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TM is recognized as a high end brand by those who know of the bike, but they have very very little market share here. I have no clue if they're homologated for pro racing or not
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My son rode a 18 TM and came back grinning ear to ear saying it was faster than his national mod KTM and YZ 125's. He also said it handled great and cornered with no effort.
My friends son test rode the same bike and bought one the following week. The bike came with his correct spring rate and they are riding the bike with stock suspension. The kid is very particular and always had the suspension setup but no need to with the TM. It's basically an OEM works bike and reliability has been great so far.
Our plan is get one next year.
They are homologated & legal to race in amateur AMA racing but not legal in Pro Racing due to more strict homologation rules... YET!
oh, parts are super easy to get and the support from the dealer network is outstanding.
he is now on the factory star yamaha team - on a yz125
The rule makers - in an attempt to "root out factory one off bike" when transitioning to the "production rule" structured it so a minimum of I think 400 models must be sold to become legal
Then you pay a fee so the bike can be officially legal - and you can go race.
The reality of this rule - is it completely roots out small manufacturers from starting up - a huge WIN for the big OEMS
It would be neat if constructors could build small run production bike - even be it just chassis that they put other engines into - or vice versa
There is NOTHING production about the factory bikes in real world terms...
Pit Row
They do have to make a minimum number available for sale, though.
I guess they can produce 400 that are available here in the USA of one model - then sell their usual 10 - and sit on the rest for parts sales and be legal to go racing...
They sold less than 10 250f's last year on the 18.5/19 model.
Getting any ONE model up in sales enough to meet 400 would be wishful thinking for them - not to mention my entire point is the 400 model minimum has completely SHUT OUT any new bike developer from starting up - and building a brand up.
It takes a massive investment to produce 400 motorcycles - especially if they don't sell
if they were really serious about US market maybe they could petition AMA to change the rule.........the spirit of the rule I feel was to make sure if someone wanted a particular bike/model it could be bought so maybe for someone like TM it could be 100 units and that would probably even be a stretch to actually sell this before the next model year
would any of the other OEMs be pissed to allow this?? be a good point but what would they fear other than a little unfair so maybe just change the rule period??? be nice to at least see some of the smaller guys compete and would maybe open up a few more rides
http://blog.pro-x.com/tm-racing-the-premium-motorcycle-brand-you-should…
https://motocrossactionmag.com/ask-the-mxperts-why-no-tms-in-the-nation…
In 2014 at the MX des Nations, TM finished all 3 Moto's in the top 10, the 4 strokes can compete!
Davide Guarneri 10th, Tanel Leok (TM) 2 - 7th's
http://www.motorcycle-usa.com/2014/09/article/motocross-of-nations-resu…
Max Nagl is onboard TM in the GP's this year.
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