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Hi everyone,
As you all know, Coffee (Dean) passed away a couple of years ago. I am Dean's ex-wife's husband and happen to have spent my career in tech. Over the years, I occasionally helped Dean with various tech issues.
When he passed, I worked with his kids to gather the necessary credentials to keep this site running. Since then (and for however long they worked with Coffee), Woodschick and Dirtdame have been maintaining the site and covering the costs. Without their hard work and financial support, CafeHusky would have been lost.
Over the past couple of weeks, I’ve been working to migrate the site to a free cloud compute instance so that Woodschick and Dirtdame no longer have to fund it. At the same time, I’ve updated the site to a current version of XenForo (the discussion software it runs on). The previous version was outdated and no longer supported.
Unfortunately, the new software version doesn’t support importing the old site’s styles, so for now, you’ll see the XenForo default style. This may change over time.
Coffee didn’t document the work he did on the site, so I’ve been digging through the old setup to understand how everything was running. There may still be things I’ve missed. One known issue is that email functionality is not yet working on the new site, but I hope to resolve this over time.
Thanks for your patience and support!
250-500cc GasGas piston in WR 300
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Johnnymannen
Husqvarna
AA Class
PC.;101768 said:
Great bike for sure. I have try a 250ec last year and was impressed with the "small" feeling and agility of the bike and the good confort. The motor was very "mellow" for my taste, absolutly no hit, very linear from buttom to top but that give it a good tractability. The steering is also very nervous at high speed compared the the stability of the Husky.
Great bike, but i definetly prefer the caracter of my Husky
Great bike, but i definetly prefer the caracter of my Husky
Now I feel guilty....
Sorry! I wasn't meaning to bag on the brand. My humor just sucks
I'm the last thing from a loyalist as I've got a few brands in the garage. I will say the Husky has a certain feel that's unique to it vs. other bikes I've ridden and I like the feel better, but I've yet to ride them all.
Sorry! I wasn't meaning to bag on the brand. My humor just sucks
I'm the last thing from a loyalist as I've got a few brands in the garage. I will say the Husky has a certain feel that's unique to it vs. other bikes I've ridden and I like the feel better, but I've yet to ride them all.
LOL relax dude!! I was bagging on the husky guys for running a gas gas part ... your suppose jab back!! I have no brand loyalty, I could ride a jap 250f as easily as a wr 150. all I care about is that the bike works for me. If this 144 I'm messing with floats my boat I'll be a Husky guy until something better comes along ... Your tourettes comment is actually the best jab at the name I've heard to date!! at one time gas gas could have moved into the northeast and gave ktm a run for its money in the off road market ... unfortunately they dropped the ball and missed that train. I personally think they might not be keeping up ... I'm not stressing about it though ... plenty of capable bikes out there these days.....
no hard feelings here mate!!
no hard feelings here mate!!
Cool! The introweb doesn't convey sarcasm or humor too well. At least for me it doesn't.
Anyway, I got the piston today. It's got a little baby hump.
I'll be taking the top end to the engine guy on Monday for some head work to coincide with the piston. Hope it's the hot ticket
Anyway, I got the piston today. It's got a little baby hump.
I'll be taking the top end to the engine guy on Monday for some head work to coincide with the piston. Hope it's the hot ticket
PC.;101834 said:
PC, will hook you up on a ride with buddy Ken (you will like him, funny dude) with a real nice GG 300. You will like the bike, it works very well. It is to small ergonomically for me and one of the reasons Ken likes it.
hrc630;101895 said:Great bike for sure. I have try a 250ec last year and was impressed with the "small" feeling and agility of the bike and the good confort. The motor was very "mellow" for my taste, absolutly no hit, very linear from buttom to top but that give it a good tractability. The steering is also very nervous at high speed compared the the stability of the Husky.
Great bike, but i definetly prefer the caracter of my Husky
Spot on evaluation, small, smooth, tractable, nervous without a damper
MOTORHEAD;102282 said:
That's why I like `em! I'm 5'1" and they seem to fit me real well. We've got 3 GG's in our garage, bought our first one in 2003, and we've got lots of friends with them. I was seriously considering buying a new 250/300 when I found out they were putting them on a diet for 2010. Unfortunately my wallet would have had to go on a serious diet in order to purchase one. They used to be a steal, but not so much anymore.
They just make everything easy. You can ride `em like a crazed motocrosser, and then when you're spent they'll carry you home with no drama. They're pretty sweet machines
WoodsChick
Brian
Husqvarna
AA Class
The more accommodating fit for a shorter legged riders is what drew me to Gas Gas over Husky.
I'm still wanting a TE450 in addition though, my bank account is just not quite agreeing with that plan. Those Husabergs are looking good too, if I could get a plate.
