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hi... i am Jay and I am a gasgas oholic...
So I have to confess.... I bought a wr450 about 2 months ago and have been riding it and leaving my 300gg at home by itself... Well we went to ride at lake mackenzie this weekend and I was going by myself there and meeting a group so I put the 300 in the trailer also.
We met up with a guy we found lost there the last time we rode there, it was also my first ride on the WR... we were back in an area we had been before, but they have had a ton of rain and everything is washed out bad. deep peg dragging ruts... We had to make a new way out. It was not pretty. I had made the first ride this day on my wr, then we met him on his new ktm 300 e start and I thought it would be neat to pull out the old 01 300... We rode places I have never seen before and the 300 was pure joy. It pulled like a freight train and gave no problems in any situation.. There was one hill that was nasty.... Almost, but not verticle with no run at it at all.. The guy on the KTM was leading and I was following him. He tried to go up one side and stalled.... got back down to the bottom.. pointed at me and said " that is the only way up"..... I kinda looked at it.... He said again "that is the way go " So I fired the 300 up clicked it in gear and hammered it right up that hill ( to my and the other guys amazement) It was beautiful.... The 300 made it look easy.. We rode almost 6 hours and only covered about 38 miles. It was awesome. I saw him today and he asked why was i bothering with that 4 stk... I don't know that I have a good answer for him... Thanks GASGAS for making a great bike.........and helping us look like real riders at times... jay
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broken down over 60 slow rider.. Last edited by jhendr3702; 10-18-2009 at 08:51 PM. |
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Cool, you've just saved somebody a bunch of money. It's amazing how many people get infected with the four stroke virus.
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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 |
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I agree.... I've just sold my old wr400f and moved to a 06 ec300 best thing i have ever done. like you said it makes me look like I know what i'm doing.....
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Gerald H 2006 EC 300 Recently UPGRADED from WR400F |
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the only things better on the wr than the gg is the headlamp.... and maybe the kickstand.. Maybe the button, but the gg starts in one kick 99.9% of the time... i think the wr would smoke it top end, but who cares.......
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Problem is that the wr I had was a 2000 model ..... no butten ... and to make it harder was the Decompreasion leaver....
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Gerald H 2006 EC 300 Recently UPGRADED from WR400F |
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i had a yz400f... i know exactly what you are talking about on the decomp lever.....
a hot cam auto decomp cam cures that issue.....
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Just sold my '06 WR450 yesterday!
I havent even ridden my EC250 yet, but when I bought it I knew the thumper was going out the door. Waiting on forks to get serviced, then the gasser is ready to go! |
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cool.... hope you like the gasser.... am sure you will........
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The gasser is way better, your going to love it.....
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Gerald H 2006 EC 300 Recently UPGRADED from WR400F |
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