MX's Stupidest inovations?

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Edited Date/Time 3/4/2013 6:47pm
Please 1 per post/member, cause i'm sure someone can list a whole bunch!!!

I'll start and its an easy one, but I was a very active young racing guy then so it was of interest to me
at the time

The 23" front wheel

Lasted all of 1 year, was lambasted by almost everyone and mods to change back to 21 were introduced.

Please one per pos/membert
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ocscottie 6/24/2011 10:05am
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Yamaha and their "Z" spokes.

Epic failure.

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RandyS 6/24/2011 10:07am
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Since nobody has said it yet I'll be the bad guy. The 4 stroke MX bike.
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MX forums where people can speak their minds........Shocked
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RandyS 6/24/2011 10:08am
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ipushmybike wrote:
4 strokes.....
Damn, beat me by a few seconds.
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ktm125 6/24/2011 10:08am
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RandyS wrote:
Since nobody has said it yet I'll be the bad guy. The 4 stroke MX bike.
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motosmith wrote:
The rear fender number plate. [img]http://p1.bikepics.com/pics/2010%5C09%5C06%5Cbikepics-2054748-full.jpg[/img]
The rear fender number plate.

You mean this one?




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TriRacer27 6/24/2011 10:14am
6/24/2011 10:14am Edited Date/Time 6/24/2011 10:29am
This is the greatest!


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mom241 6/24/2011 10:14am
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Didn't 4 strokes predate 2 strokes?
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newmann 6/24/2011 10:20am
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mom241 wrote:
Didn't 4 strokes predate 2 strokes?
They were overweight and underpowered per cc then too.Smile


How about fuel tanks that are too small for a motocross race?Pinch
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DownSouth 6/24/2011 10:23am
6/24/2011 10:23am
Number plates too small to hold numbers are the current trend.
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j100 6/24/2011 10:24am
6/24/2011 10:24am Edited Date/Time 6/24/2011 10:26am


no linkage. i love all the forward thinking KTM does, love the look of the bike, but i don't know why it took so long to come out with linkage.

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carlosmacho 6/24/2011 10:33am
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Another Yamaha brain fart. Radiator on front forks. At least Yamaha is willing to make mistakes to forward technology.
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Yamhas BASS system, The brake assisted suspension system cyrca 85 or 86ish!
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carlosmacho 6/24/2011 10:37am
6/24/2011 10:37am Edited Date/Time 6/24/2011 10:39am
KTM Brain fart bigger than the linkless suspension. KTM350. Will it take them as long to figure out this is as stupid
as linkless suspension? Only time will tell
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lucero10x 6/24/2011 10:37am
6/24/2011 10:37am Edited Date/Time 6/24/2011 10:46am
pitbike502 wrote:
[img]http://rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=A0PDoYBmygROqDgAmX2jzbkF/SIG=12kv9e7lc/EXP=1308965606/**http%3a//i246.photobucket.com/albums/gg107/dogger315/1997CR250.jpg[/img] this whole bike...


this whole bike...
I bought that bike brand new and it was gorgeous. I had dick's racing do the suspension, put on a steering stabilizer and raced it in the desert. I don't remember hating it. My next bike was a ktm 380 and I loooved it. Blisters gone. Oh yeah, the 380 had no linkage. Wink
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motomike137 6/24/2011 10:40am
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pitbike502 wrote:
[img]http://rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=A0PDoYBmygROqDgAmX2jzbkF/SIG=12kv9e7lc/EXP=1308965606/**http%3a//i246.photobucket.com/albums/gg107/dogger315/1997CR250.jpg[/img] this whole bike...


this whole bike...
lucero10x wrote:
I bought that bike brand new and it was gorgeous. I had dick's racing do the suspension, put on a steering stabilizer and raced it in...
I bought that bike brand new and it was gorgeous. I had dick's racing do the suspension, put on a steering stabilizer and raced it in the desert. I don't remember hating it. My next bike was a ktm 380 and I loooved it. Blisters gone. Oh yeah, the 380 had no linkage. Wink
Look at that beam... what the hell were they thinking?
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UAW_member 6/24/2011 10:41am
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How about the old Scott boots that saved your ankle by destroying your knee?
BornA'Lil2Slow 6/24/2011 10:53am
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pitbike502 wrote:
[img]http://rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=A0PDoYBmygROqDgAmX2jzbkF/SIG=12kv9e7lc/EXP=1308965606/**http%3a//i246.photobucket.com/albums/gg107/dogger315/1997CR250.jpg[/img] this whole bike...


this whole bike...
lucero10x wrote:
I bought that bike brand new and it was gorgeous. I had dick's racing do the suspension, put on a steering stabilizer and raced it in...
I bought that bike brand new and it was gorgeous. I had dick's racing do the suspension, put on a steering stabilizer and raced it in the desert. I don't remember hating it. My next bike was a ktm 380 and I loooved it. Blisters gone. Oh yeah, the 380 had no linkage. Wink
motomike137 wrote:
Look at that beam... what the hell were they thinking?
if you were a bigger guy, such as myself, the bike was great. if you weight under 200 though.... oh my!
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