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I dont understand why, 'our' bikes in an actual form of motorsport runs behind in technology
to bikes sold for fcking public road use, quite often to dipshits who wouldnt know aluminum from steel
to name but a few
radial mount brakes
titanium rods
magnesium wheels
and look at this
Traction, slide, wheelie, launch and unified braking control in addition to adjustable engine/throttle power settings. Each setting can be manipulated via hardware on the handlebar and is displayed via a colorful TFT display.
These are on 4 cylinder bikes that costs only a few thousand more but come with a few thousand more parts than their single cylinder mx bikes
We are being treated like bozos!
(yeah its off season so plenty of time to start some rant thats bugged you for awhile)
to bikes sold for fcking public road use, quite often to dipshits who wouldnt know aluminum from steel
to name but a few
radial mount brakes
titanium rods
magnesium wheels
and look at this
Traction, slide, wheelie, launch and unified braking control in addition to adjustable engine/throttle power settings. Each setting can be manipulated via hardware on the handlebar and is displayed via a colorful TFT display.
These are on 4 cylinder bikes that costs only a few thousand more but come with a few thousand more parts than their single cylinder mx bikes
We are being treated like bozos!
(yeah its off season so plenty of time to start some rant thats bugged you for awhile)
Most people I know who have a bike have one or the other, not both.
I wonder why they ARE so technologically advanced. Hardly anyone can use them to their full potential, and the companies put a lot of work into them for the numbers they sell.
Personally, I'd like to see the cost down some. I'd love a new bike with 2007 technology for $5000. There is a market there.
Just popped 2 bearings out of my swingarm, $140! Be careful what you wish for.
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Nevertheless, at least we have options....who gives a flying hoot if some knob likes a quadbike with a crazy loud pipe on it....or some hairy assed fat bastard who enjoys riding a vibrating Harley....or someone on a crotch rocket who enjoys 180 mph....or the 10 million chinamen who ride scooters...
Choices mate....at least we have motocross bikes...
Also, Rossi is a huge MX fan, and I´ve seen videos of him ride MX, and he´s quite good too!
This is the sport we choose though. At some point, I have to imagine that another company will come into the market with the affordable version of bikes with slightly older but still competitive technology.
www.450gp.com/EN/vehicles.html
Still, I am VERY surprised at how many Vital people are in this thread defending the tech gap as pointed out by the OP. Yes I do agreethere should be a high and low (5 year old tech) option to help boost entry into the sport vwhich is critically suffering. I ride 2 strokes so I really don't care ass munch
Its still hard to compare something like an offroad bike to something people ride on the roads. For example look at a rzr 1000 for 20k now compare that to what you get from a car for 20k. If you think the price for what you pay for comparing mx bikes to road bikes is unfair, people are pretty much taking it no lube on the rzr to car comparison.
Pit Row
We're excited about fuel injection and it has been around in some form since the 1920s.
Digital ECU- 1980 or so.
disc brakes- 1950s.
Even traction control was standard on Buicks in the early 1970s.
Your comment is analogous to saying that the Boeing 787 is low tech because it uses wings/airfoils to create lift, and the Wright Flyer used wings/airfoils to create lift.
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