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NinjaBob:
Here is an article that some of the KTM model s have been purchased by a Spanish company I never heard of.
https://motocrossactionmag.com/gas-gas-saga-continues-now-rieju-buys-the-spanish-made-off-road-line/

NinjaBob:
By the way here is a picture of the Gas Gas I had for a few years. I sold it because it kept putting me in the ER.

HawkGTRider:

--- Quote from: NinjaBob on January 24, 2022, 06:39:01 PM ---By the way here is a picture of the Gas Gas I had for a few years. I sold it because it kept putting me in the ER.

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We have a fairly active community of trials riders in this area, which I find pretty amazing. Then again, just an hour away in Sequatchie, TN is the Trials Training Center. I think I can continue to get better at riding in an off-road/adventure environment. But I don't think I'll EVER get any good at trials riding. The good guys doing that sort of thing are riding GODS.

Ride4MS:
"I sold it because it kept putting me in the ER."

The reminds me of 1977 when I was at Mankato Honda as Service Manager, for cycle, autos and power equipment, Honda had a close out sale on MR250.  I bought one and learned the hard way by going out in the woods, hills and rivers with some fellow co-workers that a few were off road racers.  They had me cross a river and when I got to the opposite side, and tried to make the steep bank, it came over on me and we were both under water with the bike on top of me.  Not sure what would have happened if they had not pulled it off of me.  The other guys also had trouble with the steep bank.
When I got home, a sore knee turned into a big gash that needed stitches and the surgeon sewed sand inside and I got a big infection that put me out of work for about a week, not being able to walk.

That is only one of the incidences that I had with the MR250.

I kept if for another year and someone in the shop wanted it and it was gone to a happy home.  In the meantime Denise found a used CB350 4cyl, and I also got back to street bikes.

NinjaBob:
In my teenage years my dream was to become a motocross champion. Roger Decoster and Brad Lackey were my heros. I only rode dual sport bikes from 1970 to 1980.  But in 1974 I lost the vision in my left eye. I really enjoy off road riding but the lack of depth perception makes me ride like a grandma. But the Gas Gas had so much torque  I could not restrain myself. Power wheelies in 4th gear! We have three acres of woods with a ravine running through it. I  made a pretty technical trials section and was getting fairly good and having a blast until late on afternoon I caught a root with my front wheel and got pitched into an embankment landing on my left shoulder. The shaft of my humerus was jammed a quarter inch into the head. Our small town ER did not have an Orthopedist available and just put me in a sling, gave me demerol and told me to see an orthopedist the next day. By the next day the break had set but was in good alignment so we just let it heal that way. So my left arm is a quarter inch shorter than my right. The Gas Gas stayed in the woods for several days until a riding friend came and retrieved it for me.

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