"I'm (regarding?) The boutique brands? There are reasons why they haven't made it here, whether it's quality, performance, dealer network, or customer preference. I'm not sure that building small (or large) two-strokes will make a difference to any of them.
In the meantime? Kudos to Yamaha and KTM for keeping the smaller two-strokes around."
Umm, when you can't race because of rules that aren't even written anywhere, like 400 units? Has anyone ever seen this golden rule on paper? Atleast some people have pics of the great Big Foot be them fake or whatever. In the pro rulebook of mine, it only states that the bike has to pass ProAMA's approval and the OEM has to apply for it. Not anything about units produced etc. It took calling out DC to get what number they came up with for the current season. Although they let the OEM's ship the bikes after they raced the season. LOL. But the fact that bikes like the Aprilia 450F illegal to race in ProAMA, have nothing to do with why they aren't popular here. Nothing.
"I get all the arguments. I don't really have a problem with most of them except when people think that 250 two-strokes should race 250 four-strokes."
You know, because they are like 3 seconds a lap faster and all. Ha ha How much faster is the 450F's per lap? Those 250 2 strokes should be whipping all over the 450F's