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That was my first trials bike at 12 years old. I learned alot on that bike. But mainly how to crash, as I could not touch the ground. Clean or a 5 back in that first year I rode it. Have fun.

Besides parts availability, the evo turns far sharper.

The dotted green line is correct by Billy. I have used that setting myself on various Beta models

A new or newer Beta 250 is quite mild than all the other brands. Ride one and see. Note the compression on the 250 is way softer than even a 200 and the power is on the soft side.

My son also thought the 260 looks the best. But I was working on a 260 Sunday, and jumped back on my 301. Huge difference power wise

Just buy the plain front and rear fender as they are cheap without stickers.

Have you pulled the reed cage off to see who dropped the bolt in a pedal?

Did you rrplace the top hat and spring? With out the clutch on the shaft could the shaft move off the spring? Seems like it kept the shaft from moving. Been about 8 years since I did my last one. Good luck.

Well more info is needed. Is it all the way together? By spinning the sprocket, you should be able to get all the gears. What did you replace?

Sorry nobody has responded, but you are better off to take the fork apart. Inspect and clean it and refill with 5 wt oil. By now that poor old bike probably needs a new spring in that left fork.

A 150 main jet was stock on the 350`s, so a 160 is way too big. At least try a 150, but something even smaller would be best.

They only service info is long gone, unless you find something printed out on the net. Gas Gas never made a manual other than the parts break down and the owners manual just had basic info like capacities. It`s a very basic bike to work on as long as you have spark!

MY son has a 300rr and I just got a 301. I have a 42 on the rear of mine and the topend on the 301 is still much faster in first gear. Totally different feel as the engine brake is hard to notice on the new model.

Also runnimg your chaIn too tight can do it.

I just got my 301. Great bike if you don`t plan on hopping all day. Rode my first event yesterday. I cleaned the first section and nobody else did the first loop. Great way to start on my first 4 stroke since 1975!

Pricey means you should buy before they are obsolete or part out the bike.

The lever on the carb is the choke. If I remember right you push it down to start and then push it back up to turn off the choke. The pilot jet would plug quite easily on this carb. It is a great handling little bike. Have fun.

The new Hebo`s are huge in the calfs. I was going to buy new boots for my grandson, tried the Hebos and had to go with Alpinestars. Worth a try.

I finally got mine yesterday!

So the last comment is tottaly correct. A friend bought one for 500 last year and it was almost mint. I have an 1986 I could not find a buyer for.

+2 on the maxima super m. Mixing at 1.5 oz to gallon out of being an easier to calculate. I have not run 50 to 1 since 1986 on my ty350. The original Gas Gas guys suggested 100 to 1 as the bike would gum up at 50. I figured to meet in the middle.

Thats not enough to run if accurate. Whats the history on the bike? Did it run when you b ought it? Did it all of a sudden start having this issue. Could just be stuck rings. You probably should plan on taking it apart. But you would just pull thd header pipe off and take a look at the exhaust side if the piston. Post a pic if your not sure what you find. Good luck.

No power, thermostats bad, fan is bad. BYpass the thermostat and see if it starts working or give 12v to the fan and see if it works.

Thats a good start. HAve you done a compression test?

The times it refuses to start, you have to verify if you are getting spark or not. If it is flooding it`s a carb/intake or even a main seal issue. But the flooding could be from kicking it 20 times with no spark. A quick cheap other trick would be pull off the spark plug cap and cut the wire back a little to fresh wire and screw the cap back on. And double check the pins connecting the CDI, they have been known to push in or out of place. Being 17 years old now, anything is possible.