Posted by Tiago on March 18, 2010, 7:42 am
> ---------
> If this is in reference to the bike Tiago was riding with the
> +20PSI tires. I think the culprit was MY faulty air gage.
> I pumped up the tires in the morning on the bike Tiago was
> riding. I am pretty sure it was Jim's GG300 that day.
> Jim may be a prankster, but, his involement in that fiasco
> was minimal. I think Kessler, Tiago and I all left camp with
> seriously over inflated tires that day. ooops "my bad"
> Jeff
This was fun. The next day I rode an older Gas Gas 250. A motocrosser.
I liked it much more than the 300. And people kept telling me that was
impossible, that the 300 - a woods bike - should be light years ahead
the 250, but I found the 250 much, much easier to ride on... :) Just
when we returned to camp we found out that the 300 had almost 30psi on
the tires! LOL!
-- T
Posted by john on March 18, 2010, 9:37 am
i always air up the tires before trailering to 30 psi or so
then lower it to ride... some thing about not wanting
a pinch flat or something while going to the riding place
that & it's easier to let air out than it is to put it in...
john
> ---------
> If this is in reference to the bike Tiago was riding with the
> +20PSI tires. I think the culprit was MY faulty air gage.
> I pumped up the tires in the morning on the bike Tiago was
> riding. I am pretty sure it was Jim's GG300 that day.
> Jim may be a prankster, but, his involement in that fiasco
> was minimal. I think Kessler, Tiago and I all left camp with
> seriously over inflated tires that day. ooops "my bad"
> Jeff
This was fun. The next day I rode an older Gas Gas 250. A motocrosser.
I liked it much more than the 300. And people kept telling me that was
impossible, that the 300 - a woods bike - should be light years ahead
the 250, but I found the 250 much, much easier to ride on... :) Just
when we returned to camp we found out that the 300 had almost 30psi on
the tires! LOL!
-- T
Posted by Mike Baxter on March 18, 2010, 12:20 pm
On Thu, 18 Mar 2010 04:42:10 -0700 (PDT), Tiago
>> ---------
>> If this is in reference to the bike Tiago was riding with the
>> +20PSI tires. I think the culprit was MY faulty air gage.
>> I pumped up the tires in the morning on the bike Tiago was
>> riding. I am pretty sure it was Jim's GG300 that day.
>> Jim may be a prankster, but, his involement in that fiasco
>> was minimal. I think Kessler, Tiago and I all left camp with
>> seriously over inflated tires that day. ooops "my bad"
>> Jeff
>This was fun. The next day I rode an older Gas Gas 250. A motocrosser.
>I liked it much more than the 300. And people kept telling me that was
>impossible, that the 300 - a woods bike - should be light years ahead
>the 250, but I found the 250 much, much easier to ride on... :) Just
>when we returned to camp we found out that the 300 had almost 30psi on
>the tires! LOL!
>-- T
That 250 was NOT smooth on the power delivery. I remember riding it
up the one hill. I'm glad I have clutch skills.
Mike Baxter
Posted by Tiago on March 18, 2010, 1:04 pm
> That 250 was NOT smooth on the power delivery. I remember riding it
> up the one hill. I'm glad I have clutch skills.
all two stroke bikes I rode for more than "just a quick ride to check
it out":
Yamaha DT180 (DT175 outside brz)
Agrale 16.5; 27.5 & 30.0
Suzuki RM125
The first two (3 Agrales, basically the same, the 16.5 is 125cc, other
two are 200cc, the 30.0 has more power) does not have powervalves and
are dual sport bikes. About RM125s, you know them more than I, I'm
sure :)
So, when I got on a 250cc two stroke, I was almost "at home", being
used to ride the RM so much. I really mean it when I say I really
liked that bike for trail riding more than the 300. Still to this day,
I laugh alone when I remember all that. People telling me "the 300 is
better!" and I thought to myself "I must be really odd and different,
I liked the 250 more..." rotflmao!!!! I am sure that if the 300 had
the correct tire pressure, things could be different, but I'm really
not sold on that. I've ridden my XR with absurd tire pressures, too
low and too high, with brand new tires and with bald tires and with
street tires. Of course new knobbies with proper pressure makes
everything easier, just I don't think it changes that much as it
changed my perception between the 250 and the 300. I don't know how to
explain, but the 300 was kind of "too much" for me. I couldn't handle
it, like I have never ridden off road... The 250, otoh, was easy,
predictable and I stalled it much less than I did on the 300,
sometimes it was scary, bike would stall in the worst places. Weird.
