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Originally Posted by Caravan Monster
On the subject of the EC 200, I'm considering buying one, but have 3 questions:
1. I already have a 2006 EC 300, which is a brilliant bike, but I find it exhausting for local club hare and hounds because it pulls so hard right off tickover. Would the 200 be a lot easier to ride, or should I stick with my TM 125 for racing ?
2. Does anyone know if there was an EC 200 model produced in 2010 (europe / uk market). I can't find any reference to it on any of the Gas Gas sites ? I have the frame number if that helps i.d. the bike in question.
3. The bike has Sachs forks and shock. I'm a novice racer - will the sachs be noticeably different to the marzocchi / ohlins on my '06 ? I generally find soft settings on the shock and lighter oil / bigger air gap in the forks work well on most bikes
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1. The 200 has no where near the same low end pull of the 300, and I find it very easy to ride for 6+ hour enduros or 3 hour cross countries. However, those TM 125s seem to be pretty race bred to start with. I don't know if it would be a better race machine.
2. Yes, there was definitely a 200 in 2010, 2 friends of mine have them.
3. The sachs forks are a bit quirky, but from what iv read as long as you're careful with how you go about working on them you should be ok, they are not fundamentally different to other OC forks. They use 7mm id shims. Sachs shocks are find also, been on gasgas' since 07' in a lot of bikes, and in Huskys for a while too.