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Monday morning bench racing brought up the question "if both bikes were stock how old of a bike would a Top 10 pro (in either class) have to be on before things were even close?"
One guess was Andrew Short on a bone stock 1993 CR250 could beat most local pros on a 2010 bike of their choice if the race was 20 minutes long.
For most mere mortals do you think a current AMA racer who regularly makes the main could beat you on a stock mid-90s mx bike? Or if you're a pretty good local racer would they have to be on 80s vintage iron?
Or has anyone "race" a fast guy when they were dinking around on, say a XR100 or a trail bike with a headlight?
One guess was Andrew Short on a bone stock 1993 CR250 could beat most local pros on a 2010 bike of their choice if the race was 20 minutes long.
For most mere mortals do you think a current AMA racer who regularly makes the main could beat you on a stock mid-90s mx bike? Or if you're a pretty good local racer would they have to be on 80s vintage iron?
Or has anyone "race" a fast guy when they were dinking around on, say a XR100 or a trail bike with a headlight?
That goes to show how fast the top guys are going so I would have to say that you could put Dungey on an older 125 and he could still out run most local fast guy's.
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We were comparing his times to Frank Laterie(SP?) and Nick Hayes. To be honest if someone told me this I wouldn't believe it but I saw it myself.
Who am I kidding , they'd still beat my ass.
Different riders in each episode...what? dont tell me Bubbas world is better!!
a 15 year old bike at this point only has a weak image in the minds of most moto enthusiasts because most 15 year old bikes are thrashed junk or basket cases in somebodys shed somewhere. A new, out of the crate 15 year old CR250 is a serious threat at any level once the terrible suspension setup is fixed
Me? I wouldn't wanna race one of the top 10 year old riders on a 15 year old KX60!
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I'm guessing a 250 from mid eighties would would be enough to go fast.
1974 for sure....I could take em. 250 silver Elsinore with the down pipe....yup. I'd be champ!
When Broc Glover was on YZ´s he had the option of to motors for sx, and he ditched the works motor because it made over 50hp and was too much to hold on to for an entire race.
Do you think MC´s 1995 CR was a bad bike? I think it would be way better than new 2 strokes from today. The YZ250 has pretty much the same engine it released in 1999 - that´s 11,5 years ago, and it is regarded as perhaps the best 250 bike even today!
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