Montessa 99

[dave guppy]

i had my jt350 stolen last week,imlooking to buy a 99 315 montesa,can anyone tell me the differences between the years so i know its a99 model and also will there be a lot of power loss between the gasgas and the montesa,cheers

[ham2]

From what I remember the performance of the engines are very similar i.e torquey.

The 99 montesa was the only 315 to have black forks .

As usual I am willing to be corrected on these points

[monty-python]

Then corrected you shall be!!

My 99 didn't have black forks,,, ah i see what you mean, black fork stanctions, sorry. Silver bottoms, black sliders, right enough!!

99 also had black exhaust front pipe, but this may have been updated to a chrome one at a later date. The 2000-2004 on had multi coloured fork sliders.

99 also had a carbon effect tank, and a black rear mudguard, but again, this may have been updated at a later stage.

Hope this helps

[ham2]

Ok, Ok..I couldn't spell 'stanctions'.

My mates have had a lot of 315s over the years and I recall the 99 was very pokey compared to the 98,2000,2001,2002.

It may have been that the previous owner had tweaked it in some way , I just don't know!

My personal favourite was my second hand 98 :

Excellent for learning on(dropping) , gripped like a limpet and required very little maintenance.

I dropped it on rocks..logs..steps..me..it fell off the bike rack at speed..I fell in a river with it (fully submerged and engine running), field stripped it and carried on riding.

I sold the bike (at a

Edited March 30, 2006 by HAM2