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This coming from the guy with the late 70's RM open bikes . . . might as well have a KDX while you're at it :rotfl:whenfoxforks-ruled said:Luddites buy 4 strokes Pred.
This coming from the guy with the late 70's RM open bikes . . . might as well have a KDX while you're at it :rotfl:whenfoxforks-ruled said:Luddites buy 4 strokes Pred.
Ain't no KDX ever smelled or burned that much 927, and did it crisply! Stopping is another matter. Yet, way better than the old 4 strokes!!!!! Luddites indeed?XRpredator said:This coming from the guy with the late 70's RM open bikes . . . might as well have a KDX while you're at it :rotfl:
The Luddites were a social movement of British textile artisans in the nineteenth century who protested – often by destroying mechanized looms – against the changes produced by the Industrial Revolution, which they felt was leaving them without work and changing their way of life. It took its name from the fictional King Ludd.whenfoxforks-ruled said:Ain't no KDX ever smelled or burned that much 927, and did it crisply! Stopping is another matter. Yet, way better than the old 4 strokes!!!!! Luddites indeed?
Industrialization = YesThe action of destroying new machines had a long tradition before the Luddites, especially within the textile industry. Many inventors of the 18th century were attacked by vested interests who were threatened by new and more efficient ways of making yarn and cloth. Samuel Crompton for example had to hide his new mule in the roof of his house at Hall i' th' Wood in 1779 to prevent it being destroyed by the mob.
In modern usage, "Luddite" is a term describing those opposed to industrialization, automation, computerization or new technologies in general.[1]
Dirtdigger04 said:It sucks that only Yamaha and KTM are continuing these 2 strokes, and everyone else quit.
Kawasaki is making some 2011 2 strokes. I don't know about Suzuki though.
I definatly want the two strokes to stay in production and I want Honda to bring a whole new line of them!
oldguy said:So your RM125 is a 4 stroker? :blah:
_JOE_ said:I bet I could train my dog to fly before I'll see another smoker on the podium at a pro national......not that I don't like 2 strokes, 4 strokes just work better at that level of competition. Off road and play bikes are a completely different story. Electrics are as likely to be competitive in the future as 2 strokes, both of which would be seriously cool to see make it!
_JOE_ said:4 strokes just work better at that level of competition.
we'll see the luddite who's riding it end up getting lapped by half the fieldjulien_d said:Lets see what happens with Project Two 50 at Unadilla.
whenfoxforks-ruled said:The project 250 guy already tried once, or a reasonable facsimile? They need an even field, or MUCH better racer. 250 smoker against the 250f any guy without a cape can ride, fair enough.
whenfoxforks-ruled said:The 350 is going down the crapper, maybe a 400. I believe that it what started the return in the first place? Regardless, its a tools machine, thats all. Dropping the handi cap did not flood the amateur ranks with smokers. The new race organizers need to see the benefit?
Keep dreamin', you dreamers.julien_d said:Give it some time. Track design is still geared toward the fours, but things are slowly changing. More and more are finding it more affordable to compete on the 2 stroke.