Back in the Saddle Again!

[byost]

Jim,
Congrats on the 250, I have had very good luck with my 300. If you have any machinists friends maybe they could whip you up a custom set of mounts or a shark fin like these I have drawings if you are interested.
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[Rick]

The original Smackover is back......great to hear from you! Hope all is well with the family and congrads on the new steed!

Now let's see some pictures!

[REVERUP]

Congrats Jim on the upgrade, it's a shame it had to come that way, I hope the theives are caught.

The 11 is a great machine and and a big step forward to the 06 model you loved so, I owned one also and loved it.

I'm running for radiator protection-Rad frames by Scorpion Racing. Now the company is called Emperor racing they are based in Canada and make great protection equipment. Shark fin - running the Enduro Engineering. Good product.

I have not had water pump issues, I did change out impeller to an aluminum unit as I always have on all my Gas Gas'.

The only complaint I have had about this 300 is for some reason the power valve rattle is quite loud on mine. I've checked and adjusted, still loud. None of my other 300's were ever this loud. But I'll live with it cause the bike as whole is a winner. It works everywhere.

Have fun!

Roscoe

[Jim Cook]

Originally Posted by REVERUP

Congrats Jim on the upgrade, it's a shame it had to come that way, I hope the theives are caught.

The 11 is a great machine and and a big step forward to the 06 model you loved so, I owned one also and loved it.

I'm running for radiator protection-Rad frames by Scorpion Racing. Now the company is called Emperor racing they are based in Canada and make great protection equipment. Shark fin - running the Enduro Engineering. Good product.

I have not had water pump issues, I did change out impeller to an aluminum unit as I always have on all my Gas Gas'.

The only complaint I have had about this 300 is for some reason the power valve rattle is quite loud on mine. I've checked and adjusted, still loud. None of my other 300's were ever this loud. But I'll live with it cause the bike as whole is a winner. It works everywhere.

Have fun!

Roscoe

Thanks man! (And also to all the rest of my friends here who have seen this and responded.)

Regarding the rattling powervalve:
As we would set up new bikes at the shop, we noticed that, every once in a while, a new bike would arrive at the shop (in the crate from the distributor) which was missing the little spacer behind the powervalve bracket (to which the rod coming up from the governor is attached.)
This little washer is supposed to be located immediately behind the bracket. Without it, the pv shaft can shift back and forth about an 1/8". And it is noisy as hell. I always keep at least one in stock, because the used ones that I see are often missing them.

I'll check out the suggestions. Normally, in the past, I would use the EE or MSR universal shark fin, and if I broke the mounting tabs off the underside of the swingarm, I would install one such as is in your photo.

The only photos that I have so far are of it on the lift stand, with the front end dismantled, while I'm having my suspension personalized. The seat is off, waiting on my tall Guts foam and seat cover.
I'm going to run the Hyde skid plate/pipe guard and am going to try the swingarm guard.

I'm going to sign off now. The KTM carried me just fine the last two day of trail work in the mountains, but the rocks, 90F temps, and the work itself, has worn me out.

Ya'll take care, and Good Riding!
Jim

[Cruiser]

90?? wow! its been back and forth 50-60's here and a few days ago we had ,,, snow squalls.. well it is may.. just not right tho for NEpa! local farmers are all freaked out.. had a bad frost two days may have taken out the fruit tree crops.. what a spring..

[jaysktms]

Welcome back Jim, been awhile for sure. I just got my 1st Gasser this year and all I can say is wow! After many years on orange, this is the best out of the box bike i ever had.

[Jim Cook]

Originally Posted by Cruiser

90?? wow! its been back and forth 50-60's here and a few days ago we had ,,, snow squalls.. well it is may.. just not right tho for NEpa! local farmers are all freaked out.. had a bad frost two days may have taken out the fruit tree crops.. what a spring..

It never even snowed here this last winter. Other than rain storms, it was very mild, even for Lower Arkansas. (It did snow 100 mies north, at my favorite riding area.)

[REVERUP]

Originally Posted by Jim Cook

Thanks man! (And also to all the rest of my friends here who have seen this and responded.)

Regarding the rattling powervalve:
As we would set up new bikes at the shop, we noticed that, every once in a while, a new bike would arrive at the shop (in the crate from the distributor) which was missing the little spacer behind the powervalve bracket (to which the rod coming up from the governor is attached.)
This little washer is supposed to be located immediately behind the bracket. Without it, the pv shaft can shift back and forth about an 1/8". And it is noisy as hell. I always keep at least one in stock, because the used ones that I see are often missing them.

I'll check out the suggestions. Normally, in the past, I would use the EE or MSR universal shark fin, and if I broke the mounting tabs off the underside of the swingarm, I would install one such as is in your photo.

The only photos that I have so far are of it on the lift stand, with the front end dismantled, while I'm having my suspension personalized. The seat is off, waiting on my tall Guts foam and seat cover.
I'm going to run the Hyde skid plate/pipe guard and am going to try the swingarm guard.

I'm going to sign off now. The KTM carried me just fine the last two day of trail work in the mountains, but the rocks, 90F temps, and the work itself, has worn me out.

Ya'll take care, and Good Riding!
Jim

Ok, Thanks for the tip! I'll check into it!

Roscoe