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So I've asked this a million times, but instead of 350s and all of this, why wouldn't they just cut the sound level dramatically?
This would both slow down the 450s AND make them quieter.
Easy fix.
What do you guys think?
This would both slow down the 450s AND make them quieter.
Easy fix.
What do you guys think?
Take them down to a 350 and the better funded teams will have an advantage just as they do now in the 250f class.
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Therefore, it will never happen.
The 450 has been the greatest equalizer over the last 20 years. Now if they would make the teams run production suspension components, people like Reed, Stewart, Villopoto and others would slow down a few seconds a lap. They would all still be the top riders but they would slow down a bit.
(OEM says no, and those in charge of the series have their hands in these pockets).
Some one once told me, follow the money...
Thats why 250F's ride similar lap times when comparing to 450s
It also explains why Villopoto needed some time to adjust to the 450, while he was riding top 5 laptimes in SX the year before on his 250f
according to this theory, the gap between 250s and 350s will be bigger than the gap between 250s and 450s.
To Loud: you can quiet anything
To Fast: as long as someone has made something to hog wild on, people will.
Look at the speed and loudness of the 250F's from 2002 to today. Much louder, much faster.
WHY would this BE?
as long as someone has made something to hog wild on, people will.
Then again, none of us have really ridden a 350 so it could be a really great package. I'd be eager to try one out. Minus the whole 4-stroke thing lol
If we look across the sport, who are the people that "could" have the most impact on change? Are these same people making the effort to lessen db output? I only ask because I really don't know..
Why are local districts enforcing sound regulations, but not so much at the top national levels for amatuers. Yes there is sound testing at the professional level, but if you attend one or any of them it's clear problems remain.
The severe injuries are piling up, the land closures and back yard tracks are closing down, and new MX bikes are being sold everyday that will not pass a sound test. I own one. It's a great motorcycle, but so loud it's embarrassing.
People today can barely afford to spend the money to buy a new moto bike, much less another $1200 on a more quiet exhaust system.. This proves true in the numbers at the local tracks across the US. They are shrinking every day, and some of the reasons for that movement aren't getting the attention they derserve.
Pit Row
Many of us have proposed this very question for a few years now and, I concur,
it's a worthy plan, yet it has fallen on, ahem, deaf ears....
QUIET on a 450 will still be plenty fast for most humans.
Good news is - that if the bikes were quieter, we'd get to hear the announcers.
Bad news is - that we'd get to hear the announcers.
* Maybe we could pipe in a two-stroke soundtrack. Hey !
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