Hi i am a new member with the TRF and would like to say HELLO to you all. i bought a brand new Gas Gas EC 300 from a Gas Gas dealer in Cornwall 3 months ago and have had nothing but problems with it from day one, it has now done 450 miles and seized solid.
From day one it was missing like a fart so i phoned the shop up and he told me to adjust the air screw out to two and a quarter turns and change the plug, went out on another ride and still no improvement, i phoned the shop again after 150 miles on the clock to get further advice and he said to now start running it on 50-1 instead of 40-1 and change the main jet to the one that he gave me when i purchased the bike,as he said the one in the carb is a running in jet, so that’s what i done and still no improvement. so about 3 weeks ago i phoned him again and he said to whip the carb off again and move the circlip to the top of the needle and play with the air screw between one and three quarter turns and two and a half turns and it will run perfect he said, so i went out on the bike last Sunday for the first time since doing the adjustments and only got one and a half miles from my house and the back wheel locked up and i nearly went into an oncoming car.
Since having the bike i have changed the gear oil twice and i have been very Careful when mixing the fuel so i know everything i have done has been right.
I phoned the bike shop up on Monday morning to tell him what had happened and he is arranging a van to collect the bike, i told him i didn’t really want the bike back and he said that wasn’t an option, anyway it is Friday and still no sign of the van,
If anyone could help me with the legal side of this i would be very greatfull, i am so gutted after spending £5000 and not having a bike, i just don’t know where i stand. I have owned bikes all my adult life but this is the first new one i have bought, i bought a new one for reliability, well 3 months of ownership and i have already had to get the wife to pick me up with my trailor 3 times, not a very good name for Gas Gas i am afraid.
Thanks Ade.
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