2015 Gas Gas Updates

Spanish manufacturer, Gas Gas, hasn’t been doing a whole lot in the way of model upgrades over the past couple of years, but for 2015, Gasser fans have more to be excited about – especially on the two-stroke front. Both two- and four-strokes models are now powered by the Italian-made Husqvarna engines, while the EC450F uses a WR450F-based powerplant. As was the case in 2014, Gas Gas’s two- and four-strokes models all use the same rolling chassis (though the EC125 still runs a 45mm fork), but the 2015 machines receive substantial updates over their predecessors…

SHARED (2T & 4T)

• The seat cover is now grippier.
• The swingarm gets a new finish and revised tension-spring for the axle adjusters.
• Clutch and brake levers get new anti-friction bushings.
• The 48mm closed-cartridge fork gets updating damping settings and a new material for the fork protectors.
• The footpegs and their mounts are all-new.
• The gear-shift lever is all-new.
• The sidestand gets a rubber retaining strap.
• The fuel cap is redesigned.
• There’s new graphics with a 30-year anniversary logo.

TWO-STROKES

• The EC125 gets a new cylinder and revised ignition to suit.
• The 200, 250 and 300cc engines all get an externally adjustable power-valve (via a spring preload system) and a new electric starter.
• The 200, 250 and 300cc are all fitted with a redesigned expansion chamber (the EC125 gets an all-new DOMA pipe) and new FMF silencer.

FOUR-STROKES

• All three models (250, 300 and 450cc) get new header pipes and an FMF muffler to make them more compact and quieter.
• The EC250F and EC300F gets revised carb settings.
• All four-strokes are fitted with a hard-plastic bashplate.

Now available only in the up-specced ‘Racing’ models (the base models have been discontinued), the 2015-model Gas Gas machines’ RRPs (including GST) are as follows:

EC125: $9995

EC200: $10,395 (E-start – $10,495)

EC250: $11,190 (E-start – $11,295)

EC300: $11,995 (E-start – $12,195)

EC250F: $TBA

EC300F: $TBA

According to Gas Gas Australia’s Jeff Gleeson, the 2015-model two-strokes are due in Australian dealers in early August, while the smaller-capacity four-strokes (the EC250F and EC300F) will arrive in October and November.

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