Just got the wee fella one for Christmas, didnt get it out of 2nd at the dealers, but when we went for a play yesterday it seems to only have 1 and 2, but not the easiest gearchange, seems very tight.

I could only find the specs of the 2001 model http://www.gasgas.com/Pages/2001's/TX80-rookie.html and it had 6 gears then. Maybe they changed it to 5 or less later but only 2 gears i don,t think so. Maybe PeterB knows ?

My lad had a brand new 2002 and I'm sure that it had six gears.

That was a TXT80 but it was almost exactly the same as the TXT70 from the year before.

Is it the same as this? Here's a picture-

The only thing that ever went wrong with this one were the spark plugs.

He got used to carrying a spare around with him and putting it in when the bike died. It did tis every third or fourth trial and the plug was simply finished. Don't know what caused it and we just put up with it.

If your bike is the small wheeled version, there's a chance that it should only have high and low gears, but if it's this one it should have a full range.

ah found the 2003 specs here http://www.gasgas.com/Pages/2003's/txt80-main.html 6 gears.

Merry Christmas Steve,

If your bike has 16 inch front and 14 inch rear wheels, then it is a TXT BOY 50, which has a Gas Gas 50cc motor with 2 gears, selectable with a push/pull lever at the bottom of the LHS of the crank case. This has an auto clutch with manual over ride.

If it is a Rookie, it is a Moto Minarelli or Morini motor, can't rmember which but it was a very reliable engine. It came out with 6 gears, standard manual clutch and full size wheels.

Hope this helps.

Bye, PeterB.

its the Rookie version, think ive found the problem, now I found my specs lol! there was a small stick stuck at the back of the lever stopping upward travel. I'll take him up to the woods later to test its working right

thanks for your help