Ground up Resto on '96 GasGas JTR-270

[LeShaghal]

Picked this beauty up in Dayton OH came with the trailer, helmet, gloves, and a SR nameplate...And boy did it look ready for assisted living...




But with a bangle here and a bauble there.

-Scrubbing bubbles (Lots of 'em)and a pressure washer!!!
-Tear down
-Sandblast, Weld, and Powder-coat frame
-all new hardware assembled with either Loc-tite or neverseize
-Engine Teardown
-Water pump seal Kit
-New brake pads&lines
-All fluids
-All filters
-Carb rebuild & re-jet
-Domino Grips (Not pictured)
-Rear Fender
-New rear shock, dogbones, bushings and bearings
-Rebuild forks (New seals and dust covers)
-1 Tube of grease for all the bearings and bits
-Straighten Skidpan
-Repack muffler
-Carbon bits to Compliment my "Supertanium" bolts



Better than new in 3 weeks!

[Sting32]

Dayum... looks nice....

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[jonnyc21]

Looks great! My project is a 74 Supper Beetle... Not even close to that done... I have my 4RT to distract me from getting it done, it maybe a long time tell I get it finished with my trials addiction getting in the way.

[Bob_M]

What a great job you did!

Since you are now an expert at restoring the JTR270, please forward your address and then wait by your garage door for mine to arrive next day air for the same treatment.

I picked mine up in 2010 in fairly good shape and gave it a once over recently but nowhere near what you accomplished.

Now go get it covered in mud and dirt.

[joe cool]

Looks much better enjoy your new ride.

[jcone]

WOW!!! Very Nice! I have a 97 JTX 270 Luv it.

[Gham]

Now thats digging in,staying focused,and (most importantly) not running out of money!

[LeShaghal]

Working on a '92 GT32 (sorry no picture of that one)
was parts bike when i got it.
Have something special planned for it...more to follow on that later
I think beta technos and the aprilia 280 climbers both used the same
Paioli USD 38 forks as the'92 Gt32 and all '93 GG models, so the plastics should interchange.

Then I'll tackle restoring my '95
Waiting for the project coffers to recoup. Expect big things.

[ADVCoop]

Great looking bike! I have a 1992 GT25 I am slowly fixing up. I just replaced the rigged up rear fender with the proper unit. Looks 100 times better with just that.

[Seavoyage]

Originally Posted by ADVCoop

Great looking bike! I have a 1992 GT25 I am slowly fixing up. I just replaced the rigged up rear fender with the proper unit. Looks 100 times better with just that.

Here's a rare photo of the Jordi Tarres works bike:


Excellent website with the history: http://www.retrotrials.com/works-bik...hese-days.html

The main photo shows Jordi Tarres sitting on the 1993 GasGas . Keen Tarres fans will note that this is not the bike that he rode trials on. The bike he is sitting on is the prototype GasGas trials bike that GasGas prepared for Jordi to convince Jordi that they could build the bike that he needed. This would therefore give him confidence to leave Beta. The prototype worked well and the rest in history. You will note that the bike that Tarres rode in the World Trials had Ducados and Oxbow livery. The bike he is sitting on does not. This photo was therefore taken some months into the new contact. The actual trials bike that Tarres rode in the 1993 Championshuip(which he won) is in the Barcelona Museum. Tarres only used one bike in 1993 and his other years , not many bikes.He said it was hard enough to get one bike perfect let alone 2 or 3.

The bike in the inset small photo below is the actual bike that Tarres tested with GasGas. It features works lower fork yokes that have never featured on any production GasGas. It also features a modified engine over standard.

Jordi Tarres' 1993 world championship winning trials bike