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You're just arguing to argue. I'm giving you the facts. Take them or leave them.
You're arguing something that wasn't even missing from the article.
2011 AMA Rule Handbook
3.16 Minimum Motorcycle Weight
a. 250 Motocross Class:
194 pounds 2-stroke
212 pounds 4-stroke
b. 450 Motocross Class:
212 pounds 2-stroke
220 pounds 4-stroke
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2011 FIM MX Technical Rulebook
01.19 MOTORCYCLE WEIGHTS
MX2 motorcycles:
100cc up to 125cc - 2T 88 kg (194.00 lbs)
175cc up to 250cc - 4T 95 kg (209.43 lbs)
MX1 motorcycles:
175cc up to 250cc - 2T 98 kg (216.05 lbs)
290cc up to 450cc - 4T 102 kg (224.87 lbs)
...GP MX2 bikes are allowed to be 2.5 lbs lighter than AMA Lites bikes, but AMA 450s are allowed to be 4.8 lbs lighter than their MX1 GP counterparts.
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How old are you, twelve?
And like the other guys said, Christian Craig raced two AMA Nationals in 2009, and had two 8th places in the 450 class.
btw Craig also raced the X-games on a 450 I believe, coming 7th or something.
Sorry Nerd but your article seems like you are trying to keep sweet with US factories. Dont blame you with a whole outdoor season ahead.
Imagine the black balling a US journalist might get if he wrote against the US riders like Alex Hodgkinson did on www.mxpure.com
The US factory teams won't play ball!
The FIM has issued the entry list for the Glen Helen GP and amongst the 40 nominees in each of the MX1 and MX2 classes there are just TWO US factory riders - KTM's Mike Alessi and Marvin Musquin ! Even Andrew Short won't race, preferring to "prepare for the start of the Outdoor Motocross Series".
The US outlets will of course roll out the lame excuse that they have only just completed the gruelling SX series and need to prepare for the National opener at Hangtown next week, but what better way to prepare than actually racing ? Their absence merely emphasises that the AMA "production" bikes are not FIM-legal and would require a different set-up for the GP to that which will be used one week later !
Of the 18 AMA entries, the only other riders who can be expected to run with the GP regulars are the Troy Lee duo of Christian Craig, racing a 450, and local hot-shot Travis Baker, plus Weston Peick, who has pushed the top ten during the second half of the AMA SX series.
There are however full grids of 40 for both GP classes. Lewis Tombs augments the UK entry for Route77energy MVR-D Honda, riding the CRF250 intended for Matiss Karro, Kenneth San Andres from the Phillipines and genuine Costa Rican Gino Aponte add a little international flavour to the mix, but there are some genuine holiday makers at the gate in the shape of Francesco Galligari - who ? - from Italy and Dmitry Vintaev, whose dad Sergey contests the Vets, from Russia.
Let's salute Mike Alessi, Weston Peick, Christian Craig, Travis Baker and the lesser lights who will be racing for the true American race fans ! And next time you see any of the leading AMA Pros who have chickened out, let them know what a sad bunch of pampered assholes they are !
This is a terrible article by the way... evident in the fact that he seems to think the "leading AMA pros" have a choice whether to race or not.
Haha........classic pot calling the kettle black right there.
New sig anyone?
Sound? Everybody talks about the 450's having to be detuned to be rideable, why not just tune them back up a little after sticking the cork back in the exhaust? Hell, a factory Yamaha YZ400F dyno'd at 76 hp ten years ago.
Fuel? A fuel injected bike would be difficult to tune for a different fuel? Factory team only has one engine? They don't tinker with compression ratio's throughout the season?
None of the factory GP teams would share any specs or settings with their US counterparts?
All boils down to a big pissing match at the top. Start there, fix that and everything else would be easy.
Hopefully the schedule will give the US riders an extra week to prepare for the GP too so they can get their week off in as well.
That said the racing was 100% great without them.
Had it been his first race in 'a class he has never raced before on a professional level' it would have been even more impressive.
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