Gas gas TXT CADETE 2007, TXT ROOKIE 2007 User Manual

ENGLISH

TXT ROOKIE / CADETE ´07

USER MANUAL

GAS GAS thank you for the trust you have placed in us.

By choosing a new GAS GAS TXT Rookie / Cadete 2007 you have become part of the great GAS GAS family and, as a user of the number one manufacturer of off-road motorbikes, you deserve to receive the best treatment we can offer you both in our post-sales relations and in the explanations we offer in this manual.

Our Rookie / Cadete 2007 is designed for high-level trial competitions. In fact, it is the result of many years of competing and experimenting in this highly demanding discipline and of the many excellent results obtained by the great riders who have supplied the basic data to enable us to develop this excellent motorbike, a GAS GAS that has one key advantage – its remarkably light weight.

Congratulations for you will doubtless have no reason to regret your choice. With your riding skills, appropriate preparation and the relevant essential checks to maintain its highly reliable performance, you will be able to enjoy to the utmost your trial riding.

Thank you for your trust in us, and welcome to GAS GAS motorbikes.

GAS GAS MOTOS, S.A.

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Important Warning

Read this Manual carefully. You will find it contains all the necessary information for your safety, and that of third persons, as well as guaranteeing the correct conservation and maintenance of the GAS GAS motorbike you have just bought.

You will find all the necessary instructions for the correct riding and control of this vehicle are set out below. Each message is proceeded by a sign whose meaning is the following:

Be careful! This sign introduces all those rules and precautionary measures necessary to avoid slight or severe injuries, or even the death of the user should these instructions not be correctly followed.

Look out! This sign introduces special warnings to avoid damaging your motorbike. Should these warnings not be heeded, the guarantee may be automatically invalidated.

Various notes. These are the indications necessary for the optimal control and adjustment operations, together with those tasks of conservation and maintenance of the motorbike in order that you may obtain the greatest possible satisfaction from your vehicle.

The aim of this Manual is to help the user to minimise or avoid possible damage to people, property, the environment, and naturally to his/her new motorbike. For this reason, all the information presented here is based on data obtained from the latest models put on the market just before the publication of this Manual. However, GAS GAS Motos, S.A. reserves the right to make modifications without any prior warning being given to consumers and without incurring any additional obligations in so doing. Your local dealer will also provide you with any information as might be deemed necessary.

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Contents

Acknowledgements to the purchaser	3
Important warning	4
Recommendations for the best working	6
Quick Guide to Maintenance	7
Serial Number	8
Draining the Sump	8
Position of Fuel Tap	8
Filling of the Crankcase	9
Position of the Kick-start Pedal	9
Filling of the Radiator	9
Greasing the Joints	10 to 12
Tolerance of Throttle Cable	13
Spark Plug Control	13
Carburetion	13
Hand Control Settings	14
Cleaning of Air Filter	14
Position of Chain Fixing Link	15

Chain tensor setting	15
Cleaning the carburettor	16
Checking the Carburettor capacity	16
Inlet Valves	17
Discs and Clutch Springs	17
Draining the Water Pump	18
Checking Oil Levels	18
Air Bleed	18
Clutch Fluid Circuit	19
Front and Rear Suspension	19 to 20
Checking of Bearings and Rocker Arm	20 to 21
Shock Absorber Spring Pressure	21
Rear Brake Fluid Tank	21
Brakes	22
Controls	23
Tyre Pressures	23
Guarantee manual	25 to 27

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Recommendations for the good working of your GAS GAS.

•Eight hours of running-in are recommended in order to guarantee the correct working of the engine.

•It is important to warm the engine to the optimum working temperature every time the motorbike is used.

•Synthetic or semi-synthetic 2-stroke oil should be used at 1.5% in the oil/petrol mix.

RECOMMENDS THE USE OF OIL

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Quick Guide to Maintenance

Cooling liquid type	Cooling fluid -30ºC.
Crankcase oil	(10w40) 500 cc.
Spark plug	CHAMPION RN11YCC / NGK BPR5ES.
Electrode separation	0,6 mm.
Forks suspension oil	SAE 5 (Summer).
	SAE 2,5 (Winter).
Fork suspension oil quantity	-ROOKIE: 140 cm3
	-CADETE: 135 cm3
Length of Shock Absorber Spring	-ROOKIE: 310 cm3
	-CADETE: 210 cm3
Front Wheel Pressure	Standard 0,450 bar.
	Competition 0,420 bar.
Rear Wheel Pressure	Standard 0,350 bar.
	Competition 0,300 bar.

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1

	I	The new GAS GAS
		TXT Rookie / Cadete
8		2007 bears the
		relevant qualification
approval plate *, the details of
which must match that in the
documentation and of the chassis
number on the steering tube.

* in the approved Rookie 50 version.

2

T h e	e n g i n e
crankcase drain		7
I cap is situated on

the lower left-hand side. The drainage hole in the crankcase allows its easy emptying.

3

8

The fuel tap should I be in a vertical position for normal working. Forwards,

reserve; downwards, the supply valve is open; and towards the rear, the valve is closed.

Reserve Open Closed

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When topping up the oil, open the cap (A).

8 A

6

Cooling
fluid
-30ºC
	When filling	the
	radiator, use cooling
	fluid designed	for
8	I lightweight alloy
	motors.

4

Engine Oil capacity 500 cc (10W40).

I This is the position the

kick-start should be in

when not being used.

8

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