New innovations in motocross

racingfortheson
Vital hit the nail the Product of the year with the Alta. But I was wondering what would be the new part from last few years? Like what was the best part or part innovation? What is something that is a must have part for the bike that we didn't have 2 years ago? When the folding levers first came out, they where a must have. Before that was the FatBars. So what is the last "Must Have Part"?
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kb228 12/31/2018 5:24am
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Wifi controlled mapping on a stock bike. Thats the only thing i can think of that blew my mind recently.
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ti473 12/31/2018 5:25am
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kb228 wrote:
Wifi controlled mapping on a stock bike. Thats the only thing i can think of that blew my mind recently.
So like factory ECU on a stock bike???
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Cliffy615 12/31/2018 6:40am
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Lit pro is unreal
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VRR7 12/31/2018 7:00am
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Autonomous or “driverless” mx bikes
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Tarz483 12/31/2018 7:07am
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VRR7 wrote:
Autonomous or “driverless” mx bikes
Yeah they have that, they call it a video game Smile
Squirrelings 12/31/2018 7:08am
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ti473 wrote:
So like factory ECU on a stock bike???
An ECU that can be programmed wirelessly like on the newer Yamaha's.
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BR8ES 12/31/2018 7:10am
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VRR7 wrote:
Autonomous or “driverless” mx bikes
according to many, that is what 4 strokes are...
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BobPA 12/31/2018 7:14am
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Holeshot devices
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Motofinne 12/31/2018 7:29am
12/31/2018 7:29am Edited Date/Time 12/31/2018 7:32am
EFI on 4-strokes was huge when it came.

The adjustable ECU through Wi-Fi that the Yamaha has is the next big thing (yeah i know, GET has had this feature for multiple years but we're talking about stock bikes from the showroom floor). It is in my opinion by far the biggest innovation since the EFI. You can basically change completely how the engine and bike behaves within 3 minutes, brilliant stuff.
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mx317 12/31/2018 7:31am
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bolt on grips like ODI
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H4L 12/31/2018 8:18am
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Andy_Greenney wrote:
Air forks, game changer
Not new or innovative, but I remember hearing about them in the early 80's.

Air forks are nothing new in motocross, as the 1976 Yamaha’s 35mm Kayaba air forks prove. The most visually unique aspect of the 41-year-old air forks was the air accumulators that replaced the fork caps. The two air canisters resembled the instrument cluster of a street bike, leading to the Kayaba air forks being called “speedo & tach” forks.

https://motocrossactionmag.com/the-life-death-of-air-forks/
racingfortheson 12/31/2018 9:50am
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LIT pro is a good one, a long with Lockon Grip (which are horrible in my opinion). Wifi tuning is really awesome.
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Bramlett321 12/31/2018 9:53am
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VRR7 wrote:
Autonomous or “driverless” mx bikes
Tarz483 wrote:
Yeah they have that, they call it a video game :)
Yeah they have that, they call it a video game Smile
Oh I have that already!!! Just come watch me at a local hare scramble....autonomous all the time baby.
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Tarz483 12/31/2018 12:47pm
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Lit pro is cool,
As far as the bikes themselves
Imo they have evolved too much.
Kinda like nascar, not that bad yet
But going that direction it seems
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zehn 12/31/2018 12:49pm
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Yamaha doing the backward engine configuration with the 250F was pretty big IMO
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loftyair 12/31/2018 1:35pm
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KTM going from worst to first in a short couple years. Argumentive of course.

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racerx217 12/31/2018 2:03pm
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Surprised to see no one mentioned the 6D atr-2, lid is crazy with innovation.
racingfortheson 12/31/2018 2:46pm
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Www.steelhorseinnovations.com
I would be surprised to see that patent hold water. There are all ready bearing with grease holes, but I like the idea. At one point KTM had grease able linkage bearings.
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Pirate421 12/31/2018 3:17pm
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I saw an article this morning that was in New York Times talking about car dealers that you can order a car online and have it shipped to you. I’ve said before that I wish dirtbikes could be ordered direct to consumer like mtn bikes can be done these days. Much cheaper for nice spec’d bike, no hassle with sales people who have no idea about dirtbikes, shipped straight to your door. Not exactly new tech or anything but if they can do it with $10k bicycle and a $70k Tesla, why can’t they do it for a new 450?
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