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Posted by: MACE
New for 2002- Handlebar clamps come standard setup for Protaper bars but big three use filler sleeves for standard 7/8 inch bars.
- Low prices on Russian titanium sees increased use. Pegs, pipes and other high visibility parts are spec'd in Ti.
- BNG includes reflectorized materials because they look cool on TV and in magazines.
New for 2003- Embracing MTB technology, lightweight tubeless tires are introduced.
- Thumb operated shifters appear. Incorporating ignition interupters, they are particularly handy when wearing the new age CFRP hybrid boots.
- Fulfilling their part of the USFS trail building program, riders demand and recieve lightweight, extrememly quiet, high performance exhaust systems.
- The new KX shocks the offroad scene with full downdraft carburetor, tank and airbox positions swapped - with a board flat seat from rear fender to the steering stem.
New for 2004- Keronite is applied to pistons and sprockets. Durability improves five-fold. Radiator capacities reduced due to less heat loss to coolant system.
- All carb circuits are externally adjustable.
- Improved fatigue properties due to counterbalanced engines allow reduction in frame mass.
- Factory SX/MX teams experimant with expansion chamber water injection.
New for 2005- Yamaha releases hydrostatic/chain two wheel drive off road bike.
- Honda cancels ill-concieved four stroke off road bikes. Licenses the Gorr valve for new two stroke line.
- Using thermoplastic technology from Airbus leading edge surfaces, KTM introduces monocoque airbox/fuel tank "subframe" with it's own "downdraft" engine.
- Vane type steering dampers built into top triple clamp become oem standard.
New for 2006- Patents on PDS suspension expire. MX bikes abandon linkage.
- KTM releases air sprung suspension.
- Yamaha/Ohlins releases "adaptive" suspension.
It gets a bit fuzzy out this far....
New for 2007- REV! factory rider Travis Pastrana surpasses JMGs record for SX wins.
- Secretary of Interior, Don Amadour dedicates Big Sur ORV park.
- Dirt Rider magazine presents Rich Rohrich with Product of the Year for his "Tighties". "Tighties" remain in R&D for thirty more months.
- KDX 200 remains unchanged.
Posted by: spanky250
Been polishing the crystal ball? That's a pretty rosey future, let's hope you have even half of it right. http://dirtrider.net/ubb2/wink.gif
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1992 KDX 250-FMF porting,two-stage power reeds, Fatty pipe, Power Core silencer,titanium rod,Wiseco Ultra-lite, Pro-Action suspension...Oh my Gawd, they killed Kenny!
Posted by: MACE
Reviewing that post, I hope to add one more...
New for 2010- Okiewan adds spell checker to UBB software....
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MACE
One night I was layin' down,
I heard mama 'n papa talkin'
I heard papa tell mama, "you let that boy MOTO,
it's in him, and it got to come out..."
Posted by: Boit
Does this mean I'll still be able to ride my dirt bike afterall?
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Posted by: cujet
No way!
New for 2002: BNG that look like the BNG from the 80's
New for 2003: The big 5 spec out a new inexpensive Chinese (sand cast) piston to be used in the full line of bikes. Piston failures are on the rise.
Noisy White Bros mufflers sell even better than before.
yamaha finally puts a YZ style tank and seat on the WR series.
New for 2004: Advanced piston coatings, designed to make Chinese pistons last, increase octane requirement by reducing heat transfer. In addition piston ring life is cut in half by the excess heat.
Tamper proof EPA fuel injection is foisted upon us by the zealots. Catalytic converters are required and mandatory testing begins.
The sale of two strokes are finally outlawed, as is the sale of two stroke oil.
New for 2005: Manufactures are all now meating the proposed 2010 standard for tailpipe effluent. The result is very mildly tuned 4 stroke engines with restrictive exhausts.
New for 2006: 52,000 "child molesters" are imprisoned for letting the little ones ride dirt bikes before the age of 18.
New for 2007: The Gore presidency finally outlaws any form of offroad recreation, powered or not, and dirt bikes are a thing of the past.
Chris
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94 Husky 360 2 stroke, Street legal,(gotta clear my throat now)! Ported engine, FMF pipe, kehin PWK carb, full knobbies, Pro Action Showa suspension, Pro tapers. 50HP
Posted by: spanky250
2008...I move to Australia! http://dirtrider.net/ubb2/wink.gif
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1992 KDX 250-FMF porting,two-stage power reeds, Fatty pipe, Power Core silencer,titanium rod,Wiseco Ultra-lite, Pro-Action suspension...Oh my Gawd, they killed Kenny!
Posted by: RM_guy
The new prophet speaks…LOL. I thought I was reading some press release until I got to the part about the KDX remaining unchanged http://dirtrider.net/ubb2/wink.gif
How much more power will I get with the Gorr Valve? http://dirtrider.net/ubb2/wink.gif
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