Time for FUN !!1998 Gas Gas 320TX on FIRE New Year's Day!!!!!!!!!
Started by mattpetty, Jan 04 2012 02:38 AM
25 replies to this topic
Posted 18 February 2012 - 01:34 PM
Exactly! The goal is to run all of the NorCal events this year. Never done a proper trials event so it should be fun. See y'all out there. Also, if I come across anything else that relates to the original problem I'll keep this thread updated.
MP
MP
Posted 09 March 2012 - 09:02 AM
People think that trials bikes are for riding trails and the thing is, trails at high speed RUINS them, they are not made to be ridden thet hard for that long. So basically it was all you.
Posted 09 March 2012 - 01:55 PM
mattpetty, on 18 February 2012 - 08:43 AM, said:
The reason I couldn't stop "boiling" the coolant is that I was over-filling it. My procedure was to fill, fill and over-fill the radiator and with the expectation that the excess water would blow off. If you do this however you get a funny siphon effect where water just keeps puking out initially. This water loss then leads to a true overheating a bit later once the bike warms up. If you don't realize the coolant was siphoning when the bike was cold, you'll likely think the bike is boiling right from the start with a nearly cold engine. So, fill the radiator until you can just see water at the bottom of the neck. Shake the bike a bit, squeeze the hoses etc to burp air. Then top back off until you can just just see water at the top of the rad. If you overfill just wick some water out with a rag.
Thanks for all the help guys!
Matt
Thanks for all the help guys!
Matt
Matt,
Thanks for posting the resolution to your issue! Things like that can drive you crazy, its always good to hear what works in solving a problem.
Posted 09 March 2012 - 11:36 PM
Trialsmaster, on 09 March 2012 - 09:02 AM, said:
People think that trials bikes are for riding trails and the thing is, trails at high speed RUINS them, they are not made to be ridden thet hard for that long. So basically it was all you.
I think you're at least a little off. All of the little mechanical things wrong, plus trail riding might RUIN a trials bike. It would also ruin an enduro bike though. The bike runs killer now and is totally happy to be ridden in the manner that originally caused me trouble. Same type of rides, but I pay more attention to varied throttle positions on long fast bits and also feeding the engine some fuel/lube via revving on long decel. Whole temp issue is seemingly gone.
I'm really not trying to start any type of argument but I also was told by my local Gas Gas mechanic that this vintage of GG is particularly well suited to trailride because of how sturdy and overbuilt it is compared to the Pro range. I just scored a Pro so I'll report back on the relative toughness of either.
MP
Posted 15 March 2012 - 06:16 PM
Most factories build the bikes to take the beating the Scottish Six Days can dish out because they know if their bikes fail THAT test, their sales will plummet. But it does take a little attention to setup details and an educated rider to push the limits handed out in the SSDT
