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hello from new member and some plastics help please.
Hi there,
My name is Andy and im about to have a go at a bit of 'green laning' and enduro on my new to me, gas gas 300ec I am hoping this is not going to be a bucket to throw money at, but im excited to ride it any way. Im totally new to off-road riding but i have ridden sports bikes for years and currently ride a suzuki gsxr 1000. Any how, the bike was cheap but is supposed to have had a recent engine rebuild and has been used competing in enduro's. As such it is a little messed up and im hoping to give it a new lease of life cosmetically. It is supposed to be a 2002 model, but from pictures, it looks more like a 2001. Can anybody confirm which plastics i can buy for it with a more modern look please? cheers Andy |
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Personally, I would spent your $$$ on mods before plastic.
If you search on the word plastic you will find tons of info on where to get plastic.
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ok, what should i be looking at for mods? or is that just a case of ride the bike and find out what needs sorting out
Last edited by andy_scouser; 06-17-2009 at 07:23 PM. |
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Sure ride it straight away, sooner you do the sooner you start learning.
You're going to be on a big learning curve for a year. First you have the wrong bike for starting in the UK but you may be ok in the dry of summer. Don't give up. New plastics look good for a couple of rides. If you are new to dirt bikes you will be spending a fair bit of time in bushes or on your arse - actually if it stays dry you may get to spend more time on the bike than your arse! After a year you learn how to fall and as long as you don't hit anything it becomes painless. Don't worry going down on dirt is usually a low sider and pretty painless. Oh I recommend knee pads of some sort though. Don't worry if the plastics are just scratched. I would only bother with new ones when they really fell apart or if I was selling. First thing to do is to get the bike to fit you if you're not around average size and weight. That's the ergonomics - bar, pegs, seat heights, control positions. If short you can do things to lower a little. Then get the suspension set right. If not average get the correct rate springs fitted, set the sag (very important) and start reading about damping on dirt to help you setup the clickers. Next check the jetting is correct. Dirt bikes often have the jetting messed about with. I'd recommend a CCK needle - look up Pobit's recommendations for the 300 using CCK for smooth power. You will find the 300 a very fast aggressive bike if you're new to dirt. Alternately go with a standard UK setup such as 38P, 178M, N1EF (on 3 or 2). Some US setups do not work here. I think they ride much more open terrain than us. Tyres, tyres, tyres! Almost anything will work ok on hard pack. When it's sloppy they get really important. I would advise Michelin comp 3 rears and comp 4 front. They are FIM legal for enduros and E marked for the road. After that the Metzeler FIM enduros are good too. Be warned the grip on tarmac is crap. I often forget when I've been riding road bikes for a while and end up in a speedway power slide on the first bend on a dirt bike! Basically you need to make that bike as easy to ride as possible. Getting on a 300 2 stroke as a first enduro bike in the UK is a bit like passing your test on a 125 and buying a Desmosedicci as your first bike and going on a trackday! You will be lucky to use more than 1/8 throttle in the woods. Makes overtaking on the fireroads easy though. |
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Firstly, thank you very much, loads of help there... although im now a little scared
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Thanks again, let the pain/fun begin |
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I have been looking around for jets/needles but cant find any where in the uk, can you suggest any where at all please? |
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Right now- 40P 180M DDK (similar to CCK) in middle clip. If no one in the UK, try carb parts warehouse here stateside. http://www.carbparts.com/ Their site kinda sucks, but they have everything for the Carb in the GG.
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I recently got mainjet and needle direct from gasgas uk. They cost me £18 for both items, which i thought was good prices.
Regarding your bike, i am no expert by no means I brought my first off road bike last April time its a GG EC250 1998. I think its a fantastic bike excellent for learning on (you only do the wrong thing once!) Dont let them tell you its the wrong type of bike you learn so much quicker on an unmanagable bike. The first thing i got sorted was the static and race sag. I had a lot of trouble with the front conventional marzocchi magnum 50s. So i replaced them with a set of 45mm shivers off a 07 bike courtesy of spdfrek from this web site, who posted them from US. It dramatically changed the handling of the bike. With regards to protection i always wear knee protection alongside mx boots. occasionally body armour (depending where i am riding) Shot do some good reasonably priced gear. I Hit a tree on a practice track in Swaffham Norfolk completely wiped my knee and right leg off the bike (bout 30mph) i had already let go of the bars, with the protection on all i had was grazing where the bars scraped on me side. I completed one enduro last year which was a real eye opener (lack of fitness) i had been practicing with a mate on a field and thought we were fairly quick. Haha little did we know. Just recently completed my second enduro which i faired quite well in comparison. Just looking forward to the next one. Good luck with the bike i hope it serves you well, you will find lots of info and a lot of helpfull people on this web site, its like one big happy family. darren
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