350's torn down after race

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Edited Date/Time 1/26/2012 10:50am
From TWMX Short interview.

Interesting.

Whats the deal with that?

Who who filed a protest?

BTW they are 350's.
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mccread 4/3/2011 10:06am
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Some Americans can't believe they can compete with 450s still and Alessi's holeshot was just to much to take for the disbelieving 350 brigade lol....
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kongols 4/3/2011 10:07am
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Gardner37 wrote:
From TWMX Short interview.

Interesting.

Whats the deal with that?

Who who filed a protest?

BTW they are 350's.
Somebody probably said WTF is up with all the holeshots.
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rmpilot 4/3/2011 10:11am
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it was probably the ama calling for it because of bikes doing half decent going against the grain of the rules that were made by the big 4.
lostboy819 4/3/2011 10:11am
4/3/2011 10:11am Edited Date/Time 4/3/2011 10:11am
Yeah Mikes Alessi's charge from 1st to 10th was amazing, I really thought he was going to get run over in the first few laps.

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Sherwood 4/3/2011 10:11am
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Gardner37 wrote:
From TWMX Short interview.

Interesting.

Whats the deal with that?

Who who filed a protest?

BTW they are 350's.
It's not a bad idea to make sure they really are what they claim.
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BD49 4/3/2011 10:19am
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lostboy819 wrote:
Yeah Mikes Alessi's charge from 1st to 10th was amazing, I really thought he was going to get run over in the first few laps.
He sure slowed down Dungey's momentum there for a minute....
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pamoto 4/3/2011 10:25am
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They were picked at random. Saw it on MXA site.

ALESSI'S HOLEHOT: Red Bull KTM’s Mike Alessi grabbed the holeshot at the start of the main on his KTM 350SXF. Mike's starts seem to be back on track and with a series of holeshots to his credit in the last couple weeks, Alessi's bike was torn down after the race (it was selected at random). After careful evaluation, the AMA concluded that Alessi's bike was legal.
crashnburn11 4/3/2011 10:39am
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"at random"

yeah right, lol. I haven't heard of them tearing down anyone else's bike "at random" this year.
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matrixlee 4/3/2011 10:45am
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Gardner37 wrote:
From TWMX Short interview.

Interesting.

Whats the deal with that?

Who who filed a protest?

BTW they are 350's.
have you got a liink pls cheers
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newmann 4/3/2011 10:46am
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Just wondering how many production rule based factory YZ400F's were torn down back around '98? They were supposed to be 400's weren't they?
motoxxx599 4/3/2011 12:05pm
4/3/2011 12:05pm
lostboy819 wrote:
Yeah Mikes Alessi's charge from 1st to 10th was amazing, I really thought he was going to get run over in the first few laps.
Yea was blazing fast in the whoops, taking them 2 at a time like a champ. He and "swagger" must be riding together
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plowboy 4/3/2011 12:23pm
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I got nothing bad to say about Mike. He's out there...plugging away...even though it's obvious he hates the stadiums. If his performance outdoors is the same then maybe it's time to move him down a tier in "moto royalty". As far as all that "insider" team crap, I haven't a clue. I just hope he rides to his potential this summer.
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braaahp419 4/3/2011 12:34pm
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Why would the AMA care if they weren't 350's ? As long as they aren't more than 450 cc's they are legal for the 450 class. If KTM bored it out to a 400 but still called it a 350 (which they did not do), does that have anything to do with the AMA ?
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Outsider 4/3/2011 12:41pm
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Alessi was using perfect block pass technique... that is, if the race were run in reverse.
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RaceFace 4/3/2011 12:45pm
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crashnburn11 wrote:
"at random"

yeah right, lol. I haven't heard of them tearing down anyone else's bike "at random" this year.
Bikes are torn down every race, you just don't hear about it.

If they didn't do you think EVERY team wouldn't be cheating out their asses?
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Suns_PSD 4/3/2011 12:46pm
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braaahp419 wrote:
Why would the AMA care if they weren't 350's ? As long as they aren't more than 450 cc's they are legal for the 450 class...
Why would the AMA care if they weren't 350's ? As long as they aren't more than 450 cc's they are legal for the 450 class. If KTM bored it out to a 400 but still called it a 350 (which they did not do), does that have anything to do with the AMA ?
Because AMA rules for Production based racing (which this is) state that the race engine must have an identical stroke and bore to the homologated (in this case the 350F) bike, in addition to many other rules.
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RaceFace 4/3/2011 12:52pm
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braaahp419 wrote:
Why would the AMA care if they weren't 350's ? As long as they aren't more than 450 cc's they are legal for the 450 class...
Why would the AMA care if they weren't 350's ? As long as they aren't more than 450 cc's they are legal for the 450 class. If KTM bored it out to a 400 but still called it a 350 (which they did not do), does that have anything to do with the AMA ?
Because it has to be stock cylinder dimensions. They can be bored out, but the cylinder being bored has to be stock. In the case of the 350 that probably doesn't leave much room for boring it out so much. Also, it HAS to use the stock bike's stroke.

Again, bikes are chosen at random to maintain the rules.
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Hanaa80 4/3/2011 12:56pm
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crashnburn11 wrote:
"at random"

yeah right, lol. I haven't heard of them tearing down anyone else's bike "at random" this year.
Xactly. KTM is doing too good for someone's liking.
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mcphilly 4/3/2011 1:00pm
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a tear down of the top 3 was common back in the day but , I have heard they have cut back on that in recent years. I am curious to know

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