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4/12/2010 8:25pm
4/12/2010 8:25pm
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1/25/2012 12:25am
Did I miss something - where's the 350 trash talking:
I've read so much of the "a 350 can't be competitive against 450's shit"
Cairoli leading the Championship: Worked his way through the pack one moto & holeshot the second.
Early in it's development & winning.
Have the nay-sayers accepted the 350 is a good displacement?
I've read so much of the "a 350 can't be competitive against 450's shit"
Cairoli leading the Championship: Worked his way through the pack one moto & holeshot the second.
Early in it's development & winning.
Have the nay-sayers accepted the 350 is a good displacement?
And yes Cairoli looks awesome on it. But does he look better then he did on the Yamaha? I'm not sure. I personally think TC could win on a TM ,Aprilla or any bike for that matter.
Something about you reminds me of Rod Blagojevich.
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I think it could be a great supercross bike. Outdoors it's going to struggle against the 450 with out someone like TC or MA aboard.
I have noticed that a 450 really becomes a handful on a really tackey rutted and rough track. Not so much on a small smooth sx style track.
Have you seen Cairoli come from behind against 450's where he's down on displacement by 100cc's?
You guys really need to get out from under the rocks that you live under and pay attention. He blowing by his own teamate thats riding a 450!. Folks wake up, KTM has a killer bike here and it's fast! Really fast.
Bring back the open class run what ya brung and let em run 250s 350s 450s 500cc Aluminum framed two strokes and four strokes in the same class
Pit Row
1.) a guy riding an unproven 350 bike is leading the 450 class
2.) What I keep hearing - "but he's at a disadvantage" or "he is a lightweight" or "he's handicapped"
Man, you guys need to stop focusing on displacement and start realizing that it's not about displacement - its about how light the bike is, its about how much easier it is to ride and how less taxing it is late in the moto, the turning, etc, etc.
I'm generally a glass is half empty kinda guy, but some of you are just caught up on displacement and missing all the other reasons why this bike is leading the world championship - and yes, the rider has a LOT to do with it as well. No argument here.
Well Stefy Laier the top girl in the wmx is on a 350 too.. Which I think should be outlawed. I guess the girls class can ride whatever
When the GP's started it's situation normal for Cairoli vs Albertson. Jimmy's doing good, but he's gonna have to find a whole new gear to rise up to the level of Cairoli, Nagel, Desalle, Phillipaerts etc.
SO it will be a good test, just as GH will be.
But, if the current Champion prefers it to a full blown works 450, guess it's not bad.
(and he really had a choice, because KTM wants that title)
He already rode it on some heavy sand track in Italy, and he still likes it.
More cc´s don´t always make riders faster. There is a sweet spot where the pro´s and cons are favourable to a certain engine size, and KTM should be applauded for trying to find it. We´ve been bitching about the 450s being too powerful and if teh 350 is faster, there are still places were the 450 will shine. But throughout a race things might turn in favor of the 350
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