I wish the Gas Gas site got more traffic though
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I'm still wanting a TE450 in addition though, my bank account is just not quite agreeing with that plan. Those Husabergs are looking good too, if I could get a plate.
I wish the Gas Gas site got more traffic though
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MOTORHEAD;102282 said:
I heard mention of how small framed the EC's are. Though it is noticeable I can tell you it is slight. We're not talking Pampera small by no means. Over all everywhere is about an inch. That's all. I'm 6' and have no troubles at all. Funny I had to add about an inch under the bars to fell comfortable standing on my 510, on my Gasser I did not.
Here's my two bikes
...TE 510 ........................ EC300
Wheelbase 1495 mm ......... ...1475mm .........= ¾”
Overall height 1285 mm .........1260mm .......= 1”
Seat height 963 mm ............ 940mm .. ..... = 1”
Ground clearance 340mm....... 300 mm .. ... = 1 ½” more
wallybean
Mini-Sponsor
Gas Gas are great bikes. That inch is pretty significant when you are one of us vertically challenge. As it is I just always try to have a midget adapter handy when mounting. Would I trade my WR144 for one......not going to happen but I would never hesitate to buy one.
Walt
Walt
I finally got around to pulling the top end. 69.7hrs on the stocker and it looks pretty good except where the intake wore into the intake side skirt of the piston. No blowby and bike was still making lots of power.
Here's the stocker vs. the Wiseco GG300 piston. Deck and pin height appear the same to my naked eye, but the intake skirt sure isn't. This may or may not be an issue... I'll find out later when I take it to the tuners.
Here's a shot of the crown. You can see the slight bump on the Wiseco
Here's the stocker vs. the Wiseco GG300 piston. Deck and pin height appear the same to my naked eye, but the intake skirt sure isn't. This may or may not be an issue... I'll find out later when I take it to the tuners.
Here's a shot of the crown. You can see the slight bump on the Wiseco
Good stuff. A very reliable source here on CH and whom works in the factory says the GG is drop in and performance upgrade.
I saw that too. And he would know.
I'm sure its fine. Just a different skirt design.
I assume the Vertex piston is the same!?!?
Johnny,
can you verify? Did you get it yet?
Also, I tried to measure the squish with the stock piston but the 3/32" rosin core solder was too thin to impact the head. So the stock squish is greater than .094", which is really loose itself. I'll need some thicker solder to get an accurate reading.
I'm sure its fine. Just a different skirt design.
I assume the Vertex piston is the same!?!?
Johnny,
can you verify? Did you get it yet?
Also, I tried to measure the squish with the stock piston but the 3/32" rosin core solder was too thin to impact the head. So the stock squish is greater than .094", which is really loose itself. I'll need some thicker solder to get an accurate reading.
No bueno.
The intake side of the piston skirt is too narrow and has the potential to catch inside the intake port (which is rather large). It will work, but I'm not going to risk the accelerated wear or potential for the skirt catching the port, which could lead to crank, case or cylinder damage. The GG 300 is a case reed induction motor, which is the reason for the different shapes on the skirt.
I'm still in the hunt for a domed piston. Just not this one.
Maybe the Vertex has the proper shape of piston skirt
Can anyone confirm the intake skirt shape of the domed Vertex piston is the same as the stocker?
Also, the stock piston is a cast Vertex. And was in need of replacement, so dont let the stock piston go too long as the intake window wore a good groove into the stocker. I dont think a forged piston will not suffer this fate as quickly.
The other WR300 head that Ron did (Someone named Tim, who I believe is Troffer88) the squish measured around .080" while mine could not even be measured with .093" solder, so Husky either tightened up the squish on the 2010 bike or the tolerances are all over the place.
Just an FYI for anyone who cares.
The intake side of the piston skirt is too narrow and has the potential to catch inside the intake port (which is rather large). It will work, but I'm not going to risk the accelerated wear or potential for the skirt catching the port, which could lead to crank, case or cylinder damage. The GG 300 is a case reed induction motor, which is the reason for the different shapes on the skirt.
I'm still in the hunt for a domed piston. Just not this one.
Maybe the Vertex has the proper shape of piston skirt
Can anyone confirm the intake skirt shape of the domed Vertex piston is the same as the stocker?
Also, the stock piston is a cast Vertex. And was in need of replacement, so dont let the stock piston go too long as the intake window wore a good groove into the stocker. I dont think a forged piston will not suffer this fate as quickly.
The other WR300 head that Ron did (Someone named Tim, who I believe is Troffer88) the squish measured around .080" while mine could not even be measured with .093" solder, so Husky either tightened up the squish on the 2010 bike or the tolerances are all over the place.
Just an FYI for anyone who cares.