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It is often said that real men cry................ I have an 05 Raga rep as as a first bike after years of enduros. I love the Raga as it requires respect! I did have a bash for a couple of weeks on a TXT 250 and it felt breathless and no instant punch. I will admit though if you are not 100% concentrating you can find your self on the way to orbit as all your mates giggle and say " I bet he wishes he had an even wetter setting". I would leave it alone and just respect the masterpiece you have. Change when you have no other option. ta

Sorry I forgot to mention the oil drain plug is underneath the engine and accessed through the sump guard. It is an allen key job and take care on tightening as threads in alloy are weak. Replace sealing washer or O ring if knackered. To refil you should see another small alloy allen headed plug on the top of the clutch cover on the right hand side of the engine. Hope this helps.

Hi Jos, For petrol premix I reccomend to only use a 100% competition 2 stroke oil at 66:1. This works out as 15ml Per litre. Do not be tempted to use cheap oil from garages or chainsaw oil as it is the wrong stuff for your beast. Places like Halfords stock Castrol TTS fully synthetic oil. Its about

Hi Peter, I checked the top hat by taking it of the bike afetr removing the spring.The bar at the narrow end was in the same plane as the tap at the larger end - I assume that these would not be aligned if it was the problem. I shall check further in the motor because i have notice a small chip on one of the gears and am wondering if this chip is stuck elsewhere and stopping the gear change that way. I shall let you know. Thanks

Hi Peter B, I have checked the spring and the horizontal locator pin........ All ok, no cracks present in the hat either and no signs of anything out of place thisside of the cases. I rang Gas Gas UK and I was informed of some link in the shift drum that may have gone caput, as all else has so far failed they suggested to check this. Apparently the top hat should break if the gear lever is knocked, so the job is easy to do but sometimes this link bends or breaks instead and it is a bigger job. I shall strip the old girl and see if the problems are further inside. Thanks for the advice so far it has been a great help in eliminating other possible causes. Where's my spanners...................? P.s. The spring on the hat is a bugger to get back on! I see why it comes ready built. TTFN

Hi, Thanks for the replies! I have had the cover and clutch off and I think I can see what is mentioned in the replies. I see a small peg with a 10mm bolt through. This has a double legged spring that is located on the change mechanism shaft. Is this the tiny adjuster that is mentioned? Do I need to slacken the bolt and just tweak it either way until I can get a good change down from 4th where the box is stuck now. I am right in thinking that I repeat the process until I can get back to neutral reset the peg and I am away. Just to add a bit more info: When I try to change down at the moment from 4th I can feel it begining to catch 3rd but it does not shift positivley down into gear and if it feels like it nearly there will jump out if you rock the bike back and forth. It almost feels like something in the box is jamming gears and stopping the movement. The oil when first drained came out normal with no metal fragments on the magnetic plug. With this in mind it probably is not a piece of metal jamming gears but the adjuster is out and needs resetting to finaly sort. Is this likely to happen often and is it ok to use Morris light gear oil in the bike - it is a semi synth blend. Should I change over to ATF as the clutch does drag a bit but i thought they all did that as my old TXT250 did the same. Thanks so far.

Hi, I have a 2005 Raga Rep 300, Its stuck in 4th gear! It will go up gears but will not engage third properly on the way down. The lever seems stiffer than normal and does not seem to be as slick as normal however, it does seem like the spring to return it is working yet it is stiff in use. I have changed the gbox oil and it has made no difference. Is there anything else I can do before I strip the bugger down? If a strip is required is it going to be out the frame and gbox out or can I resolve the matter whilst motor in the frame and if so how? Any advice much appreciated. Thanks P.s. Anyone ride near the Newport area of South Wales?