I loved my GasGas, it was a tank of a bike, in a good way. I seriously abused that bike, and never had a lick of mechanical issues with it. I guess you could say it had all its weight in the right places. And it still had more than enough power than I knew what to do with.
Now let's talk suspension. If I had kept the Gasser, I would have spent 1200 or so Canadian dollars to do the suspension. Not unlike what all the KTM dudes have to do with their brand new bikes, just to get them to ride nice in the woods. Haven't hit the 10 hour mark yet with the X, but I am giddy with the suspension. Ass end stays planted, front end doesn't hammer the piss out of my arms and shoulders. I'm riding trails in 4th that would have had me dumping down into 2nd with the GasGas, for fear of getting bucked into a tree. Stock. Haven't touched the clickers yet, may tweak rebound damping a bit, that's all.
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