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Old 03-20-2009, 09:37 PM
SideshowBob SideshowBob is offline
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Default Intro and 2003 MC205 conversion to New England woods machine

First post!
I am currently tearing down my 2003 Gas Gas MC250 that I got on the very cheap last fall. Craigslist ftw.

I am currently in the process of getting the suspension off to go to Factory Connection and getting everything apart to fix little issues here and there. My last experience in full tear down was my KDX200R and that bike was def in better shape than the Gasser is.

On the slate (and in the budget)-
-FC suspension service and valve
-New fluids (brakes and tranny)
-New chain and sprockets
-Some rollers for the beat-up chain guide
-Carb cleaning and re-jetting (sounds like I am prolly gonna new some new parts there)
-new plug (multiple for jetting)
-new bearings for rear linkage? (potential)


Anywho, I have the bike mostly apart. However, my Triple Clamp Bolts are frozen, 4 of 10 of them I can't get to budge. Just three on one side on the bottom, the others are all freed.

In the process one of my hex sockets snapped clean off in the head of one of the bolts. Doh! I started looking around, are the MC triple clamps all the same even though I have the Ohlins suspension?

Anyways, look forward to posting and using some of the resources of this forum. Plan is to make the bike a reliable fast woods bike.

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Last edited by SideshowBob; 06-16-2009 at 06:10 AM. Reason: Title change
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