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General Two Stroke Talk / Re: Favorite Bike
« on: August 12, 2010, 05:49:03 PM »
The new day dyno reports are to help bolster the the 'Big' power of the 4-strokes. The same KX500 that dynoed at 48.8 was dynoed again a few years back and put out over 62HP. It's all hype. My 99 CR250 is no faster anywhere than my 89 CR, but it's supposed to have about 7 HP more than the 89, so the magazine tests say.
It's all hype to help sell the 4strokes to the public who will argue on end about HP figures, all the while being passed by a ten year old kid riding a KX85.
I wouldn't judge any of the older bikes with 30 year old write-ups from magazines known to bow to the almighty dollar, either. This has been going on with magazine tests since the early 70's when the big 'dirt bike boom' hit the US.
I am constantly riding new and old MX bikes and some great bikes never won over the public because of a stupid magazine test.
It's all hype to help sell the 4strokes to the public who will argue on end about HP figures, all the while being passed by a ten year old kid riding a KX85.
I wouldn't judge any of the older bikes with 30 year old write-ups from magazines known to bow to the almighty dollar, either. This has been going on with magazine tests since the early 70's when the big 'dirt bike boom' hit the US.
I am constantly riding new and old MX bikes and some great bikes never won over the public because of a stupid magazine test.