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It's no secret the KXF's and the RMZ's are showing their age. With that said has anyone heard anything about redesigned bikes for 2016? Spy pics?
The KTM's are surely making a big splash with the new ultra light and redesigned bikes. I surely hope Japan is not just sitting around.
Opinions/Rumors?
The KTM's are surely making a big splash with the new ultra light and redesigned bikes. I surely hope Japan is not just sitting around.
Opinions/Rumors?
I can't see a massive change any time soon, they'll just push little gimmicks like launch control, hydraulic clutch maybe, etc etc
Kawasaki's were changed in 2009 and then again in 2012. So my guess would be they will have a different look for 2016. I think I remember reading the Suzuki's will probably get a new look but not till 2017? I don't think Suzuki is broke either.
Kind of unrelated but I wish Cycra would make plastic kits for Suzuki's. Their reasoning for not starting now was because the bikes will change soon but if they made kits now they have a potential customer in anyone that owns a 2008 to 2015 RM-Z! Doesn't make sense to me.
A new KX450F?
A new RMZ...one? Both?
How many 2016s will have "the button"?
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Suzuki has a proven platform but regardless the bike is basically the 2008 with some revisions over the years.
I don't look for anything major from Yamaha or even Honda.
I hope the manufacturers follow the trend KTM is setting and shed some weight. It would be nice to see the 250s get lighter so the kids moving up from superminis will have an easier transition. The 125 option is out there but you forced to ride a Yamaha or KTM.
Any big changes to bikes we won't be seeing until 2017-18 so ignore next year folks.
however, its amazing how many parts are updated, yet all the aftermarket parts still bolt up.
i would be surprised if suzuki come out with a new one a year after this new one.
For Kawasaki, maybe 16 or 17 year we'll see something new. They just don't sell enough bikes to change things any quicker.
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You better be light when you give up 8 hp on every other 450 bike out there and 5 hp in the 250 class.
Kawasaki usually goes 450 first, there's a high chance of a new frame and even a major engine overhaul for 16. They've had a "light" test bike for a few years now. I actually thought it was coming for 15, but was pushed back do to some continued development with the engine.
As for Suzuki, one more year on the current 450 platform, finally an overhaul for 17. The 250 will have new suspension components for 16 (not Showa SFF TAC), not sure if it's gaining anything else beyond that.
I've been hearing rumblings of an all new Honda 250F engine within the next year or two... had a few people over there admit they hit the wall with what they will do with that engine for a consumer.
KTM on the other hand.....they ain't got no time for that. They are a smaller company focused on claiming a market share and they will do whatever it takes to win. In my opinion, this is why KTM has closed the gap so quickly on all the other bikes. KTM is always quicker to the market with changes year after year. If KTM continues down this path for the next decade, it's going to be really hard for the Japanese companies to mirror the flexibility KTM is showing.
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