These babies were the future of Moto

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Edited Date/Time 1/27/2012 2:10am

1993_0025 by teyblyy, on Flickr

Remember Ryno skins? I think Todd Dehoop even ran theses babies on the Honda of Troy bikes at the USGP in 94. They were everywhere in the mags for a few months and then just disappeared.
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GuyB 11/16/2011 3:03pm
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Yes. And we were also promised flying cars.
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People & signage,people & signage... Grinning
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Matt Wozney 11/16/2011 3:07pm
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GuyB wrote:
Yes. And we were also promised flying cars.
And space suits turned into cargo shorts I guess?

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Motodave15 11/16/2011 3:21pm
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i barely remember these...i thought they were awesome back then... i was only like 4 or 5

now, thinking about it, It cause the bikes to run hotter, BUT Imagine the sponsor dollars for having such a huge space...flying billboards over triples lol
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burnside 11/16/2011 3:24pm
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As gross as these are, you do hear team managers in podcasts moaning cause the bikes plastics are getting slimmer and slimmer and its hard for them to make any brand really visible on a bike.

Troy Lee's helmet flags made me chuckle too!
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ocscottie 11/16/2011 3:43pm
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I had incorporated them into my Motocross Madness 2 bike skin: (remember this was way back in the late 90's early 2k) Cool




motokiwi 11/16/2011 4:50pm
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Ugly-ass fricken things. I wonder how his ugly-ass handguard / front number plate is going.. :/
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pitbike502 11/16/2011 5:21pm
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Graphics are hard enough to put on plastic nowadays....
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I bet if you put a legit designer on the job to design those you could probably make them look pretty rad. Just imagine if the guys at Honda or KTM designed it. Could be possible.
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Wandell 11/16/2011 7:30pm
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Ugly in 93, still ugly in 2011.
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ocscottie wrote:
"Slater Skins" he still posts around here once in awhile. [img]http://www.srpinternational.com/MXAbike.jpg[/img] http://www.srpinternational.com
"Slater Skins" he still posts around here once in awhile.



http://www.srpinternational.com
I reckon they've got more potential... It's just challenging convention that is the hard part...

If the heat thing isn't an issue, then i'd be all for it...

All it would take is one team to do it, make em look AMAZING and they'd take off for teams...

The making them look amazing thing tho is both form and visual... The old school ones above were horribly shapped regardless! A blend between those and the frame might be nice...
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ocscottie 11/16/2011 8:10pm
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Remember this one?

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Allracing 11/20/2011 6:37pm
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With 3D scanning and 3D CAD you could make them a lot better now a days!
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newmann 11/20/2011 7:02pm
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ocscottie wrote:
Remember this one? [img]https://www.ocscottie.com/new/uploads/OnTheLine.jpg[/img]
Remember this one?

You gotta admit, that bike does look sweet.
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redalert144 11/20/2011 7:06pm
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I really think they still are the future, all it takes is 1 team to start running them. I don't know how well everyone else can see but the team primary sponsors are barely readable on TV, not to mention in person and all the secondary sponsors that are on the bikes.
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trying to find a picture of metzger silver yamaha, that thing was pimpin.

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karnivool 11/20/2011 8:12pm
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if factories started selling them and told us they were the future, we would start buying them and using them like it was 'truth'...worked with 4 strokes...

consumers are lemmings
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nytsmaC 11/20/2011 8:20pm
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Who would be shocked to see them appear again, especially with the rapidly increasing demand for outside sponsorship?
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Trauma 11/21/2011 2:29am
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Oh man, I remember seeing a few of these when I first started riding about 95, soooo glad they were gone as fast as they came. Just as offensive to my eyes now as they were then.
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burn1986 11/21/2011 7:19am
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I always thought they were kind of cool, just looked a little heavy or something. Couldn't quite put my finger on it.
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flarider 11/21/2011 7:57am
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I like them.
Always have
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Cygnus 11/21/2011 8:12am
11/21/2011 8:12am Edited Date/Time 11/21/2011 8:25am
We had a guy at the flattrack races that had a set on his KX 250. I went over and was checking out the bike. Turns out be was using them to conseal his 350 stroker motor.
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therealjonon 11/21/2011 8:17am
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i think its a really cool idea especially for more sponsors to come onboard...something you gotta kinda learn to love.
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771 11/21/2011 9:05am
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Ugly as fuck, that's why they never caught on.
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zookrider62! 11/21/2011 9:10am
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Motodave15 wrote:
i barely remember these...i thought they were awesome back then... i was only like 4 or 5 now, thinking about it, It cause the bikes to...
i barely remember these...i thought they were awesome back then... i was only like 4 or 5

now, thinking about it, It cause the bikes to run hotter, BUT Imagine the sponsor dollars for having such a huge space...flying billboards over triples lol
it doesnt cause the bike to run hotter
Crisp BRAAAP! 11/21/2011 9:51am
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Cygnus wrote:
We had a guy at the flattrack races that had a set on his KX 250. I went over and was checking out the bike. Turns...
We had a guy at the flattrack races that had a set on his KX 250. I went over and was checking out the bike. Turns out be was using them to conseal his 350 stroker motor.
Clever. Very clever.
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burn1986 11/21/2011 9:59am
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Cygnus wrote:
We had a guy at the flattrack races that had a set on his KX 250. I went over and was checking out the bike. Turns...
We had a guy at the flattrack races that had a set on his KX 250. I went over and was checking out the bike. Turns out be was using them to conseal his 350 stroker motor.
Crisp BRAAAP! wrote:
Clever. Very clever.
That's pretty funny, can you make a 350 out of a 250?

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