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How’s that working out? Tonight’s Red Bull Straight Rythm Celebrates the 2 Strokes in their full glory. Thanks Red Bull!
What if Monster and Red Bull took a stand on the rules? Hmmm
What if Monster and Red Bull took a stand on the rules? Hmmm
A 550 could run in 250
The Shop
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World MX, was CC to CC, for many, many years. I can't recall the year they, the FIM, brought in the 500CC 2T, to 630/650 rule - sometime in the early 90s. Inspired by the US handicap rules, I think, and, they allowed a bigger again capacity limit than the US. Jackey Martens was the first modern era World '500' 4t Champ, in 93 - on what was said to be a 630cc Husky, which, was legal, of course. The '650' class, that became MX3 in 04, came into being in 2003, and, I think any 4ts in the then version of MX1, went back to being limited to 500cc. Then, it went to 450s in 04
Whilst it was still CC to CC, round about 78/79, Steve Whitlock protested the CCM Team - I think it was in France, where, I think, Bob Wright finished in front of his Honda rider(s). Or, at least qualified in front of them. Bob had been giving them (Honda), grief throughout the year. He was accused of running a 580, or somesuch, but my CCM history book I have - Rolling Thunder - said he didn't like the oversized bikes, as he was a 'revver' - well, as much as he could be on a CCM.........
Equivalency - anything other than that, is handicap racing. We're now into a couple of decades of handicap rules being so bloody wrong.
So when the big 5.5 release electric bikes the AMA will allow it. Alta was ahead of it's time, and should have put the technology into a vehicle that would sell better than dirt bikes first to stabilize the business. Sometimes it's better to go where the money is in order to go where your heart is later so you don't lose your ass.
Pit Row
More people buy four strokes , so the factory’s put their money into them
Look at Suzuki. How many people are running out buying a new 4stroke? Suzuki 2 strokes outnumber their 4strokes everwhere I go.
Everyone knows the 250 2 stroke can't match what the 450 4 stroke is putting out.
Put the 250 2 stroke in the 250 4 stroke class maybe a different story.
BLAME the AMA.
For me the writing was on the wall in 2000 when I watched Joel Smets lay waste to everyone at the 500cc World MX round in Broadford. He was on his RFS era KTM570, and along with the other riders on their YZM500’s and the like, it was clear as day that in anything other than perfect traction conditions, the two strokes just weren’t competitive anymore.
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