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[QUOTE="KTM Mike, post: 1325487, member: 22658"] QUOTE=HeidiB]Great info. Can anyone suggest an ideal gearing for doing enduros on my 200 which is an 02 MXC? It's a pretty feisty abrupt motor. More nasty than the newer years. It also has the stock jetting which is extremely spoogy. I like the idea of the Rekluse because of all the clutching I have to do. Me wimpy hand gets tired. :([/QUOTE] Heidi - my son has a 03 200 MXC - very similar to your 02. When we first set it up for him it was his first bike (he came from a quad finally!) - we installed a 9 oz flywheel weight, G2 Throttle cam with the least agressive cam, dialed in the jetting with a straight taper needle etc. (I totally forget what we ended up with - if you are interested I can see if we took any notes), and adjusted the powervalve to the "langston setting", and ended up with a FMF Gnarly pipe on it. It also has some mototassarini reeds in it. End result was very tractable and managable power delivery. As his skill improved we ended up going to a more agressive cam on the G2 (the middle cam), and set the powervalve to a more agressive setting. We toyed with removing the flywheel weight, but ended up leaving it on as it really helps with the stalling in tight slow rocky rooty stuff, without totally killing the rev on the motor (it does slow it down and smooth out the hit though). Getting the jetting right was very important - if it is rich down low, then clears its throat, and that fiesty motor hits it can get ya... plus as Fred said, the straight taper needle helps smooth things out a great deal as well. The rest of our mods really worked out well as they are easy to tweek to more or less agressive, or back to stock. The G2 throttle is fantastic - very easy to swap from standard cam (just like a stock throttle), back and forth to the more agressive cams. The different cams allow for a more progressive throttle feed in - makes throttle control much easier to manage. Very helpful to control the hit, and to manage traction in slick conditions. As the throttle opens further, it becomes more and more like stock - so it takes nothing away from what the motor can do - just makes it easier to work with and use. Likewise the powervalve adjustment is very quick and easy to do - and has a big impact on power delivery - and again, you can easily go back to stock. The flywheel weight is not quite so easy to tweek - it is either there or not! I was concerned the weight would kill the zip in the motor - it really does not, it along with our other mods makes that one sweet bike. I wont be suprised if next year Mitch takes the weight off though just to see. If he does that, my guess is he would go to a less agressive G2 cam, or tweek the powervalve a tad. As to gearing - he started out running 14/48 (stock). Last spring we did the MCCCT ride with Young Ted, so he wanted a bit more top speed for the road sections, so we went to a 45 rear sprocket. We assumed he would end up wanting that removed for enduros or tight woods - ended up leaving it on as he really liked it. With the taller gearing he found that first was much more useable (it was a bit to low before) and it pulled the gaps between gears just fine. Actually, after spending more time riding Mitch's 200, I have been seriously considering a 200 for my next bike (long before the current "fad" among the MTR riders here! :cool: ). Maybe once the kid heads off to college next year I may have to give his bike some regular "exercise" - you know - to keep it ready to ride etc. just letting a bike sit in the garage is not good for it after all... :p [/QUOTE]
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