2004 Gas Gas EC 250 Restoration

[Ralley0895]

Wassup GasGas community!

I ride a 2004 Gas Gas EC 250.

Recently I have broken my wrist due to a dirt bike accident In the time of healing up, I got bored. Sooo I decided to entirely rebuild my old bike from ground up and make it like brand new. I bought the bike in fairly decent shape but after I did my dues to it, it became quite a Frankenstein bike.

We went through the whole bike piece by piece, cleaning, painting, rebuilding, any thing and everything I could do to make it look like a brand new bike. I also had help from friends and family to make this bike possible. I am very greatful for their help.

There are plenty of photos of my restoration process if you guys would like to see.

I am still in the process of perfecting the way it looks and rides. It is soooo close to being fully restored. I felt the want to share with yall my process and fun that I encountered as I rebuilt my bike to make it my own custom beautiful bike.

I really hope yall like my restoration.

There will be more post to follow as I make more improvements on the bike!

Thanks

Tripp

[Ralley0895]

Before Restoration:

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Disasemble:

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Clean up:

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Powder Coating:

I powder coated the frame, spring, clutch cover, kick stand, foot pegs, chain guard and kickstand bracket.

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Reassembly of bike:

[Anders]

Welcome to the forum! In which part of the world are you located?

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[jerseymike]

Im in eastern/central Ohio. Took the bike out for the 1st time. I havent ridden since 98. My last bike was an 85 CR 500. I know suspension has changed ALOT from that bike. But I have to figure something out on this GasGas because it is no fun! lol. I went for a ride and the front end felt like I was riding on marbles. No i havent done anything with sag or any personal setup yet, but jeeez I almost dont know where to start with the front end.

[SS109]

Originally Posted by jerseymike

Im in eastern/central Ohio. Took the bike out for the 1st time. I havent ridden since 98. My last bike was an 85 CR 500. I know suspension has changed ALOT from that bike. But I have to figure something out on this GasGas because it is no fun! lol. I went for a ride and the front end felt like I was riding on marbles. No i havent done anything with sag or any personal setup yet, but jeeez I almost dont know where to start with the front end.

Start with servicing the suspension and getting proper springs for your weight. Then set your sag. Adjust all clickers to their mid point and locate the forks at the stock height. Then ride it, see how it does, and adjust from there.

[jerseymike]

I did all that to the suspension today. seemed like front was 26 clicks rebound/comp and rear was 26 rebound, but damn i counted like 70 clicks on the compression. I think the rear has the high/low speed adjustment with the 17mm nut and screw inside of it. I read post here about setup, but front was for Marzochs, I have the Ohlins. But, i found out that one of the bike previous owners has a suspension shop and he races GNCC, so maybe there are heavier springs in there. Waiting on phone call back to see if he remembers the bike. Anyway, also going to get different front tire, Magnum ex on there now, and push forks all way up in trees. Theyre about 12mm up right now.