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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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Beta480RX Added a reply to Major OEM Bike Development
4/14/2026 3:30pm I've done a survey for Honda back in the past, was a basically a test/feeler for what was eventually released as the CRF/RX line. This sure seems a lot more scattershot than what a Japanese OEM would do. I was DQ'd because I also clicked on other (using my phone). May try from a different ISP on my laptop later...
Beta480RX Added a reply to Watch to measure sleep/ heart / oxygen
4/9/2026 5:43am My FitBit keeps track of all that stuff. Has seemed pretty accurate to me. Started with the original Charge and now on the newest version. They only last about a year and half for me as I end up jacking the screen/faceplate when reaching up into the engine bay from under a car or truck. I've got sleep apnea and...
Beta480RX Added a reply to Toby Price - Disqualified
4/2/2026 5:34pm Those colors don't run.... Right up until it is time to show out against the best the world has at Nations. Then they run as far away as they can. Fact.
Beta480RX Added a reply to Toby Price - Disqualified
4/2/2026 2:43pm Anyone that has followed Dakar at all knows the story of Brabec's bike getting jacked with. It was at the remote bivouac for the marathon stage. No team members, no pits. Just a spot for them all to sleep, a few officials to watch over, and that's it. All the bikes parked outside under the stars in the sand in...
Beta480RX Added a reply to Kawasaki is bringing the two stroke back!
4/2/2026 10:56am When I used to work for a KTM dealer, 300 models out sold 250s at a 5 to 1 ratio. Only reason we even had 250s was because it was a requirement with your allotment. The only thing more niche in the dirt bike market than motocross is trials. About the only way we could get rid of the 250cc...
Beta480RX Added a reply to Kawasaki is bringing the two stroke back!
4/1/2026 1:41pm It was built as a street legal bike in Asia (competing with the Honda CRM250R) so we just got the version stripped of blinkers, steel fuel tank, and other legal stuff. Note that KDX250SR was sold for quite a bit longer in Asia than it ever was here. From an economics/resources standpoint, cheaper/easier for Kawasaki to strip the SR and...
Xeno Liked a reply to forum topic Toby Price - Disqualified
4/1/2026 12:59pm
For those in other parts of the country/world who say, "non-moto": It's very "moto" for us on the West Coast who ride/race Baja and serve the Rally community. If you don't care, there's plenty of Deegan threads for you to read.
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Beta480RX Added a reply to Kawasaki is bringing the two stroke back!
4/1/2026 12:57pm Chassis is definitely a goofball, but the engine crosses over with KX250 and KX500 parts if you've got the time and energy to hunt things down. Kawasaki used different part numbers on the fiche even if the parts were identical to a KX model.
Beta480RX Added a reply to Toby Price - Disqualified
4/1/2026 11:18am The SLR crew was headed out the evening before the race to set up an emergency pit location and camp for the night. The only access was up that wash which would be closed due to being live race course in the morning, so hence why the SLR crew was there. The SLR guys came up on the rocks, seeing...
Beta480RX Added a reply to Toby Price
4/1/2026 3:22am I don't race SCORE, I stick to State side stuff (BITD/UNLTD) but no, sabotaging lines is NOT normal at all. Now,, finding hot lines and masking them if you can while prerunning by throwing a bit of brush in front? Common. The smoking gun in all of this would be the SD card in the GPS of that CanAm. Brent...
Beta480RX Added a reply to Toby Price
3/31/2026 5:54pm Following this since it came out on RDC forum when he was caught. Even if Toby didn't do it himself, team members did. As Driver of Record Toby is responsible for his team's actions. Just how it works. With everything out there, Toby still hasn"t denied any of the accusations. We will never be privy to all of the info...
Beta480RX Added a reply to Kawasaki is bringing the two stroke back!
3/28/2026 10:37am Speaking of 30yr old bikes... I decided not to wait any longer on Kawasaki. Maybe when Team Green gets their poop in a group I will pick up a new one to park next to the old one I got yesterday. And just for nostalgia, my very first MX race at 17 in the spring of 1992 on, yup, a...
Beta480RX Added a reply to Kids quads?...
3/22/2026 8:10am There used to be some 50s out there that were legally for 6 and up. The Suzuki LT50 comes to mind and I know Polaris used to make a couple of 50s as well. Pretty sure Kawasaki had a KFX50 for a time during the great Kawazuki phase where they were sharing platforms and just changing colors. The influx of...
Beta480RX Added a reply to Can Anything Replace the Joy of Moto?
3/20/2026 10:10am I get where you are at, as other than this winter I'm normally buried in snow and cold here in Montana just like you in Canada, eh... To get through it I typically have done three things. #1 was a sled. After my last one the wife put her foot down and that's now the one thing I am not...
avidchimp Liked a reply to forum topic Chuck Norris
3/20/2026 7:51am
Sad day in this household. Chuck was a big part of my life when I was in my mid-20's. I was an assistant editor on Walker, Texas Ranger for 3 years and close to 80 episodes. At the time I was going through a really difficult time in my life. Chuck would fly in from Texas a couple times a month so we could lock episodes for air and he would ALWAYS pull me aside and check on me, give me advice. He liked to tell me to look at the big picture and not get hung on the small...
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Beta480RX Added a reply to Tough Like RORR, NO SPECTATORS. Its a sad time....
3/18/2026 6:39pm And now it's over completely, not just no spectators. This isn't going to be last unfortunately. Tough Like RORR FB
Beta480RX Added a reply to Honda reports first expected annual loss in nearly 70 years
3/15/2026 10:48am Not at Honda. Not a drop of $ into SXS from motorcycle budgets. They aren't Polaris or CanAm, or even Yamaha/Kawasaki. Honda developed the Talon then shelved all R&D just like they did for moat everything else save CRF/Rs. Honda dropped their factory SXS race teams for this year and the Talon is being discontinued after 2026. And if you...
Beta480RX Added a reply to Honda reports first expected annual loss in nearly 70 years
3/15/2026 7:15am The EV cut has a total potential estimated loss of between $7.5b and $15b. Yup, that's with a B. When you look above that they didn't make that in net profits, yeah, the ledger is gonna be ugly. https://www.thedrive.com/news/honda-kills-three-us-built-evs-before-the… The bike division is completely separate, so this won't have any effect on it. Where it will show is in the...
Beta480RX Added a reply to What's the hardest bike to work on you ever had?
3/14/2026 7:44am Second for Gold Wings. Doing carb work on those bastards is a nightmare. Then add all the farkles those clowns would put on and it was even harder. EFI and the single sided rear swingarm were a blessing Honda engineers bestowed on us lowly techs that had to work on them. Not going to discuss the breaking aluminum frames and...