Gas gas TXT CADETE 2007, TXT ROOKIE 2007 User Manual

TXT ROOKIE /

TXT ROOKIE /
CADETE ´07

CADETE ´07

USER MANUAL

USER MANUAL

ENGLISH

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
Position of Chain Fixing Link 15

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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 cm

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-CADETE: 135 cm

Length of Shock Absorber Spring -ROOKIE: 310 cm

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-CADETE: 210 cm

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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The new GAS GAS

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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.

TXT Rookie / Cadete
2007 bears the
relevant qualification

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The engine
crankcase drain

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side. The drainage hole in the
crankcase allows its easy
emptying.

cap is situated on
the lower left-hand

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

Reserve

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

Open

Closed

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

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Engine Oil

capacity 500 cc

(10W40).

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Cooling fluid

-30ºC

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When filling the
radiator, use cooling
fluid designed for
lightweight alloy
motors.

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This is the position the
kick-start should be in
when not being used.

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