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Aluminum vs Steel. Which is better and why?
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[QUOTE="coop47, post: 419482, member: 17414"] My "theory" - HONDA has found a way to produce the Aluminum Frame for the same or possibly less cost than the steel frame. I don't neccessarily think that it is superior or inferior - just different. I also think that weight has nothing at all to do with it - from each Mfg website - RM 212 lbs., CR 213 lbs., YZ & KX 214 lbs. If the frame was that much lighter - surely the bike as a whole would be noticeably lighter. I think the frame is probably stronger - but - short of Ping's mishap this year in SX and the one time MC broke his YZ - the strength of todays MX frames is a non-issue - they are all plenty strong. Maybe it had something to do with fluctuating steel costs or that sort of thing - but I think IF it were such a superior frame - eveyone would be making one - they all have aluminum framed Sport bikes so they all have the technology if they wanted to use it. I also think that if there were no advantage to it from Hondas perspective - ie cost savings - they would go back to steel. By the way - I ride an RM and love the heavy, cheap, old design, steel frame. ;) [/QUOTE]
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