An Arm and A Leg Redux
Motocross is in trouble. In fact, It’s in big trouble.
Our favorite sport has seen a sharp decline in sales, participation, and expansion over the past few years, but especially this year with the current economy.
“An Arm and Leg” was intended to provide some “fact” based opinions towards two strokes, four strokes, and the sport of motocross as a whole. It was, quite frankly, the most popular post bar none, mostly because it attacked the mainstream, made some bold claims, and pitted the die hard proponents against one another.
Many forums debated, struck down, called false, and basically tried to discredit a few statements made.
Today, we answer the critics, and be sure to check back on installment three to see my opinion towards the magazine industry, and their role in the debacle.
This is just a short excerpt, to read the entire article please click on the following link;
http://eternaltwostroke.blogspot.com/2008/12/arm-and-leg-redux.html
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By irace2tmotos on April 15th, 2009 at 5:48 pm
It really simple:
Look at the race car industry! Take for example Micro sprinters. They buy a new frame(roller), and a used engine and put together a race car. Honda, Kawasaki, Suzuki, or Yamaha don’t offer a micro sprinter in their lineups, yet they exist with their engines in them and lots of people are out racing them every weekend and winning and having a ball Ok, so no one makes a new aftermarket motorcycle frame roller(YET?) Service Honda and others are on the hunt and we should all go buy their products. If the big 4 see their sales drop they will stop making 4 strokes or just go by the wayside and cottage industries will step up to build the stuff our money will line their pockets with. On the other hand there are millions of used still in great shape two stroke motorcycles out there that will smoke a new 4 stroke! the 4 stroke is against the wall. Unless they allow turbos and superchargers the 4 stoke has come as far as it will on power basis without total redesigning it!
So back to my story. We need someone to step up and build new in the box motorcycle MX frames that retrofit most any modern 2 stroke engines.
Can ya here me knock’in? I’m com’in in, and I have money to buy the product your about to design and sell… it’s all in the consumers hands just band together and push for what you want. It’s already happening on racetracks everywhere.
irace2tmotos and always will
By The General on April 25th, 2009 at 10:55 am
irace2tmotos
What a great idea!
This has crossed my mind before that this would work as a way to build competitive race bikes at reasonable prices.
If you really think about it race bikes don’t really change much from year to year. In fact sometimes it as though the manufacturers make changes just so they have a reason to sell a new bike.
There are people that are racing older bikes that are still competitive in local racing against the newest machines.
Some of my friends race two strokes that are 2000 models and one guy still races a 1989 KX250! He does it just because it’s fun to beat people using such an old machine!
The guys like AJ over at Service Honda point out the direction that you are talking about.
There has to be enough demand for this type of model to work.
This should probably be covered with an in depth article.