I posted a couple of weeks ago about Dirt Rider mag pursuing a shootout including a YZ144 and KTM150 against the Big 5 250Fs.
The question now is -
How much modifications should be done on the bikes?
Who should do the work?
Should there be a price cap? If so, how much?
I know we kind of went over this earlier but it is now in the final stage before getting the bikes together.
This is my take on this:
The bikes should remain stock except for exhaust (or no exhaust for that matter). I realize that the KTM150 and YZ144 could be ported with head mods for the price difference between them and the 4 strokes, but I don't think this would set up a fair playing field. I don't think it really matters who works on these bikes if we decide they could be modified.