2012 ISDE Six Days - 2012 Bike Prep Questions

[Graham]

Hi All,

I am heading over to Saxony for the ISDE in a couple weeks, my friend is competing for Team Canada and I am his support person.

We were just going through a bunch of things today, and as he'll be riding a 2012 GG250 (His bike at home is a 2011 EC250), we had a couple questions for those of you riding them now.

The elevation for the racing should be 1200ft ASL and I would imagine up from there, but nothing very high as far as we can tell so far. Temps look to be between 10C and 20-24C during the days.

I run the NECJ/NEDJ needles in my KTM at between 500ft and 4000ft here and they work beautifully. We're going to need to re-jet this rental bike when we get there, and I was just wondering if any of you would have a decent starting point for us to work from?

The ISDE incorporates a lot of long road/double track sections, then very tight and technical Special Stages. It's important the bike is able to wind out on the roads, but not be too rich in the tight stuff.

I would appreciate it if anyone can give us a starting point as we'll only have about three days with the bike before impound.

Also, is there anything that are "must do's" on the bike from new? We're bringing all our own skid plates, bark busters, rad guards, pegs, etc, etc. But are there any little corrections that need to be made? This bike will be run 7-8hrs/day for five of the six days and we need it to be sorted out right from the word "go."

Thanks for the input... I'll be taking plenty of photos and will try to get them up here when I get back.


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[3beejay3]

Take some red loctite with you & Loctite the kickstand bolt. It will come out if you don't.

Wire tie the rad shrouds to the rad braces, as they come out of the grommets a bit too easily when in the sticks.

I have about 30 hrs on mine & that's about all I've had to do. Can't help you much with your jetting question, but they are rich out of the box. You may only have to go down 1-2 sizes on the pilot and one or two spots on the needle if temps are below 20c. More so if it's warmer. Probably also depends which carb is on it; the older AS1 or the new one.

[twowheels]

Originally Posted by 3beejay3

Take some red loctite with you & Loctite the kickstand bolt. It will come out if you don't.

Wire tie the rad shrouds to the rad braces, as they come out of the grommets a bit too easily when in the sticks.

I have about 30 hrs on mine & that's about all I've had to do. Can't help you much with your jetting question, but they are rich out of the box. You may only have to go down 1-2 sizes on the pilot and one or two spots on the needle if temps are below 20c. More so if it's warmer. Probably also depends which carb is on it; the older AS1 or the new one.

All good comments. I'd add a fuel filter to the line to keep tank junk from spoiling your week, some split fuel line or similar to keep the airboot intact where it meets the subframe, saftey wire to keep the plush, stock ProGrips from turning, and a bottle of champagne

[swazi_matt]

From what I have read here it may be worthwhile servicingthe fork to make sure the oil levels are where they should be

[Jakobi]

Jetting wise if you have a day to play during setup take your suzi needles. They seem to work well in the Gassers too.

The W diameter with a 40/42 pilot has been reported to work well in 250's by myself and others, but all that is depending on the actual carb, and slide that you end up with in your bike. These results came with 38mm PWK ASII flat top/shallow bowl models with #7 non notched slides. If it were me I'd almost be taking my own carb, jetting supplies, and forks just to speed up the setup and reduce the amount of variables to deal with. Probably not so easy for you coming from the KTM though. Definitely take any needles you have around H/W/J diameters. N3CJ/N8RH etc along with your suzi ones, and if you have the jd kit thats not a bad fall back plan either.

[Nhuskys]

Bring all the bits you can and then get some advice from the Factory Gas Gas guys on the ground there.