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12/14/2015 5:22am
12/14/2015 5:22am
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12/15/2015 7:15pm
Most people won't push a bike near what they will do and does shootouts really help sell bikes to lesser riders?
For a slow rider though, I am not sure how much all that matters.....Suspension set up for you is really the key.
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Point is, if you pay attention to what MXA writes they are pretty accurate. Whether a bike wins the shootout or not means little to nothing if everything the winning bike does is wrong for you. Back when everyone called it Yamacross Action, they never raved about too much of anything overly excellent on the Yamahas, just that they did everything well. Buy what you want and set it up how you like.
I do wish that some of the magazines would bring in a C & D rider for the tests so it gives more of a common review. What I like as a C rider isn't the same as what an A&B rider like. Am I supposed to go off of whatever the faster/harder riders say? I won't be that speed in my lifetime. I'm 25 and have a family. My chances of getting to B and A have been long gone for 10 years. I'd have to figure the majority of guys reading the mags are D, C and lower B riders as well as Vet D-B riders.
Pit Row
To know and hear
What bike handles the best , corners , the best
Which is lightest , which one may suit taller or shorter
Riders better , which has more low end , mid range ,
Or top end , which bike is better suited to
Novice riders etc , i have considered a honda over the
Past couple of years just because the say
That it is more user friendly smooth easy to handle power
And light .
But weather it is a benifit or not i enjoy
Reading them.
also even though i have no intentions
Of ever being a pro
I feel it may help me decide which one i would be most
Comfortible with
And wich ones are more suited to faster riders
Which could be a handful for me.
And I think if more D and C riders would look at shootouts this way, they'd get more out of them (of course, as ML512 said, most D and C riders have no idea what they like and don't like because they have no idea what the bike is even doing anyway. lol). Anyway, thats the opinion from a rock solid mid-pack Vet A rider (off road).
I always tell people to just get the bike they feel most comfortable on. Just sitting on one will give you a good idea on weather or not the bike feels comfortable. Sitting neutral and looking at anything and everything that you like or dislike. If you have a chance to test a new bike , test as many as you can before you make a purchase. You might find out that one of the brands you weren't expecting to feel good...feels great under you.
Some guys bleed different colors. It doesn't matter if their choice of bike took 1st or last in a shootout , because to them , the bike " feels right ".
So really they are for 40+ riders who think they have to have the latest and greatest thing, ala KTM FE's.
But I love reading them so keep them coming.
And ML512, yours are some of the better ones
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