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ATK 700cc Intimidator
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[QUOTE="BadBronco, post: 634035, member: 44782"] Really, I didn't know the XR650 could be made to run that hard. My friend that still rides has an 02' XR650. I don't get a chance to catch up with my friend to often, but I have had a couple of opportunities to make a few laps on it. I was not all that impressed with its acceleration. I had so much experience on the several different worked KX 80's when I was young (I had an 83', 84', and an 85'), all of my KX 80's had the 100cc kit imediately thrown at them. Now granted I was much lighter back then, but my 80's were all rockets and would easily hike the front end up constantly with out any effort. The 80's I had would walk all over every other 80cc I ever encountered, and except for the wheel dia. and suspension advantage of the 125's I could usually frustrate the hell out of those guys to. I remember an article in a mag. where they litterally said that the KX 80 with the 100cc kit brought it up to a power to weight level of the 500's hence I had no problem doing 3rd gear starts and roosting all over the local 125 hotshots. As a result of those experiences I have always really preferred bikes that will catch you off guard with the front end hiking antacs. The 85' CR250 I had was worked, ie, full port/polish, milled head, and pipe. This 250 was an antique by 1994 standards, but if the handling was not an issue I could run down locals who raced that I would hook up with at the local desert practice tracks. On starts my 250 would usually pull on early 90's 250's. I sold my 250 because it just wasn't enough power, it had to have a very fresh rear tire for me to ever get cought off gaurd by the front end hiking up. My other friends 91' KX250 is a bit more hyper (fun), but for any high speed stuff, forget it I need 2 more gears. Then finally the only other bike I've ridden thats worth mentioning was another guy I know who briefly had a 98' YZ400F, it had a bit more top speed (not enough), but just not enough balls for the true fun I used to have on my killer little 80's when I was young. So at this point due to the kind of riding I will probably be doing some MX tracks (a little less focus than when I was younger), much more high speed desert long distance runs that are popular local 4x4 trails. I'm convinced its gonna take a big bore to satisfy my craving for HP. I will also be doing quite a bit of riding up in the forests of northern AZ which are at approx. 7000', so I have some concerns about any of the big 4 strokes due to the fact that I know the 2 strokes don't take as big of an hp hit from the thinner air. Sorry for rambling, I'm just so excited to get another bike. I'll look into the XR650 mods a bit though, as that has me curious. [/QUOTE]
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