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Let’s get some positive pre season banter going
You can pick 1 factory bike from any era of racing
Or
Pick any bike and let us know what parts and trick pieces you would add to it.
I’ll start,
I wouldn’t mind a 97 Emig bike either...
You can pick 1 factory bike from any era of racing
Or
Pick any bike and let us know what parts and trick pieces you would add to it.
I’ll start,
I wouldn’t mind a 97 Emig bike either...
The Shop
Mike Brown's 2003 KX 125
James Stewart's 2005 KX 250
Splitfire/Pro Circuit's 2000 KX 125
None of the newer factory bikes do it for me. They are badass no doubt, but do not have the badassery of the older bikes.
But, though not an MX bike (but imagine one pared down / made specifically as an MXer) , for me, it's the EXP2 400, in both Dakar and Baja versions:
Trapping Valved, Fuel Injected, Aluminium Framed.
Wildly ahead of their time, with regards to a 2T for the future.
They showed what could be done, but, only used the Trapping Valve tech on the CRM250 AR. Well, that at least was something. Then, they locked all their development away.
Damn Honda and their "All Fourstroke, All The Time" ethos.
Second choice
Third choice
I’m partial to my teenage years
Pit Row
MXA did an issue where they flew to Italy and tested his bikes. I’ll dig around for the link.
Rc pc 1997 kx125
2004 factory yz250 with tree trunk forks
The stock version must have been a better bike overall and Bartolini won the World Championship with it in 1999 but this 1997 Peter Johansson Factory Yamaha YZF 400 is so trick. Apart from the plastics I think everything on this bike is factory and never went to production.
One of the cleanest (no airbox etc.) factory bikes for me is this 1998 Husaberg FC 600 from Joel Smets.
And one of the most beautiful factory bikes imo is this Jamie Dobb KTM SX 125 from 2001.
I love the whole color/graphics arangement.
Sidenote: No big sponsors were involved in these graphic schemes. Just FACTORY. I like it simple. :-)
250 2 stroke : JMC American Honda 1995.
250 4 stroke : Ferrandis Yamaha Star.
450 4 stroke : ET3 Kawasaki.
Mumfords 150 was also pretty trick from what I remember.
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