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From: Mike Baxter on 1 Feb 2008 14:13
My 8 year old GasGas has slight grooves in the basket. In
combination, the bike has always had a fair amount of clutch drag
which is easy to overcome as it only is noticable when trying to start
the bike in gear or bump/push starting the bike. Anyway, this place:

Stormin Norman Racing , RR#2, P.O. Box 471, Ruffsdale, PA 15679.
724-722-3630

was modifying baskets with steel inserts. Are there any other places
that do this mod?

Mike Baxter
From: JayC on 1 Feb 2008 15:44
> Stormin Norman Racing , RR#2, P.O. Box 471, Ruffsdale, PA 15679.
> 724-722-3630
>
> was modifying baskets with steel inserts.  Are there any other places
> that do this mod?

Not that I've heard of. Incidentally, I filed the grooves out of the
basket on my GasGas and it pretty much completely eliminated the
clutch drag, that the bike apparently had forever.

How much is it? A new steel-fingered CR after-market basket is an
option - probably around $200. I'd file it, then get a new one if it
started dragging again.

JayC
From: Mike Baxter on 1 Feb 2008 16:02
On Thu, 31 Jan 2008 12:44:16 -0800 (PST), JayC <jwc(a)sysmatrix.net>
wrote:

>> Stormin Norman Racing , RR#2, P.O. Box 471, Ruffsdale, PA 15679.
>> 724-722-3630
>>
>> was modifying baskets with steel inserts. �Are there any other places
>> that do this mod?
>
>Not that I've heard of. Incidentally, I filed the grooves out of the
>basket on my GasGas and it pretty much completely eliminated the
>clutch drag, that the bike apparently had forever.
>
>How much is it? A new steel-fingered CR after-market basket is an
>option - probably around $200. I'd file it, then get a new one if it
>started dragging again.
>
>JayC


I did file it about 2 years ago. It did nothing to fix dragging. I
plan on trying a couple Honda CR fiber plates to see if it fixes the
problem. It doesn't bother me, but my friend Pete is willing to pay
for the repair because it drives him nuts and riding my old GasGas is
way cheaper than buying a bike at this time.

Mike Baxter
From: Tiago Rocha on 1 Feb 2008 06:01
On Jan 31, 6:02 pm, Mike Baxter <mgb...(a)comcast.net> wrote:

> I did file it about 2 years ago. It did nothing to fix dragging.

warped or worn steel plates could also cause dragging?

-- Tiago
From: XR650L_Dave on 1 Feb 2008 08:54
On Feb 1, 6:01 am, Tiago Rocha <diariodastril...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> On Jan 31, 6:02 pm, Mike Baxter <mgb...(a)comcast.net> wrote:
>
> > I did file it about 2 years ago. It did nothing to fix dragging.
>
> warped or worn steel plates could also cause dragging?
>
> -- Tiago



Warped clutch plates will.

DDave
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