Interesting, bikes at Southwick

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dedi684 7/11/2017 8:04pm
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2 ktms were 2 strokes too
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ianhendry46 7/11/2017 8:33pm
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You also have to take into account the amount of bikes entered by brand. If you look at a roster sheet, there are more YZ250fs in the 250 class than any other bike. And in the 450 class, there are a lot of ktms.
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jeffro503 7/11/2017 9:46pm
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tcallahan707 wrote:
The KTM/Husky discrepancy is the most interesting.
That is weird. Wondering...does KTM have a better contingency pay out compared to Husky?

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mikec265 7/11/2017 9:55pm
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tcallahan707 wrote:
The KTM/Husky discrepancy is the most interesting.
jeffro503 wrote:
That is weird. Wondering...does KTM have a better contingency pay out compared to Husky?
Very interesting indeed because the Husky looks way better...
Andy_Greenney 7/11/2017 10:16pm
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It would be a better comparison if it showed a ratio of breakdowns for each brand.....ie how many breakdowns per brand vs how many in the race. That would probably explain the husky/ktm difference
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mulletman 7/11/2017 10:27pm
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Andy_Greenney wrote:
It would be a better comparison if it showed a ratio of breakdowns for each brand.....ie how many breakdowns per brand vs how many in the...
It would be a better comparison if it showed a ratio of breakdowns for each brand.....ie how many breakdowns per brand vs how many in the race. That would probably explain the husky/ktm difference
Add up each of the above lists and you will get 40 for each class......
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mx510 7/11/2017 11:11pm
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I thought I read on Vital that the YZ450F is a blue pig and Pros don't race it?
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David934 7/12/2017 2:06am
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And Southwick is not too deep. It would be interesting how many bikes would go out in the deep wet sand like Lommel.
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tempura 7/12/2017 2:24am
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Where's the list of DNF because of mechanical
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Motofinne 7/12/2017 2:39am
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David934 wrote:
And Southwick is not too deep. It would be interesting how many bikes would go out in the deep wet sand like Lommel.
That is what i have wondered about too.

It's not like Southwick is a bottomless sandpit and it was dry except in the last moto.
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Motofinne 7/12/2017 2:50am
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That table is also a DNF table. Not a mechanical DNF table.

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ATKpilot99 7/12/2017 3:12am
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Motofinne wrote:
That table is also a DNF table. Not a mechanical DNF table.

It's just a list of what brands were in the final motos not a DNF table.
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kkawboy14 7/12/2017 3:45am
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It's a bike breakdown list, not a list of bikes "breaking down"
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c0ncEpT 7/12/2017 5:35am
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tcallahan707 wrote:
The KTM/Husky discrepancy is the most interesting.
jeffro503 wrote:
That is weird. Wondering...does KTM have a better contingency pay out compared to Husky?
The Huskys are harder to get and less dealers will offer you a deal on the bike because of it.

I posted this in a thread the other day but I've been told by my local KTM dealer that they will never sell a KTM for under MSRP because they're only allocated a certain number of bikes per year and they sell all of them. I can only imagine that Huskys are worse seeing as its harder to find a dealer and there are less of them made.
miketherider 7/12/2017 6:28am
7/12/2017 6:28am Edited Date/Time 7/12/2017 6:29am
Yamaha and KTM both have solid contingency programs.

I think the KTM/Husky 450 is the best 450 "race ready" bike you can buy; lightest, pretty much the most powerful, electric start, and great components (air fork is also decent, which I'd be curious how many guys are running a spring fork/SSS conversion kit). The YZ250F just handles really well, makes insane power, and there's a ton of data/info on how to make them run well.

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