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Adam43 8/31/2010 8:07am

8/31/2010 8:07am

GrapeApe wrote:

I really don't get why it has become accepted that the Kawi is not a good bike or doesn't suit his style. It's a factory bike...

I really don't get why it has become accepted that the Kawi is not a good bike or doesn't suit his style. It's a factory bike, with a Monster budget, and with just as much technical and testing support as the other factories. If he has unlimited testing resources, isn't it his fault to an extent if the bike doesn't suit him?

In my opinion if RV didn't get hurt the Kawi 450 would be adorned with the #1 plate next year in MX and SX, would that change people's opinion of the bike?

You can change a lot of things on a factory bike, but you still have to work with the production frame geometry. Offset races and different linkages only affect so much.

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MX Culture 8/31/2010 8:15am

8/31/2010 8:15am Edited Date/Time 8/31/2010 8:16am

Shenzi is correct.
It's not the bike....I think he actually likes the bike.
There's other things in that program that he doesn't like.

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GrapeApe 8/31/2010 8:17am

8/31/2010 8:17am

GrapeApe wrote:

I really don't get why it has become accepted that the Kawi is not a good bike or doesn't suit his style. It's a factory bike...

I really don't get why it has become accepted that the Kawi is not a good bike or doesn't suit his style. It's a factory bike, with a Monster budget, and with just as much technical and testing support as the other factories. If he has unlimited testing resources, isn't it his fault to an extent if the bike doesn't suit him?

In my opinion if RV didn't get hurt the Kawi 450 would be adorned with the #1 plate next year in MX and SX, would that change people's opinion of the bike?

Adam43 wrote:

You can change a lot of things on a factory bike, but you still have to work with the production frame geometry. Offset races and different...

You can change a lot of things on a factory bike, but you still have to work with the production frame geometry. Offset races and different linkages only affect so much.

I agree regarding the front end, but the sub frame can be modified to preference. So, is the complaint that the head tube angle is too raked out to make it turn even with offset/raising fork tubes? If that is the case I would think it would still be a good bike outdoors (with proper setup), supercross might pose a bigger problem.

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GrapeApe 8/31/2010 8:37am

8/31/2010 8:37am

MX Culture wrote:

Shenzi is correct.
It's not the bike....I think he actually likes the bike.
There's other things in that program that he doesn't like.

In the Kawasaki program or the Reed program?