dan williams

It is a reference to the movie "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" in keeping with the theme of China manufacturing. An attempt at a bon mot. I apologize for the obscure reference.

Crouching Beta Hidden GasGas

Probably best to ask on the GasGas specific forum.

I think we're pushing 70" in the last 2-3 weeks and it's going nowhere soon. 2 degrees F and 30-40MPH gusts. On the bright side there's a chance of snow Wed and Sat so I got that going for me. It is raining though, in the bedroom, wife's office and most disturbing, the TV room downstairs. Dripping out of a light fixture. Who knows where it'll show up next.

Great. I notice you've kept your levers near level. Good, that's proper position because if you drop them like the enduro guys you lose the critical front brake control on downhills.

Glad to be of service.

The first link looks like a scam to me as in buy the bike on line and what shows up has the same number of wheels and that's about all. Read down a bit and it has a four stroke gas/diesel with kick and electric start. At 66kg no less. Sounds pretty good.

Holy hell I bet that hurt!

Now that snow tread thing is a good reason to get a 300.

I think the suppliers would have little to say if Chinese investors infused cash into GasGas that could be used to pay them off. Regulators might intervene but I doubt it as they want their money back too. For a Chinese company to acquire a known brand might be well worth 20mil. Much more than the company is currently worth. Think Tata motors acquiring Jaguar or Honda acquiring Montesa.

Another foot forecast for Sunday. This is seriously nuts. Oh yeah another storm Wednesday.

That might not be true in the US anymore. Recent copyright law changes have left many orchestras scrambling for material as most of the well known European works have now been reclassified as under copyright.

Hmmm expand into China. Foreign investors? Would you still love your GasGas if it was made in China? Come to think of it how much of the Honda is still made in Spain? Any of it?

Brilliant!

A brace might help. It depends on what's wrong though. Sometimes you just have to let it heal.

To quote Creedence Clearwater Revival, "Doo doo doo, lookin out my back door"

Sounds nice. We are getting snow all day until tomorrow, then Thursday and Friday then next Monday. Currently have ice dams at both ends of house and water coming in. Going to be a long winter and expensive summer.

Well done.

Oh you better believe the plow guys are dancing all the way to the bank. 27" then 17" now maybe 20" in less than two weeks. They can plow but the roads are getting really narrow and New England roads often started out as cow paths so they're not only curvy but meet at weird angles. And of course there are the legendary Massachusetts drivers.

I used to shorten my bars all the time until I got the '08 and decided to leave them stock length. Shortening the bars won't make the bike more twitchy but it will reduce your leverage so when you drop into something the front wheel will have a little more leverage on you and it's easier to "tuck under" If you are having a problem with feeling like you are too far forward roll your bars forward a bit. This is one of those counter intuitive things but it does work. Rolling the bars forward causes you to stick your, er, rear back as you drop your body position to compensate. You also gain forward and back leverage because your arms are more in-line with the bars. This will make the bike more twitchy and faster turning. You will definitely notice on the loop but it will also make the bike feel better on drop-offs as it will be easier to get your weight back and low and will help on uphills as you can pull harder on the bars to weight the back wheel. As for Renthal vs. stock I was always a big fan of Renthals. There are three main dimensions for bars. Height, sweep and rise. Height can be considered the distance from the triple clamp to the mid point of the grip location of the bars. Sweep is the angle the grips are bent back from the plane of the center of the bars. Rise is the angle the grips are bent up from the center of the bars. Much of this is personal preference but at 5'7" you are pretty much within the norm for the standard bars except for the difference in shoulder width/arm length/torso length because you are a woman. That fact alone can affect your perception of the bikes geometry. There is no one answer and the best recommendation is try different settings for bar position to find what works for you. There are also set back pegs and moving the forks up/down in the triple clamps to fine tune steering response. Play with it all. You seem pretty competent with a spanner. What bars did your friends' bikes have and did they have accessory pegs?

Seriously?

Careful with oil capacity because the cartridge forks don't drain completely. Refill measuring oil level from the top of the tube compressed.

Hello, My hovercraft is full of eels.

Should always support farmers! They get precious little help from anyone.

...but you can pump it up again yes? That sounds like a leak in the system. I'd try a rebuild kit for the master cylinder first. On an older bike they're usually due for replacement. Before you do though make sure your bleeder valve is snugged properly as that can bleed pressure too.