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this also proves that the motorsports aspect of the sport has dwindled and been replaced by a certain fashionista aspect.
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I imagine the Japanese manufacturers paid US marketing firms some pretty good money to promote their four stroke engine agenda. They build machines for markets that do have environmental impact concerns so it probably makes sense for them to standardize on four stroke engines rather than investing capital and employing people to design, test and produce a relatively small quantity of high performance two stroke engines. It is technology that has few other outlets for use in today's world however its still can be viable and less expensive for small budget MX teams and weekend warriors. Thankfully KTM and other Euro manufacturers are continuing to develop them.
If the Japanese don't want to play that's their choice but its really hard to understand why the AMA/MX Sports doesn't even attempt to find a balance in the rules to allow them to compete together. To me that really just shows who's in charge of the rules of professional MX/SX; the manufacturers not the AMA/MX Sports. KTM's becoming a powerhouse so hopefully they'll be interested in allowing fair competition to exist between designs. Seems Decoster believes it should happen. But KTM's only one against the Japanese four (Yamaha's still selling them but not developing them so maybe they just haven';t depleted the parts bin yet?).
I know I'd really like to see a two stroke MX bike available for sale to the public proven in the pro MX ranks by top riders. You see "poserdom" still exists even for us mid-fifties riders
Do you remember the Honda F1 cars wrapped in the "Earth" Graphics...just about the same time that they quit two-strokes?
Do you remember the various "Global Summits" on Climate Change and all that Carbon Credit BULLSHIT that was ABSOLUTELY TERRIFYING the Manufacturers?
Remember the run on certain Two-Stroke Hot-Rod Boat Motors...?
How many 2T Sno-Mos are left?
There are now some "Clean Two Strokes" and even a few injected 2T motos...
But, thumpers are considered the cleaner engine tech.
In my own true Vitard Couch-lete opinion, I would purely speculate that the bean counters at the big four thought they could make a somewhat higher margin on a 4 stroke over a 2 smoke... the decision was purely about profit margins, not about emissions...
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But there are far more 4 st sleds being made these days. I have both and love the 4 stroke very reliable and great power. For those that want di on bikes just know that every di sled motor is a ticking time bomb none of them are nearly as reliable as the 4 stroke sled motors
Yamaha sold more bikes in the US last year than Honda. Suzuki more that Kawasaki (MIC stats of registered bikes).
So maybe the japanese will not make 2 strokes except Yamaha. Times change.
Hard core enthusiasts will buy the best bike for the job. Husqvarna/KTM makes the best bike for the 35 plus crowd. E start and finally good suspension out of the box plus a 6 speed transmission are what riders want. European sales are up in the US, asian
sales are down since 2009 relative to the European bike manufactures.. Build what people want, not what the magazine ads tell you what you should have.
"Evinrude states the “clean-burning, fuel-efficient E-TEC G2 is the cleanest combustion outboard engine in the world,” with “75 percent fewer regulated emissions than competitive four-strokes,”
I bought 4 kawasaki 2 strokes 4 pair tec 3 boots 4 sets of gear tools gas cans loading ramp for 6,000.
The whole family can ride and i can rebuild any of them for under 500.00 and they are all the bikes we will ever need.
One new kx450f is 8000.00
I have a question for you 2 stroke slappys though.... if your 10 yr old 2 stroke is so great, or the brand new four strokes are too expensive, then why do you care what the manufacturers sell off the dealership floors? You're not buying them anyway.
Peace out. I'm headed to the dealership with a smile on my face to buy my second brand new 4 stroke. #thumpthumpthump
"BUT KTM MAKES A 125, 150, 200, 300 2-Stoke, C'MON HONDA!! GOD...."
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