Two Stroke Motocross
Two Stroke Motocross Forum => General Two Stroke Talk => Topic started by: RM250 Evan on March 26, 2011, 08:25:55 PM
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http://www.vitalmx.com/forums/Moto-Related,20/jessica-patterson-on-a-2stroke,1214477 (http://www.vitalmx.com/forums/Moto-Related,20/jessica-patterson-on-a-2stroke,1214477)
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awesome bike
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It's nice to see that even the young female pros are wanting to ride 2 strokes.
It would be nice to have a "4STRIKE" where the pros went on strike from racing till the AMA makes the rules fair for the dueces.
MX Racers Union anyone?
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Unless they've changed it back again, I'm fairly sure they can run 250 2ts in WMX. It is (perhaps Was now?), the only Pro AMA MX class where equality is allowed. Why no one seemed to take advantage of this, goodness only knows. It's a lot easier (cheaper) to mellow the power of the 250 2t, if you need /want to, than to get competitive (say, against Ashley Fioleks Team Honda CRF250R) power from a 250F. All it takes on an SX KTM is jetting and changing PV springs, and the pre-load on it.
They've been able to fit the 4ts back end in the 2ts for years now - the first I knew of it when I read of the set up for Doug Dubachs YZ250 in the Glen Helen 2t race. MXA noted that again in their recent YZ250 test. Why Yamaha doesn't do this, is very strange. It would save money by further amortising the costs of those components. It also save 1 to 2.5lbs, from what I recall. Doing that, and updating the plastics (please, leave the back bone frame, no twin beam frame, please), might just make up for charging so damned much for a bike that has barely changed since 05, other than the price. >:(
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They won't put the new swingarm on it, & they won't update the plastics, why would they want to make a bike that is already better performance/econimically than thier state of the art 450 even lighter or better looking??? ???
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Unless they've changed it back again, I'm fairly sure they can run 250 2ts in WMX. It is (perhaps Was now?), the only Pro AMA MX class where equality is allowed. Why no one seemed to take advantage of this, goodness only knows. It's a lot easier (cheaper) to mellow the
They pulled that rule right before the first round last year. Women use the 250F Pro rules. 125 2 strokes only. I talked with Sarah at KTM, and she was all ready to race both the 250sx and 150sx, but nope.
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sweet looking bike
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They pulled that rule right before the first round last year. Women use the 250F Pro rules. 125 2 strokes only. I talked with Sarah at KTM, and she was all ready to race both the 250sx and 150sx, but nope.
That's too bad. But after watching the WMX race at Steel City last year, either Patterson of Fiolek could win on a 125. There wasn't much competition from 3rd place back for the win. Don't get me wrong, they were racing hard and had great battles, but I mean nobody outside the top 3 was really in contention to win. At least in my opinion anyway.
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http://www.vitalmx.com/videos/features/Jessica-Pattersons-DNA-Shred-Stix-Star-Racing-Yamaha-GYTR-YZ144,2669/GuyB,64 (http://www.vitalmx.com/videos/features/Jessica-Pattersons-DNA-Shred-Stix-Star-Racing-Yamaha-GYTR-YZ144,2669/GuyB,64)
She did bet..umm...wel compareble laptimes with it compared to the yzf...
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Sounds to me like shes racing a 144 this summer.
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Sweet bike! :)
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sick
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She rode the 144 at glenn helen this weekend in the pro class against the men she finished 16th againt some who were on 300 two-strokes!