Gas Gas, any good?

**secondfield** · 5th November 2008, 21:55

i want one hard. not the most awesomely powered beasts but unbeatable with the right rider in the enduro stuff.

Thats why the nz enduro champs was won on an rmz450 eh? oh, and paul whibley in the GNCC on his rmz450 .... oh and ole knighter on his ktm450 ...

Unbeatable? not a gas gas to be seen for miles ... smelly little premix

Try a TM300 tha'd be more your style .. italian production bike with factory spec's .. or a good ole kato 300 exc if your in for a two poker...

i want one hard

That sounds a bit sus bro'

I wanna get you and dave into club mx ... just to be well rounded dirt bike fiends ...

A big bugger like you might be a bit dissapointed with the gas gas.

**kezzafish** · 5th November 2008, 22:12

Originally Posted by secondfield

Thats why the nz enduro champs was won on an rmz450 eh? oh, and paul whibley in the GNCC on his rmz450 .... oh and ole knighter on his ktm450 ...

Unbeatable? not a gas gas to be seen for miles ... smelly little premix

Try a TM300 tha'd be more your style .. italian production bike with factory spec's .. or a good ole kato 300 exc if your in for a two poker...

That sounds a bit sus bro'

I wanna get you and dave into club mx ... just to be well rounded dirt bike fiends ...

A big bugger like you might be a bit dissapointed with the gas gas.

you can hardly compare two bikes in a race series when one of them doesn't enter it? if you can then i'd say: look at the World Enduro Championship, Gas gas pissing all over RMZs and KXFs for that matter. The TM300 and the KTM300 are very similar bikes to the Gasgas they'd all be great. I'm just saying that i'm a bit tired of muscleing my 450 1/4turn throttle weapon through the link track. and backflips while i'm trying to get up a hill are fun for a little while but at the end of the day... i wanna get to the top of the motherfucking hill. but in saying that... i fukken love whoopin you bitches asses through the karapoti gorge. gimme a gasgas and we'll dual at the MX track........bitch, then lay down and felate on my toe
Oh and as for GNCC... that's just a massive, narrow, MX track. And my bike'd be fine for that. it's the more hardcore tech shit that i wanna go faster in. Anyway, to the point, i'm hateing seeing these aucklanders with all the good rides and series so i'm taking my machette up karapoti on sunday and i'm gonna cut us an old track clear and stage an illegal cross country race. You in for some muscle work?

**kezzafish** · 6th November 2008, 01:29

ok, got home and checked the bike on trade me. It looks good. and someone in a previous post vouches for the seller so buy it and gimme a ride. The only thing i'd say is it's a little on the pricey side considering how cheap brand new ones are so whittle him down to 6500 and it's a great buy

**Danger** · 6th November 2008, 07:14

Be careful holding up the Ohlins on the Gas Gas to the aftermarket Ohlins available for any other bike. As in anything there are different price points to fill and different performance levels.
The Gas Gas are delivered with a price point Ohlins and are valved incredibly soft, not that suited to the Kiwi environment that often double dutys them for some off road riding and club MX.
What I'm saying is if you want a Gas Gas, buy a Gas Gas. Don't buy one because it has Ohlins suspension. If you want Ohlins suspension, be prepared to pay for it on the bike of your choice.
Having said that, I would prefer the price point Ohlins over the Marzocchis that most of these bikes come with.

**Rupe** · 6th November 2008, 15:47

Originally Posted by Danger

The Gas Gas are delivered with a price point Ohlins and are valved incredibly soft, not that suited to the Kiwi environment that often double dutys them for some off road riding and club MX..

lol, you don't know anyone who could sort them out do you????

Hey Secondfeild, you every watched WEC, last man standing, etc, can't say I've seen many susuki's or kwaka's do any damage there.

It's not a mx bike, it's an enduro bike.

**Danger** · 6th November 2008, 17:26

Originally Posted by rupecopp

lol, you don't know anyone who could sort them out do you????
It's not a mx bike, it's an enduro bike.

You miss the point, most Kiwi's double duty their bikes here and don't just ride enduro's. Hence the popular use of MX bikes for trail riding and MX riding in one.

For working on the Ohlins you could try Robert Taylor at Crown Kiwi Technical or perhaps Linton in Christchurch for the Marzocchis. I've worked on friends Gas Gas's before because they are friends bikes, but have turned away customers who have come to me with them in recent times due to the hassle in stocking parts for a bike that I see few off, the price of the parts and the hassle, down time and cost of having fork tubes re annodised and machining bushing lands (marzocchis). So no, I prefer you not to bring your Gas Gas to me although I can really help those with WP forks, but there are not many with them. Your comment was cynical and defensive to jump to Gas Gas's defense but I wasn't looking for work, just trying to offer some helpful advice.

**noobi** · 6th November 2008, 17:39

so Danger your saying you wont work on Marzocchis because there hard to get parts for?

**Danger** · 6th November 2008, 17:45

Originally Posted by noobi

so Danger your saying you wont work on Marzocchis because there hard to get parts for?

Just saying its not worth me stocking them. I got a set of OEM seals for a friends set of Marzocchis, they cost me about $96.00, not looking to make profit on a friends set but it makes it hard to pass on the costs to a customer and make any kind of profit. Add on other costs to sort the forks out and its not much fun for me or the customer.
I did try to get a replacement piston for another set which a butcher had ruined by drilling out and breaking the piston. It wasn't available and I was unable to replace it.

**Rupe** · 6th November 2008, 17:47

Originally Posted by Danger

You miss the point, most Kiwi's double duty their bikes here and don't just ride enduro's. Hence the popular use of MX bikes for trail riding and MX riding in one.

sweet as, I did point out it was an enduro bike not an mx bike. It was just a bit of tongue and cheak, if you don't want the work at the moment don't do it, theres plenty of well qualified people that will. And yeah I'd choose Linton due to his knowledge, service, and very resonable prices.

Anyway this isn't really helping out 2slo so I'll shut up.

**kezzafish** · 6th November 2008, 19:16

Originally Posted by rupecopp

Anyway this isn't really helping out 2slo so I'll shut up.

i recon it's helpful, good to know about stuff like part availabilty and different opinions on bike suitability. I'd say the gas gas is a sweet buy especially because it has the ohlins suspension because you'll have no problems finding parts for ohlins suspension. they're one of the biggest suspension companys in the world. like i said before, buy it and gimme a hoon