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Our Japanese friends are just now starting to see the light, again. That's all.
Another thing...there was once a German brand...red with a yellow stripe, I think...that kinda put their foot up everyone-else's ass for a few years...ESPECIALLY in how they "turned"...remember? I think a Metzler front tire was part of the equation, too...?
Question is, why do the others not advertise? Is it because they don't get any love? Yamaha still does (2-stroke win and the 250F). I do remember Suzuki pulling ads because MXA kept bashing Windham or something (sure there was more to it than that) so you know they are fickle when they don't get their way. Nobody wants to spend $100k on ads and then have Jody bash your bikes. I loved the comment about Suzuki's dated styling, "It would be the equivalent of every 2016 Ford looking like a 2008 Taurus." Now that's funny.
When it was Yamaha Action, the mag was full of about 10 pages of McGrath/Button Men In Blue ads so it was easy for everyone to draw that parallel too. What came first, the chicken or the egg? The huge ad campaign or the shootout win?
Now the 2016 ktm and KXF are so much lighter, the suzuki will have to loose a lot of weight in 2017. Plus, the suzuki will need to gain quite a bit of power too.
i had a chance to ride the new KTM, but i didnt want to ruin myself, LOL.
If the ktm forks really are as bad as they say, yet their new AER fork is as good as people say and 3lbs lighter, the 2017 sounds like its gonna be a sweet ride! light, powerful, good brakes, hydro clutch, e-start.
my 2015 rmz i put on the hydro clutch, oversized rotor and it starts way better than my 2009 RMZ, but i still dont think it starts as easy as other 450s ive been on like the kawi and honda.
I am on my 5th RMZ/RM but they will really need to do somehting big in 2017 to make me buy another....
Most of today's friction you hear today about MXA is due to the generation gap that now exists between Jody and the general bike buying public. Most 18-25 years olds today are all a bunch of crybabies. Jody just tells it like it is & ruffles feathers. That don't jive these days. Hence the gap and constant criticism against MXA.
MXA is also subject to criticism from product manufacturers that get bad reviews both bikes and aftermarket products. But again, they tell it like it is.
As far as KTM goes they have broken all the rules by maintaining a full 2 stroke line when all the others bailed. They also kept the R&D at the highest level continuing to improve the pumpkins that were known as pink elephants pre 2005, 6, 7? and recently releasing two same year 450 models for the last few years. One at one level which was good and one at a higher level that was awesome. They have stood up and stolen the market from the Japs. So much so that now Yami is offering a full line of 2 strokes this year to try and snag a little bit of the smoker market from KTM. So for this they deserve the exposure. Not for their efforts but for the real high quality results.
Uh, no.
The Division that was in soooo much trouble and draggin' EVERYTHING-ELSE down with it (in the USA) was the Auto-side of the company; and, it's GONE.
They release an "all new" 250 but it looks the same!!! It's hilarious! Redesigning the plastics is not anything that will swallow a big chunk of R&D money.
If someone who isn't into MX bikes looks at a 2015 RMZ and 2016 RMZ will he go nuts about the 2016 that has over 80 changes? I don't think so.
Pit Row
Every other magazine never really points any issues out or if they do, they really smooth them over.
MXA like it or not, comes to a conclusion based upon their experience and says it straight out. Ruffled feathers be damned.
I love my 14 Yamaha 450, they said it was quirky and an acquired taste but also said the suspension and engine are excellent.
Guess what. It's an acquired taste that took time to get used to. The suspension is like big hot buttered boobs and the engine is amazing. Wow they are such bastards over at MXA for telling it like it is.
I also got a kick out of their Suzuki review this month. Changing a red stripe to a white stripe is not a performance mod. Hahahahaha.
In MXA they reported that Zook was allowed to buy their stock from VW back at nearly a 2 billion dollar gain. So they got they goin for them?
White
Green
Blue
Red
Yella
KTM
Husky
Kaw
Yam
Hon
Suz
Hahahaha hahahahaha
Whilst it drives me fucking nuts that they don't just measure up the SSS suspension and copy it it, most people would redo their suspension anyways... and there is no denying out of the box, they're the closest thing to a trick race ready bike you can buy.
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