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Good luck finding a Vertex Piston. If you do find one, let us know. With the part numbers! It seems they can't help you without the numbers.
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Mike Sheetz OMRA #21AA What will I be riding next? Christini GG 300? '15 KTM 300 XC-W '08 EC 250 (Gone to new happy owner) Gran Prix Cycle LTR Suspension RB-Designs Last edited by roostafish; 05-24-2010 at 09:06 PM. |
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Located to our south in Iowa is the Hot Rods company, home of Hot Cams, Hot Rods, Pivot Works, and affiliated with Vertex Pistons. (Please see http://www.hotrodsproducts.com/.)
This company has done pretty well, and if there were enough demand for GasGas pistons, my guess is that Vertex Pistons would be made available to us. I, for one, am with Glenn. If you toast a piston skirt, it can do a lot of damage (think cases). $200 for a piston kit isn't a bad deal, really. It's cheap insurance. If you change it at 100 hours, it cost you $2/hour. You're burning through way more gas than that. Where else can you have fun like this for $2/hour? Fuel:Oil mix has quite a bit to do with ring and piston surface wear, but not much to do with fatigue life. If you run your bike hard and don't change a piston, you'll break one. That $200 piston looks cheap when compared to the other result. |
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TM's are a close 2nd.Orange give me a brake
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jeff '00 XC250 (mine) LTS front and rear suspension, power valve cover, carb jet kit and rear chain glide, RB Designs head mod, BRP tall triple clamp, backyard foot-peg lowering conversion. '04 EC250 (the kids) (he can do his own mods haha!) |
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I thought a 300 with a 250 top end was a 250? Am I missing something? Is the stroke changed in these bikes as well?
Wes.
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i do agree that a properly kept Gasgas is beautiful, but you have to admit that alot of them that get sold used have not been well kept and look kindof shabby.
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hey guys,can somebody please shine some light on this cylinder thing from my original post............thanks
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jeff '00 XC250 (mine) LTS front and rear suspension, power valve cover, carb jet kit and rear chain glide, RB Designs head mod, BRP tall triple clamp, backyard foot-peg lowering conversion. '04 EC250 (the kids) (he can do his own mods haha!) |
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I'm with you and jostby. My ears and eyes are perked for an answer. I thought 250 shared the bottom end with the 300. Only difference was the jug, piston etc. Somebody please ! Inquiring minds want to know....
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Fred Overstreet 2010 EC250 SixDays 2004 GasGas EC300 -Sold to a good home 2006 GasGas EC250-Sold to a good home 2006 GasGas TXT 280 Pro |
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There was talk in one of the forums about a "275" gasser. If I remember right it was one or more bikes modified by the French TEAM for racing in the ISDE. |
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