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Honda MX & Off-Road Dirt Bikes
2007 Final Year of Honda CR Line 2 Strokes
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[QUOTE="motometal, post: 1102459, member: 24727"] True and True. After posting and going back out to the garage to mess with bikes (again), I started thinking about performance vs. reliablilty. As you suggested, it becomes a matter of performance expectations vs. durability/longetivity expectations. Although many of the mx bikes sold (I would guess a majority) aren't used for serious racing and are owned by play riders, the whole market is driven by racing and performance. There has been an expectation of quality and durability developed in our minds, becuase of how great dirt bikes have been for so long. The other side of the equation...bottom line-these are racing motorcycles regardless of how any individual chooses to use them. Racing machines of most types are built to perform well through the race, regardless of what sacrifices must be made. If critical, expensive engine components must be changed every couple races in the pursuit of a few more horsepower, then so be it (on a full race machine). Another example...I mentioned damaged rims...a flat spot on a rim probably wouldn't prevent one from finishing a race, so the lightest possible rim would be best for racing even if it's ultimate strength is lower. Conversely, the average play rider expects the rim to stay round even with several hard hits, and doesn't really care if it weighs 63 grams more than the ultimate "racing" rim. If it weren't for magazine tests and the readers egos (most riders could go just as fast with a few less hp but they either don't realize it or won't admit it to themselves), the mx bikes could come standard with a bit more conservative components (a bit milder cams, SS valves inteaad of titanium, pistons with longer skirts, etc.) which would give more than enough performance for 90% of the riders. The hard core A class racers or anyone else that feels they must have ultimate performance, could buy the bolt ons as required. [/QUOTE]
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