please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page . learn how and when to remove these template messages this article needs additional citations for verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . december 2009 learn how and when to remove this template message this article contains wording that promotes the subject in a subjective manner without imparting real information . please remove or replace such wording and instead of making proclamations about a subject s importance use facts and attribution to demonstrate that importance . december 2009 learn how and when to remove this template message learn how and when to remove this template message gas gas is also a song from the croatian musician severina album zdravo marijo . 2008 gas gas ec racing edition with full hlins suspension gas gas is a spanish motorcycle manufacturer specialising in off road motorbikes . gas gas are best known for their trials bikes although they also make successful enduro and quad bikes . gas gas emerged from the financial demise of bultaco when two agents narc s casas and josep pibernat found themselves with a shop but no product to sell . so they embarked on a programme to manufacture trials motorbikes for sale in their shop . contents 1 manufacturing 2 championships and riders 3 meaning of the name 4 importing 5 models 5.1 enduro off road 5.2 trials 5.3 quads 6 references 7 external links manufacturing edit 2006 gas gas raga edition trials bike gas gas have manufactured and sold motorcycles since 1985 . a majority of the gas gas models are still handbuilt at the gas gas factory in salt near girona spain . gas gas began manufacturing trials bikes in 1985 enduro and motocross bikes in 1989 and quads in 2002 . championships and riders edit gas gas trials paddock duluth mn 2004 . in 1993 gas gas succeeded in luring the multiple world trials champion jordi tarr s away from beta and he promptly won three successive world trials championships 1993 1994 and 1995 for gas gas . more recently gas gas have won the trial outdoor world championship twice 2005 and 2006 with adam raga . they have also won the trial indoor world championship in 2003 2004 2005 and 2006 also with raga riding . 1 2 gas gas have also been successful in the world enduro championship . paul edmondson won the 125 cc world championship in 1994 and the 250 cc class in 1996 petteri silv n the 250 cc and the overall championship in 1999 and petri pohjamo the 125 cc class in 2003 . 3 in 2006 british enduro champion wayne braybrook 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 . 4 meaning of the name edit 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 inasmuch as that name 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 gas gas north america from 1999 2002 to try to help people understand the unique name . importing edit gas gas bikes are currently imported into many countries in europe and around the world including australia new zealand canada south america south africa and the united states . 5 models edit enduro off road edit 2005 mc 250 motocross bike . while the ec endurocross and mc motocross models are shipped worldwide gas gas have 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 enduro bikes similar in appearance to the ec models . prior to 2007 each color on the ec model line represented the engine displacement 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 edit 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 edit 2005 gas gas wild hp240 quad the gas gas sport quads are known by 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 choice of blue or red regardless of displacement . beginning in 2007 the wild hp line standardized to black . 2000 gas gas ec 200 an enduro bike 2001 gas gas xc 250 usa market only xc produced from 1999 2002 2003 gas gas ec 200 with full ohlins suspension 2003 gas gas ec50 boy mini bike 2004 gas gas de 300 us market only 2003 gas gas ec 250 references edit trialonline.org indoortrial.com abc wec.com redbulllastmanstanding.com gasgasmotos.es external links edit wikimedia commons has media related to gas gas . official website v t e current motorcycle trials manufacturers beta fantic motor gas gas montesa sherco ossa scorpa retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title gas gas & oldid 730253406 categories motorcycle manufacturers of spainmotorcycle trialsspanish brandshidden categories articles needing additional references from december 2009all articles needing additional referencesarticles with peacock terms from december 2009all articles with peacock termscommons category with page title same as on wikidata navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history 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