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Unfortunately living on the Isle of Man the vehicle registration number can’t be found on a uk website.

Anyone having much joy with insuring a 300RR? Seem almost impossible to find a company that lists the bigger 288cc motor, the 250 and 260 can be insured no problem. Unfortunately Msm insurance don’t cover my area.

Haha ? comical. Anyways, all the best for 2019! Am off riding ✊?✊?✊?✊?

Thanks for your first comment, not so much for your second! “This is show us your montesa” not bash people’s new bikes ?

The new machine just before it’s first run out.

Hi Trapeseartist If you’re after a 4t it’s and easy decision, Honda every time! 24 world championships back to back and total domination in trial 2 this year is proof enough for me. My self and the group of lads I ride with have a mix of Montesa’s and gasgas’s and we ride some seriously muddy venues, I am yet to see the Montesa’s struggle in the grip department in comparison, in fact if anything I’d say they get more drive.

Has anyone taken delivery of a 2018rr in the Uk? After some feedback on how they ride? Currently own a Gasgas but the component spec of the rr has my attention.

Hello can someone tell me how a sidecar trial is observed?

I’d prefer a Rieger over an Ohlins, would be a little disappointing seeing an Ohlins on the racing models especially when there’s talk of a £400 pound price increase ☹️ Lower spec at a higher price? Hopefully this isn’t the case?

Would be nice to see a 72kg ready to ride 4rt in the near future.

2017 gasgas 2016 Montesa

For a little while I’ve wanted to know the actual difference in weight between a Montesa 300rr and a GasGas 300 racing. Having ridden both extensively I always get the feeling the Honda is much more than the claimed 72kg considering how much heavier it feels compared to the claimed 67kg gasgas. Fairly sure these figures must be dry, no fuel, oils and coolant etc. I decided to get the scales out! Both bikes were fitted with a full set of guards, fork, frame and swingarm, all ready to be ridden with oils, coolant and a full tank of fuel. The only real difference to the spec was the Montesa had been fitted with a heavier duty Csp sump guard, approx 500g more than the standard item. The results were as expected. The Montesa 76.5kg and the gasgas was just under 70kg at 69.2kg so the ready to ride difference was 7.3kg. both bikes are fantastic to ride and the extra weight of the Montesa isn’t a problem, it’s only really obvious when ridden back to back, or when you’ve been injured or nackered after a long day out and have to load them it the van! ??

Looks like a slight change of decals and another flimsy sump guard for the 260 ? Anyone seen or heard anything on the 2018 300rr? Would be nice to see it actually be a true 300cc rather than it being a 289cc ? suppose 290rr doesn’t sound as impressive ?

Check the large black connector on the rectifier, I've seen corrosion in the connections cause this exact problem.

Been a while since anyone posted some Gasgas pictures up, so here's some of my 2017 to get the ball rolling ?

That was my first thoughts, but St Blazeys confirmed these will be the 2017 retail prices. The standard bikes will have a slight increase, £5699 They will be selling the remaining 2016 300rr's at £6999.

St Blazey MX who are a U.K. Montesa dealer.

U.K. Price reduction ? 2017 300rr RRP £7499 2017 repsol £6699

My 2016, the plan was to buy a 2017 in January but the red bikes look much better!

Try giving the large black connecter to the rectifier a good clean up with some contact cleaner, have seen corrosion in these cause the same symptoms. They can be tricky to disconnect so be carful not to break it, just take your time and it will come apart.

Haha maybe they have all been made inside out! ? But least it sounds like no one has had a 4rt spontaneously combust into flames due to a missing metal flame guard.

What would be the point of the coarse layer other than being to replace the flame guard? None of the other jitsie filters for other bikes have this same outer? Or do they? So it seems plausible with the Honda being the only bike running a flame guard that they would account for this when designing the filter. There's no way the guys at jitsie have made the filters this way by mistake.

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Been using the jitsie filters for years in all conditions and had no issues, maybe the dust entering the airbox is from not oiling the filter enough? The corse outer of the jitsie filter is a flame resistant layer to bypass the need for the standard flame guard.