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Test report on 2012
I test rode a 2012 xc 300 from Gunnison motor sports in Gunnison Colorado last weeked with the following coments.
Fritz at Gunnison Motorsports is a class act. Supper clean shop, well stocked, sick old school memorbilia of Fritz's career, nice staff. Fritz was very nice with a no pressure sales approach that I enjoy. I would highly recomend checking his shop out and meeting his crew. I am 6 foot 2 180 and a good trail rider and a shitty Mx'er. I currently ride a 05 yz that has many woods mods. Pros for the Gas Gas: Quiet, exhaust was quiet and the the motor made less noise then my yz seat was flat and felt great when you came down from standing into a berm and got up near the gas cap. Great clutch, easy pull and good control. My yz has a magura hydro clutch also, but the gasser was better. Real good motor. Great low end and reved out. This motor is better then my yz not radically but 15% better then a modded yz 250. 6 speed. although Fritz had a 13/48 sprocket combo so a climbing set up Cons: rear suspension felt soft and bottomed often. Added four clicks of compression and 2 of rebound but I did not count where I was. This helped a lot but no high speed on the Ohlins which is a bummer. not quite as vibration free as I was hoping. This does not bother me that much but a friend told me they were way differnt then the YZ (we both owned them) and I did feel it was better, but not radicaly. Fork was soft but I never bottomed it. Conclusion: I am impressed with the bike and am contemplating a purchase. Time will tell. Thx Drew |
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Thanks for the report Drew.
Thats a nice list of pros and the cons aren't anything that can't be addressed through a little personal tuning. I agree it would be nice to see a fully adjustable shock. If anything I find the HS comp is where the magic is found. The engines seem to vary from one to the next regarding the vibes. Mine was a real buzz box, my friends is silky smooth. |
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Actually a HS comp adjuster is of limited value. The "magic" is all in the active valving of the shim stacks. Adjusters just control WHEN the valving takes over. In the Ohlins/Sachs I beleive the HS is just a preload on a blow off valve. I have it on my '07 Sachs and don't miss it at all on the '12.
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You'd know more about it than me Glenn so I'm not questioning your knowledge. Just what I found with my KYB and Ohlins 888 was that they both required some adjustment of the HS comp before coming truly compliant. I do miss it on the TTX and think I'll be having some taken out when it sees its first service.
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Its not the same as custom revalve to tailor the high speed stack. If it was that easy, there would be a lot of unemployed tuners.
Biggest issue with the 888 I found is rebound control, and the effect of the adjuster on compression when attempting to dial a little more in. |
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The HS compression is also very adjustable, but that adjustment is internal and happily so ... the suspension guys have to pay for their racing somehow
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