Can't believe this crap!!!

[SaveThe2T!]

http://www.mxsportsproracing.com/pages/schedule/honda-150-cup[/url][/url]

Guess honda and mx sports are pretty tight!
Why couldn't this just be like a schoolboy 1 class? That way honda could still have their cc handicap, but other kids could show up to race as well. How can this even be classified as racing? Way to continue the assualt on the two stroke MX Sports!

[SubTexel]

http://www.mxsportsproracing.com/pages/schedule/honda-150-cup[/url][/url]

Guess honda and mx sports are pretty tight!
Why couldn't this just be like a schoolboy 1 class? That way honda could still have their cc handicap, but other kids could show up to race as well. How can this even be classified as racing? Way to continue the assualt on the two stroke MX Sports!

Well Honda couldn't get the AMA to bend to their will so they created a new class in a new venue. Doubt it'll be all that successful though.

[SwapperMX]

Yeah, remember back a few months and they had tried to have a CRF 150R world championship class and only recieved 6 entries. Was a non event. Will be interesting to see if it succeeds.

[westsiderippa]

this has already failed once, anyone have the article to that? nobody is going to show up to this stupid thing. 99% of the kids in that size, age range are on 85's and around here the one's on 150r's get spanked!!!!

[JETZcorp]

The sad thing is, even with as much of a turd the CRF150 is, it's still BIGGER than a 125 (obviously).  Think about the performance gap between the two, think of James Stewart on a 125, then think of the fastest (lol) you've ever seen anyone take a CRF150.

Oh sorry, I forgot.  To think the 150F is any good, you have to believe.

[JohnN]

It will be interesting to see the turnout for this event.

Surely every racer that is sponsored by Honda that owns a CRF 150 will be there, plus the fact that it's at a Pro National will increase numbers a bit.

My guess is that it will slowly disappear into the night without a peep... I say that less than 10 bikes will be entered...

[maicoman009]

One of my good friends sons bought a Honda cr=150 because his stepfather told him 4-strokes are alot more reliable,so I gave the young man about 3 to 4 magazines with articles about the reliability of 2-strokes and the enormous cost of the 4-stroke bikes!
 I was hoping that the kid would show his stepfather the magazine articles before they went to buy the Honda crf-150 but for some reason they still got the crappy Honda 4-choke!
 The funny thing is that all of the kids friends either went out and bought 85cc 2-strokes or already owned them and now he's complaining that his friends all have faster and better handling bikes & now he wants a 2-stroke!!!lol,lol,

[KTMguy]

I thought that Honda stopped making the CRF150

If you go on their website they have the 2011 CRF450/250s up, but the 150 is listed as 2009.

[JETZcorp]

Well, I guess this series is "vintage," then.

[bearorso]

I see no reason to get upset over this - 1 make / model racing has always been around, especially  in Road Racing.

In fact, take heart in it - when one model series are launched well after the bikes introduction, you know it's last gasp stuff.

If they would have done this from the word go - they may well have had much more success with the 150.

Better still, they could have stuck within the rules and made a 125 ( which was allowed against 85cc 2ts )........... well, no, Honda realized that would be a disaster, so they just tried their usual tactics. The rest of the world bent over for them , for once the AMA stood up to them. Wonders will never cease.

[Coop]

I thought that Honda stopped making the CRF150

If you go on their website they have the 2011 CRF450/250s up, but the 150 is listed as 2009.

They at least made them in 2010:

http://www.motorcycle-usa.com/25574/Buyers-Guide-User-Ratings/2010-Honda-CRF150R.aspx

[burn1986]

By reading this I thought Honda was going to supply the CRF150s. Kind of like the RM Cup some years back where everyone was given an RM to compete on.

[2smoker]

Gents, no worries here ! it will die anyways!

[2smoker]

Ktm should start their own 150cc series!!!

[maicoman009]

The story I just blogged about my friends son buying a crf-150 & now wishes he had bought a 2-stroke instead was actually in 2008.The kid still owns the crf but has lost interest in riding it because he said after riding his friends and neighbors  85cc. 2-strokes he no longer has fun riding the crf 150 because it don't have a powerband like the 2-strokes do!