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Beta480RX Added a reply to Lil Keefer racing nationals
5/7/2026 9:25am Phoenix isn't operating in a vacuum om the East Coast. If you all want to be that naive, keep your heads buried in the sand. You want a ride with a support team, make the factory guys notice you and get the hook up. Ride where the test riders are riding. It's that simple. If your only aspirations is to...
Beta480RX Added a reply to Lil Keefer racing nationals
5/7/2026 6:53am Some things will never change. Want to get a shot? Be seen. Be in SoCal riding the same tracks the teams are testing on. Be there the same days they are. Show them direct to their eyeballs that you are putting in the work and can develop (not just you, also the bike). Stop hiding at training facilities. Was this...
OldTech Liked a reply to forum topic Dunlop MC790 Prototype Tire
5/6/2026 6:27pm
Bring back the 490 front please.
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Beta480RX Added a reply to Show us some pics of your Dual sport bike (are dual sports non-moto?)
5/4/2026 1:28pm After 3 years of hard use, this also involved MX as the 650R replaced my KX500s, two failure points would take the frames out. #1, the bolt on right footpeg mount is a common failure point. My 1st frame was warranty replaced by Honda as it was prior to the shim being installed from the factory. Bend the bracket enough...
Beta480RX Added a reply to Any techies out there understand what the real world implications of this actually are?
5/3/2026 1:30pm I don't use a VPN, but my phone thinks I'm in Colorado all the time. Even when I'm in Utah, as long as I don't enable location services in my phone or log on using local wifi my phone still thinks I'm in Aurora, CO. Pain in the A when I'm trying to find crap in say a Home Depot...
Beta480RX Added a reply to How long were motos when you were a kid
5/3/2026 1:20pm These were the classes and times when I started racing in 1992. 2 50cc classes (split by age, everyone on PWs) 8min 65 A/B 10min, 85 A/B/C 10min 125/250/500 C 12 min 125/250/500 B 15 min 125/250/500 A 20 min 30+/40+ B, 50+, and Sportsman 12 min 30+/40+ A 15 min Powder Puff 12 min By the late 90s here...
sumdood Liked a reply to forum topic Helmets, How many do you have ?
5/2/2026 5:52am
I only have 1 right now. I don't replace mine as often as I probably should, I'll get a new one every 6-7 years. I don't ever cut the straps off. I take our old ones to Baja and hand them out to kids / teenagers we see riding without them. They're always stoked and even though most are crashed in or old and "Not Safe" according to some, they're still better than what those kids are wearing, nothing. Speaking of which I'm due for a new one. I'm not a fan of my 6d atr2, the helmet itself is...
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Beta480RX Added a reply to Helmets, How many do you have ?
5/1/2026 8:03pm Not odd. I buy a new moto lid every year, or after 2 good crashes. New lid is that year's race helmet, last year's race helmet is this year's trail riding helmet, last year's trail helmet is this year's night riding helmet. When one hits end of life, the straps get cut out and up on the wall it goes...
Beta480RX Added a reply to Show us some pics of your Dual sport bike (are dual sports non-moto?)
5/1/2026 6:14am 2000/2001/2006 XR650R. Some parts still remain from my original 2000 model, engine cases are from the 2001 that replaced the 2000 after a catastrophic engine failure (Honda covered it). Was two days until leaving for a race so we wheeled the blown up bike into the dealership and swapped everything except for the frame and engine from the 2000 to...
Beta480RX Added a reply to Kawi Engine
4/27/2026 3:05pm Yup, Suzuki engine, Kawi chassis. That's why that first bastardized 250F had the steel perimeter frame. Can say that Kawasaki "manufactured" the bikes, but that engine was 100% Suzuki design and engineering.
Joey Bridges Liked a reply to forum topic let's see how many memes of the day we can post
4/27/2026 2:43pm
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Kenny Banyan Liked a reply to forum topic Kawasaki is bringing the two stroke back!
4/17/2026 2:24pm
Here’s my 98…..I still have it.
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Rickyisms Liked a reply to forum topic Kawasaki is bringing the two stroke back!
4/17/2026 12:14pm
Just over 10 years ago I sold my cherry 2003 XR250 and I kick myself every single day for it. What an awesome bike that thing was, just didn’t appreciate it at the time.
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Beta480RX Added a reply to Kawasaki is bringing the two stroke back!
4/16/2026 8:07pm Once I get that far south I keep heading farther and end up down by American Falls. Not sure why, I know there is good riding there, just what inevitability happens! Have ridden in the Pioneers (Wise River/Wisdom) to the North of there for decades up until the Alder Creek/Christiansen Fires wiped almost everything out a few years ago. Can...
Beta480RX Added a reply to Kawasaki is bringing the two stroke back!
4/16/2026 4:59pm Xtrainer is kinda in a no man's land like mentioned above for the CRF300F. But it definitely has a niche due to it's size compared to normal 300s. A very very successful niche!
Beta480RX Added a reply to Kawasaki is bringing the two stroke back!
4/16/2026 4:49pm Depends if I'm feeling like a smoker day or thumper day. For those trips it can be the KDX250 or the XR650R. I'm a bit on the bigger side, so the KDX200 and XR400 get a we bit anemic at altitude! And also depends how stupid the trip is going to get. If stealth is also going to be a...
Beta480RX Added a reply to Kawasaki is bringing the two stroke back!
4/16/2026 12:18pm I've ridden all the newer Beta and KTM 300 (and 350) smokers. Is my KDX a better performing machine? Absolutely not! Is the KDX the more comfortable machine for an entire day of riding? Yes, yes it is. And it's not even close.
Beta480RX Added a reply to Best type of jb weld kind of product for gas tanks
4/16/2026 10:27am Someone got excited and way overtightened things. Bummer. For the petcock holes that the eJot screws go into, I don't really fix them. I take a clipped end from a zip tie, lay it in the hole cut flush so it doesnt lift the petcock up, then run the screw(s) in. For the brass seat retaining insert you are more...
CaptainOblivious Liked a reply to forum topic Major OEM Bike Development
4/14/2026 3:30pm
Watch Suzuki come out with a RMZ350, electric start, A-kit suspension, etc and the people that told them they wanted it will be nowhere to be found because it’s not $6500 😂
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