Gas Gas is a Spanish

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manufacturer established in 1985 by Narcìs Casas and Josep Pibernat in

Salt, Girona Salt () is a municipality in the ''comarca'' of the Gironès in Catalonia, Spain. It is situated on the right bank of the Ter next to Girona, with which it was merged from 1974 to 1984. The A-7 ''autopista'' and N-141 road pass through the munic ...

. The company specializes in off-road motorcycles for

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and

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competitions. Gas Gas was purchased by

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motorcycles in 2019. After the sale to KTM, Gas Gas's off-road models were purchased by Spanish motorcycle manufacturer

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Company history

In 1973, Narcìs Casas and Josep Pibernat began operating a

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motorcycle franchise in Salt. With the financial demise of the Bultaco factory in 1979, Casas and Pibernat began importing Italian SWM motorcycles until 1984 when, the manufacturer ceased operations. Casas and Pibernat then embarked on a programme to manufacture trial motorbikes for sale in their shop. Gas Gas began manufacturing trial motorcycles in 1985,

and

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motorcycles in 1989, and quads in 2002. The name Gas Gas literally means "to gas it" (to accelerate, give it the gas, turn the throttle - to go faster.) The Gas Gas founders have, at times, expressed misgivings about the chosen name as it causes confusion outside Spain. Others have joked that Gas Gas are so good that they had to name them twice. The slogan "Gas Gas = Fast Fast" was used by the US importer, GasGas North America, from 1999–2002 to try to help people understand the unique name. In 2014, Gas Gas merged with Spanish motorcycle manufacturer Ossa and was ultimately acquired by the Torrot Group in 2015. In 2019, Gas Gas was purchased by Pierer Mobility AG with links to

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Championships and riders

In 1993, Gas Gas succeeded in luring the multiple world trials champion Jordi Tarrés away from Beta and he promptly won three successive world trials championships (1993, 1994 and 1995) for Gas Gas. More recently, Gas Gas won the Trial Outdoor World Championship twice (2005 and 2006) with

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. It has also won the Trial Indoor World Championship in 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2006 also with Raga riding. Gas Gas has also been successful in the

World Enduro Championship The FIM Enduro World Championship, formerly known as the World Enduro Championship, is the world championship series for enduro, a popular form of off-road motorcycle sport. The championship currently features three classes (E1, E2 and E3), along ...

. Paul Edmondson won the 125cc world championship in 1994 and the 250cc class in 1996,

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the 250cc and the overall championship in 1999, and

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the 125cc class in 2003. In 2006, British Enduro Champion

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, riding a Gas Gas, was one of only two riders to finish all 80 miles of the Red Bull Last Man Standing event. 126 other riders did not finish the race. It was announced that Gas Gas would field a one rider team for the 2021 Monster Energy Supercross season.

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rode the #51 Troy Lee Designs/Red Bull/Gas Gas Factory Racing team bike to a win in the season opener at

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Importing

Gas Gas bikes are currently imported into many countries in

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and around the world, including Australia,

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and the

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Models

Enduro/off-road

While the ''EC'' ("Enducross") and ''MC'' (motocross) models are shipped worldwide, Gas Gas has manufactured specialized models for the United States off-road market. The ''XC'' ("Cross Country" produced from 1999–2002) and the ''DE'' ("Dealer Edition" produced from 2002–2006) models were successful attempts to customize the product to the US market. The ''FSE'' and ''FSR'' are the fuel injected, four-stroke

bikes similar in appearance to the ''EC'' models. Prior to 2007, each color on the ''EC'' model line represented the

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range of the motor. * ''Yellow'' – 125 cc and 200 cc. * ''Red'' – 50 cc, 250 cc, 400 cc and 450 cc. * ''Blue'' – 300 cc, 450 cc. In 2007–2009, the company standardised to the colour red for all displacements and models. As of the 2010 model year, all standard EC models are black with red and white accents. The "Six Days" edition uses white plastics with red, yellow, and black accents. The "Racing" models are white with black and yellow accents.

Trials

The ''TXT'' models are specifically designed for trials riding. The ''TXT'' trials model line also used a similar color code to the EC line.

Quads

The Gas Gas sport quads are sold under the ''Wild HP'' brand and come in two-stroke and fuel-injected four-stroke models. Prior to 2007, the ''Wild HP'' line of quads were available in a choice of blue or red regardless of displacement. Beginning in 2007 the ''Wild HP'' line standardized to black. File:GasGas_EC200_2000.jpg, 2000 Gas Gas EC 200, an

bike File:Gas Gas XC 250.jpg, 2001 Gas Gas XC 250 USA market only (XC produced from 1999-2002) File:2003 Gas Gas EC 200.JPG, 2003 Gas Gas EC 200 with full Ohlins suspension File:Gas Gas MC 50 Boy.jpg, 2003 Gas Gas EC50 Boy mini bike File:Gas Gas EC 300.jpg, 2004 Gas Gas DE 300 US market only File:2003_Gas_Gas_EC_250.jpg, 2003 Gas Gas EC 250

References

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