Mad... I think the reason for the Opening Post was not to promote a four-stroke, but to make fun of it...
....at least that's the way I see it.
Some of my favorite quotes from the MXA article (besides the complete kissing up to Mitch and Pro Circuit) were these gems....
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The water pump has a super-secret impeller that flows more water than the stocker." First how can it be "super-secret" they just told everyone that reads their site!!
But the more important question is why do they need the bike to be cooler?? Because it produces so much heat that it is an issue... So you have a heavy, expensive machine that runs much too hot, so they are bolting on more and more crap to overcome the heat!!
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The race team's Pro Circuit exhaust has an in-line resonance chamber to help cut down on the decibel level for the AMA sound test..." Just shows how screwed up the rules are.. the stupid ineffective AMA sound rules are so bogus as to be a joke. They test the sound levels at a high idle, where the bike can attain the correct db levels. Which are 98 decibels.. Unfortunately when the bikes are actually raced the db level is closer to 130 dbs... dangerously and stupidly LOUD!!
Which brings me to my favorite quote of all...
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Several years ago, in an attempt to offset the cost of the race bike transmissions, Pro Circuit offered them to the public, but the price was so high that no one could afford them." This just goes to show how much money they throw into these four-stroke porkers.. so how much did the transmission cost that they couldn't sell any??
To me this was a funny article... much like comedy. I haven't laughed so much in a long time!!
Just as a comparison to this overly expensive so called "technologically advanced" (my favorite four-stroke marketing hype slogan) yesterday we did the first test impression of the 2010 TM Racing 125 two-stroke. It comes stock with many of the cool stuff shown on this "Pro" race machine... there will be a detailed follow up on the test impression, but let's just say that it's an extremely fast bike. Stone stock!
