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General Two Stroke Talk / CL ad of the week

« on: May 28, 2012, 04:01:52 PM »

I like the back tire.  He should charge more because he has it "all set up for Supermoto"  Haha

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General Two Stroke Talk / Just got this month's issue of Dirt Rider

« on: May 16, 2012, 11:01:12 PM »

I love the cover!!  It is about time the industry starts to show some love for the buck twenty-fives!!  Now let's just hope that poeple vote with their feet (around here anyway) and walk into the dealerships and start buying them.  In my opinion, a 125 is the most economical way to enjoy the sport and more people should consider them.  Keep the 125 alive!

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General Two Stroke Talk / the switch over

« on: May 13, 2012, 04:22:59 PM »

don't let that passion overwhelm the facts and real issues

Absolutely.  The real facts are that four strokes are completely entrenched in the industry and they are not going away.  We will continue to argue over which one is better (and have fun doing so) but the facts are that they are simply different.  A 125 and a 250F are different bikes with different personalities and different power delivery.  I own one of each - I prefer the 2T but some riders will always prefer the 4T, they are willing to pay more for it with open eyes, and that's OK for them.  But the 250F is significantly more expensive and difficult to maintain for the local rider/racer and people need to be aware of that.  The industry needs to do a better job of warning people of that.  Anyone looking for the lowest price barrier to enter the sport should look into a used 125, but a new rider researching options for entering the sport will not likely get to that conclusion.  Good thing for TSM educating the public, and good thing more and more 2Ts are appearing at the tracks and trails. 

Sure at the competition level of Loretta's everything is expensive.  So let's look at the facts of Loretta's, or the GNCC or any other other racing series that has taken away the unfair displacement advantage of four strokes and allow 250s and 250Fs to race against each other.  There the facts are clear that at that level of competition the only difference between 2T and 4T is rider preference.  It is not so much about making the four strokes go away - that will never happen - it is about making the AMA unfair displacement advantage go away.  The industry will eventually catch up again...

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General Two Stroke Talk / Yet another project

« on: May 09, 2012, 08:14:25 PM »

That was a great project story and an extremely nice CR.  Hope it did not remain that clean for too long...