Gnarly on 2018 gp 300?

[GASGASCWB]

Hi guys.
Could anyone tell me if the pipe that comes in the GP300 2018 is FMF GNARLY?
Thanks.

[dzhitshard]

No it is not a Gnarly.

It's a GP/XC pipe on the parts fiche for the XC.

[GASGASCWB]

Originally Posted by dzhitshard

No it is not a Gnarly.

It's a GP/XC pipe on the parts fiche for the XC.

OK!
Thanks.

[GG221]

Yes it is a gnarly. I have both pipes and they are identical I?ve taken measurements around the chamber in several different spots on both pipes. The GasGas pipe is the exact same as the gnarly except it says GasGas on the side. They use the same mold. I called FMF and asked them and they confirmed it as the gnarly pipe.

[GASGASCWB]

Originally Posted by GG221

Yes it is a gnarly. I have both pipes and they are identical I?ve taken measurements around the chamber in several different spots on both pipes. The GasGas pipe is the exact same as the gnarly except it says GasGas on the side. They use the same mold. I called FMF and asked them and they confirmed it as the gnarly pipe.

Seriously?
Really?
What good news.

[dzhitshard]

Originally Posted by GG221

Yes it is a gnarly. I have both pipes and they are identical I?ve taken measurements around the chamber in several different spots on both pipes. The GasGas pipe is the exact same as the gnarly except it says GasGas on the side. They use the same mold. I called FMF and asked them and they confirmed it as the gnarly pipe.

That's odd, The FMF Gnarly I bought from FMF definitely isn't the same shape & weight as the FMF marked pipe on my XC (that has the same fiche part number as the GP.)

I was told by the FMF rep that the only way to get the actual pipe that came on my XC was to buy it through GasGas.

[dzhitshard]

I want to take the "that's odd" part of that comment back.

Actually It doesn't surprise me much at all thinking back and realizing that I've seen XC bikes on the show room floor with pipes that looked like the EC model and EC bikes on another dealer's floor that had FMF marked pipes that appeared to be the same as the one on my XC . . .

[GG221]

Originally Posted by dzhitshard

That's odd, The FMF Gnarly I bought from FMF definitely isn't the same shape & weight as the FMF marked pipe on my XC (that has the same fiche part number as the GP.)

I was told by the FMF rep that the only way to get the actual pipe that came on my XC was to buy it through GasGas.

I think maybe the only way to get the one marked ?FMF GasGas? is through a dealer. I bent mine last summer and wanted to get a replacement so I started calling dealers and looking online. None of them had or could get me the stock pipe but they all had or could order the FMF gnarly or fatty. I started thinking it would be expensive for both FMF and GasGas for them to mold a brand new style of pipe specifically for a handful of GasGas bikes. This had me curious so that?s when I called FMF and the guy I talked to told me it was a gnarly. I ordered one and it is identical to the stock pipe besides the marking on the side. I have also read another comment online about a guy who ordered a gnarly pipe and it was different than the stock pipe on his XC. So I?m not sure exactly what could be going on. I will take some pictures with a caliper measuring the stock pipe and gnarly pipe side by side and post them to this thread later.

[memphis2857]

The XC pipe looks identical to the Gnarly when it’s laying on the floor. They have VERY different power characteristics though. I would have bet a paycheck that they are the same until I rode with the Gnarly. It has noticeably more bottom end and signs off much earlier than the stock XC pipe.


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[dzhitshard]

Originally Posted by memphis2857

The XC pipe looks identical to the Gnarly when it?s laying on the floor. They have VERY different power characteristics though. I would have bet a paycheck that they are the same until I rode with the Gnarly. It has noticeably more bottom end and signs off much earlier than the stock XC pipe.


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Yep, same experience. Unfortunately I bought the Gnarly after I read an internet post saying it was the same thing. Another $225 lesson learned the hard way. Again. It's a recurring theme I'm having after switching to this bike. About the good thing, imo, about the Austrian machines is that they are so prevalent that people have already worked this sort of stuff out.