GasGasstormedbackintothe
Australianmarketlastyear,winning
theADBshootoutandtakingtop
two-strokehonoursintheAustralian
Off-RoadChampionship.Anditlooks
liketheSpaniardshavedecidedto
refineanalreadypopularpackage.
AssoonasIfiredtheEC300into
lifeIcouldtellthenewelectric-start
systemwasfasterandmadequick
getawayseasy.Thecockpithas
improvedwiththenew28.6mm
diameterhandlebarandNeken
handgrips.
OnthetrackIfoundtheenginethe
mellowestofthecarburettorbikes.
AlsonewistheSun/Rainmapswitch
andIdidfindadecentamountof
differencebetweenthemaps,nothing
liketheShercobutenoughtomakeit
agoodoptionovervaryingterrain.
Aredesignedcylinderheadthat
increasesthermodynamicperformancehas definitely kept this
aneasyengineto hang onto. The
overallsizefeels very similar to the
KTMandthat’s no surprise as they
sharethesame seat height of 960mm
withtheHusky.
Thestand-out feature is easily the
KYB48mmclosed-cartridge fork and
monoshock.
Thisistheonly bike in this group
withadual-chamber spring-cartridge
forkandithelps big time when you
ridetheEC.
Itdoesn’tseem to matter what kind
ofterrainyouthrow at this
suspension,iteats it up with ease.
Becauseofthe quality suspension,
thisbikecankeep a very wide variety
ofridershappy and, with the small
improvementsGas Gas has made in
thepower,starting and ergos, it is a
veryappealing package, especially
withapriceof$12,490.2019 SHOOTOUT #5 | 300T ENDURO
The Gasser mill is an oldie but a goodie Whynotjustusea KYB gas-oil monoshock?Gas Gas EC300
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