bike they are trying to sell.
 
cvl05 said:
FG I bought my bike from the trials guy on Indian School rd Mike Carlton at Hard Rock Trials. He ws planning a bigger store in N. PHX a couple years ago to try to get the Gasser's up and going but I don't know what happened with his plans, likely the sagging economy. I have not lived thier for 3 years, if you think they are few in AZ try Idaho. I've seen one other bike hear in 3 years. Nearest dealer north of Seattle, 600 miles away. I take that back there are a couple in Nevada 350 miles away, but they don't have bikes or parts.
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We have a new distributor up North in Cherry and he is very excited and motivated to get GasGas bikes out there. If not for him I don't think I would have considered riding a GG. We have one guy in our club who has been on a DE250 for a couple of years and I was always impressed with the bike, I just never really took them seriously. Well, I jumped in with both feet, bought my 300 from Tom, my son rode it and was very impressed with the handling, but didn't like the "lazy" 300 motor. Tom let him demo a 250 and long story short, he will be campaigning an '09 EC250 Racing this year in our local HS/Enduro series. Tom has been extremely supportive and helpful and hopefully he will be able to get more dealerships up and running in our state. I just read tonight on our club forum that another club member just bought a 300, that's 4 new GG's in our club in the last 5 months!
 
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love my gas gas

the reasons why, oh let me count the ways:

it's absolutely die hard! the thing would never think of leaving you stranded.
one of the few bikes left that you can buy a 2 stroke. i tear the 4 stroke guys up when they kick n kick n kick n kick n kick n kick n still aren't running!! one time almost all the time and there's life in the monster. aside from the great handling and suspension, i enjoy the fact that its cult following. i've been at races and heard people ask " isn't it basically a KTM":mad: or " they use a lot of Honda parts right?":confused: oh the stupidity.

I've been in to motorcycles my whole life and racing about 6 years now and last year was the first and best year of riding on a gasser and I'll never go to anything else. I love my 3oo so much I found a smokin deal on a trials and scooped it up. It's a whole other world that's just a blast, thanks to gasgas:cool:
 
I love my Gas Gas because:

It's a 2-stroke
It's a tractor
I'ts super reliable
It's easy to work on
It handles like a dream in the tight stuff
It's special
it's really good quality and value
It never stalls
It has never broken a chain or even dislocated it
It has the best clutch ever
Beacuse the parts are fairly cheap
Because the bike still looks like new, even though it's 6 years old.

And last: Every time I feel like getting a never bike I just can't find a reason for doing that.

I just look at it and smile. That's why I love my Gas Gas EC 300
 
Why I love my GasGas? Handling in the rough stuff. I rode my first National Enduro in 1972, yes 1972, aboard a Penton and and continued to ride KTM until purchasing a 2007 250XC. Getting off my MXC I realized KTM had gone in a different direction over a few short years. My KTM/GasGas dealer had started racing the GasGas in the woods for the same reason. He assured me the GasGas would turn better in the woods and he was correct. I sold the XC after the first ride aboard the EC300. I ride with guys younger than I who are faster in the open stuff, but when conditions turn really nasty and technical the GG leads the way.
 
Because on the first ride of the season (I know better late then never) it carried me through with great success!

Small wish list.

1) Steering stabilizer
2) 50 rear sprocket (48 now)
3) tie fly wheel weight or auto clutch. Not sure which one.
 
Well, since the 51 turned into a 49, I order up a 52. Holy cow that sucker is big! Going to install it this weekend. I can't wait!
 
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Well, since the 51 turned into a 49, I order up a 52. Holy cow that sucker is big! Going to install it this weekend. I can't wait!
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Ouch!! Sorry ... I felt three inches tall. I was thinking crap this guy could have ordered a new and been riding this weekend ...

btw ... anyone need a 49 tooth sprocket??
 
Not a big deal. I hadn't taken off the 48 so I was still good to go. I had 52 by Wednesday :D
 
I love my 200 because it has carried me through some wicked trails over the last couple of weekends. We did 40 miles on Sunday. I'm running 12/52 gearing and I think I like it.
 
I am riding a Gas Gas Halley 450 for 3 days now and i can say it has torque and more than enough grunt but it's very manageable. Whan i bought it i was scared it would ride me but that's not the case. When you ride it the motorcycle pulls hard from 5000rpm but keeps the front wheel planted.
 
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