If you say to me now "I'm bringing you a gas gas for you to ride
spodefest, which one you want? You can't switch bikes later!" I'd take
the 250 motocrosser without thinking too much! Okay, to be really
honest, the point is that I'm a spode. No matter how much I ride, I'll
never be "good". I don't care, I have fun, that's the point if it
all.... :) Perhaps, the fact I'm so used with underpowered bikes
helped... Perhaps, if I had ridden a CRFX450 I'd be so scared of the
bike I'd consider it a bad bike... Well, I was having so much fun I
couldn't care less. I could even be riding a 20 year old XL125 with
bald tires and I'd be just as happy.
-- T
Posted by Mike Baxter on March 18, 2010, 1:31 pm
On Thu, 18 Mar 2010 10:04:56 -0700 (PDT), Tiago
>> That 250 was NOT smooth on the power delivery. I remember riding it
>> up the one hill. I'm glad I have clutch skills.
>all two stroke bikes I rode for more than "just a quick ride to check
>it out":
>Yamaha DT180 (DT175 outside brz)
>Agrale 16.5; 27.5 & 30.0
>Suzuki RM125
>The first two (3 Agrales, basically the same, the 16.5 is 125cc, other
>two are 200cc, the 30.0 has more power) does not have powervalves and
>are dual sport bikes. About RM125s, you know them more than I, I'm
>sure :)
>So, when I got on a 250cc two stroke, I was almost "at home", being
>used to ride the RM so much. I really mean it when I say I really
>liked that bike for trail riding more than the 300. Still to this day,
>I laugh alone when I remember all that. People telling me "the 300 is
>better!" and I thought to myself "I must be really odd and different,
>I liked the 250 more..." rotflmao!!!! I am sure that if the 300 had
>the correct tire pressure, things could be different, but I'm really
>not sold on that. I've ridden my XR with absurd tire pressures, too
>low and too high, with brand new tires and with bald tires and with
>street tires. Of course new knobbies with proper pressure makes
>everything easier, just I don't think it changes that much as it
>changed my perception between the 250 and the 300. I don't know how to
>explain, but the 300 was kind of "too much" for me. I couldn't handle
>it, like I have never ridden off road... The 250, otoh, was easy,
>predictable and I stalled it much less than I did on the 300,
>sometimes it was scary, bike would stall in the worst places. Weird.
>If you say to me now "I'm bringing you a gas gas for you to ride
>spodefest, which one you want? You can't switch bikes later!" I'd take
>the 250 motocrosser without thinking too much! Okay, to be really
>honest, the point is that I'm a spode. No matter how much I ride, I'll
>never be "good". I don't care, I have fun, that's the point if it
>all.... :) Perhaps, the fact I'm so used with underpowered bikes
>helped... Perhaps, if I had ridden a CRFX450 I'd be so scared of the
>bike I'd consider it a bad bike... Well, I was having so much fun I
>couldn't care less. I could even be riding a 20 year old XL125 with
>bald tires and I'd be just as happy.
>-- T
Riding is fun regardless of the bike. Sometimes the bike can make it
more fun, but I find the company I ride with matters more.
Mike Baxter
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> If this is in reference to the bike Tiago was riding with the
> +20PSI tires. I think the culprit was MY faulty air gage.
> I pumped up the tires in the morning on the bike Tiago was
> riding. I am pretty sure it was Jim's GG300 that day.
> Jim may be a prankster, but, his involement in that fiasco
> was minimal. I think Kessler, Tiago and I all left camp with
> seriously over inflated tires that day. ooops "my bad"
> Jeff