2008 ec300"R" race report

[Berkyboy]

Tobias Burman has posted a ride report on www.offroadchampions.com about his Texas National Enduro ride on a 2008 GasGas ec300.

http://offroadchampions.com/html/burman.html

Although Tobias' report is mostly on the National Enduro experience he does write about the overall feel of the '08 300.

Mark (wannabe) can probably help come up with a better list of our race prep but I'll try to hit the basics.

RB Designs carb and head mod were the only motor modifications made. Jetting was stock RB Designs.

Stock FMF pipe and SA.

LTR powervalve cover and LTR GP radiator braces

Suspension was bone stock. We set sag at 105mm for Tobias' weight and raised the forks slightly (3/8ths of an inch). Static sag (without rider) was at 7/8ths of an inch.

Stock bars w/ Acerbis flag handguards.

Blue anodized Rad Mfg wheels.

Stock gearing 13/48 with Regina chain.

Modified Pivot pegs.

Twinair filter w/ Twinair filter cage.

Michlin S-12 tires w/ Michelin mousse inserts.

Galfer brake lines.

Hyde Racing skid plate.

notes:

Tobias was very impressed with the motor and it's power delivery and suspected that we did a lot of porting work, which we didn't. He and his mechanic couldn't believe that the motor would run properly with 91 octane fuel.

Once we got the suspension dialed in, he felt the suspension was excellent. At first I don't think he believed us when we told him it was stock but he seemed to be very happy with it.

We struggled a little bit with getting the brake pedal height properly adjusted. Even though we had shortened the rear master cylinder adjustment bolt by nearly 3/8th of an inch Tobias still burned through a couple sets of brake pads on race day. His boot size was something in the size 13 - 14 range and the brake pedal seemed to always be in the way. The biggest culprit was the pivot pegs, as he had never ridden with them before, and he ran a too high brake pedal height. Once we got the brake pedal height set we had zero problems.

Did I miss anything Mark??