Once Americans started beating the Europeans on the Europeans own terms (Bob Hannah 1978 TransAMA, Marty Tripes 1978 US250GP, Kent Howerton 1980 US250GP, Marty Moates 1980 US500GP, Chuck Sun 1981 US500GP, Danny Chandler 1982 US500GP, Brad Lackey 1982 500GP series, Danny LaPorte 1982 250GP series, MxdesNations 1981 all the way to 1993), then the AMA + the Japanese manufacturers decided to be the pace setters + do it their way. . The AMA + the American public wanted to see the bikes in the air more often, an approach that was totally successful in supercrossOl'89r said:The tracks also got smaller and tighter. The big open Euro tracks with deep cushion like Decoster rode were perfect for the 500's but the smaller tracks were more suited for the smaller bikes.
wardy said:LOLOLOLOL and they replace the 250's today with what/ oh ya thats right, 450 open class machines that are heavier then any of those old 500's.
carry on.
wardy said:i have rode both.
they are open class bikes. not '250's
On the list of top 3 pts for FIM 500Mx I see Yamahas showing up in the last 5 years of 500Mx. . I dont understand what thats all about. . I see Peter Johansson in 98. . I see Andrea Bartolini in 99. . I see Marnicq Bervoets in 00 + 01. . And I see Stefan Everts in 01 + 02
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