Dumb Luck
Hey Folks,
Hope this post finds everyone and their families well. Well, like the title states I ended up with a 2010 GG EC300 through pure dumb luck. I had no intention or plans on buying a GG but my buddy wadded himself up on his and needed to temporarily get out of riding for a while (Wife :eek: ) He made me a pretty good deal on the 300 so I bought it. After tweaking a couple of items that he bent and twisted I have final gotten to take it out on a couple of shakedown rides. Wow, is all I can say the motor is absolutely fantastic and the chassis is firmly planted, I throughly impressed. I'm so impressed that I now have my YZ 250 going up for sale soon and I do not know if I will ever look back. My only hope now is that the GG will be as dependable as the YZ but time will tell. I'm a 6'-2" 230lb 47 year old "Slow B" racer/rider in the sandy state of Florida and have been at it for about 11 years and hopefully have a lot more years left. I'm looking to use all of y'alls GG knowledge for advice on set-up, do's & don'ts, after market parts, vendors etc.... At the moment I'm looking for Stabilizer recommendations, Rad. guards, numbers/graphics, tall seat and some help with the front and rear springs. With the spring situation I have no ides what the "rate" terminology means so any help in this area would be greatly appreciated. Thanks All and Ride Safe SC :) |
Welcome, Champ! You'll find a wealth of knowledge here. I really can't address you spring questions due to the fact that I always go with the stock springs cause I am at 170#.
As far as the stabilizer/damper, I haven't had a need for one since I got rid of my last KTM and started riding GGs. These bikes seem to be more stable than most. Try riding it a few times without a damper and see what you think. Plus down in Florida, there probably isn't that many rocks and roots to warrant a damper. Graphics are becoming more plentiful nowadays, it seems. Search on "graphics" and that should give you a few different choices. Seats and covers, EE and Guts are your only choices. I have Guts tall soft on my 300 and like it but with either one, you'll probably be ok. I think you'll find the reliability is as good or better than anything on the market, bar none. The only thing that I ever ordered to fix a flaw on either of my GGs was a part that Marzocchi screwed up installing a bushing in my 06s forks. The only time you'll need to "look back" is to see the other brands behind you.;):D |
Would this be Baily's bike? How is he?
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Swap the kickstarters before you sell the YZ. The GG one is soft and will fail on you eventually.
I run an EE tall soft seat. EE gets there foam from Gutz and the soft foam is pretty nice |
Giving Enduro Engineering a first look for that wouldn't be a bad place to start.
Give the forum a look for some very recent discussion on barkbusters, skid plates, etc. As for the stabilizer, my Gasser is stable at speed so the only reason I have my Scotts damper mounted is for the odd hit on a rock in a sand wash, which has paid dividends a few times. |
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I heard from Bailey at Christmas when I got stick stabbed (which has healed well). Heres our convo before that! Quote:
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Look at my post from yesterday. (2010 ec300 set up) I just went through the whole process. For spring info you can call Richard at House of Horsepower (also called Cannon Racing). He hooked me up ASAP with a 5.4 rear and .48 front springs. I'm 6.0" 225. Cold as heck up in IL right now, headed to Southern Mo next week for a test. Feel free to PM me with questions. I spent a week straight bolting crap on my bike.
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Congrats. My son had PG do custom grafix and the quality is top notch. He also runs the Gutts Tall seat and picked it and all new white plastics up from GoFasters; awesome to deal with. We haven't done anything with the stock springs so I can't help with that but it looks like Tim has a suggestion for them. They are extreamly well built and reliable bikes so don't worry about that just enjoy.
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Scramble Champ, Decal Works does GG graphics and they were solid to work with, and Scorpion makes some of the best radiator guards I've seen.
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Hey all,
Thanks for all of the replies. I'm pretty sure that this is "Baily's" old bike I'm just not positive of his forum tag name. I put a good ride on it today in the rooty, tight stuff with the motor and chassie working great I just have to do some suspension tweeking. bukwheat, Thanks for the tips. GMP, I believe it is. Tlineman, I'll swap them, thanks and I'll definately be looking to the softer seat after the major case of "Monky Butt" I got today AZrickD, I'll get a stabalizer cause at some of our races down here we have some high speed cow pastures, we deffinately have some snotty roots and plenty of monster sand whoops/washes. Jakobi, I'll track him down soon enough and beat him out of a brew. Glad the stab wound has healed. ucrtwf, thanks for the spring info and not to rub it in but the weather is absolutely perfect down here right now :D John01, Thanks Lildawg, thanks for the scorpion tip. Thanks again for all of the initial help everypn, keep the tips flowing. SC:) |
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