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Have you tried the Doma? A friend of mine put one on his XC 250 and it made him want his mommy.
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Todd A ------- 2003 EC/O 200 |
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For 07 the stock pipe is essentially the same as the Doma. I had a Doma on my 200. Good pipe, just too thin. I crushed it along with an Eline pipe guard. FYI, eline carbon fiber is terrible. Looks cool but offers next to no protection. Hyde racing makes way better products.
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I wouldn't say that GG doesn't focus as much on R&D as they did before. That's not my impression. In the past few years, for example,
1. Redesigned FSR motors, and introduced a 515. Not a huge undertaking, but given their production volume, a sizable effort. They were also first (i think) with fuel injection on their four strokes. 2. If you recall a few weeks ago, GG introduced a 4T, sidevalve Trials bike. THAT took some R&D. A lot. During my factory tour, they took us through the manufacturing area, the race shop, and the R&D (but didn't show us the 4T sidevalve engine!). They are refining, but still doing R&D. When you're already good, getting better is less obvious. BTW, the factory tour article link doesn't work anymore (if anyone cares). |
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Can't justify it yet... maybe I should buy a new pipe to help guide my logic...
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Todd A ------- 2003 EC/O 200 |
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The 2-stroke platform is mature, so its more evolutionary changes than revolutionary changes (like an alloy frame for example). KTM has changed a lot more, including frames and shock angles and we know that while appearing to upgrade a lot more year to year, the net result is not there yet. What GG does good is keep their eye on the ball.
Most of the mods I did were on my '03. Good bike but the least favorite of my three 250s. It needed more low end pull and the heavy ignition made it feel worse. The '07 needs nothing but protection and personal preferance changes. |
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I'm short too. Everyone I ride with is always amazed - I seldom fall over while we're moving, but everytime we stop, I fall over. Just like the Laugh-In guy on the trike.
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Todd A ------- 2003 EC/O 200 |
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What a pleasure it is to ride a gasgas. After years of converted Jap mx'ers its such a pleasure to have a bike where jetting,spring rates and armour are my only concerns.Now I spend more time riding and less tweaking.
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I haven't changed anything on my 06 other than the seat foam and set the sag. I am totally stoked on the stock bike. It runs clean, other than a little spooge and definitely strong enough (I'll never use it to its full potential). Its got good enough
"chug" power and the top end is plenty ample for this super senior "b" rider. Sure, you could add a bunch of stuff to any bike on the market today and some of them require it, but I think GG is one of the few that don't require it or to a lesser degree, anyway.
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Alan 14GasGas ec300r |
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