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Sounds good ...but 450 singles would have been better
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Sounds good ...but 450 singles would have been better
Agreed Curve 450 singles would have been much better and IMO made more sense.
There's a lot of little guys out there racing the 125's right now - I think 250 is the right step.
450 singles were great in super mono, but almost nobody builds one these days as a street bike.
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About as expected. Technically and financially groovy, but sounding like a glorified lawn mower. Even a parallel twin would have sounded better.
Bitching aside, that would be a killer canyon blaster!
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4jVRec1Dd8[/media]
Bitching aside, that would be a killer canyon blaster!
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4jVRec1Dd8[/media]
KTM would be great -
but I don't know - is Moto3 going to be the same recipe as Moto2 - any power unit as long as its from 1 manufacturer - really hope not and certainly hope it's not Honda
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Sounds good ...but 450 singles would have been better
Sounds like a wet fart imo. Im with most, 450 single's.
No - it has to be a 250 single but there is no Honda imposed motor so this will give some opportunity for the smaller motorcross based manufacturers with any luck.
Hi - thx for confirmation - I had read some preliminary data from last year, but wasn't sure. Also read that they're expecting to get 50 - 60 bhp out of a 250cc. No great shakes - I used to get 50 - 55 bhp out of my 1955 500cc GoldStar - albeit a lot of the parts were 45 years newer and I spent more than 12k Euro on the motor. But then it was still an old carburated thumper - based on 1940's technology. I seem to remember 250 racers from the mid 60's hitting the 50 bhp and over mark - so Moto3 doesn't look like it's going to be really exciting unless some of the tuning kit providers can use the loopholes around the engine pricing imposed on manufacturers. ImO it's all (including MotoGP - especially with claiming rules, Moto2) starting to look like a different shade of WSBK.
I read the KTM 125 racer puts out around 55 bhp. The street legal (not the race bike) Aprilia RS 125 claims 32-33 bhp. So 50 - 60 bhp for a racing 250 4 stroke is ImO no big deal. Sort of Proddie racer.
ptk50 - I meant to post this link earlier but got sidetracked. The reg's and a bit of analysis by Kropotkin is provided. The obsession with the 81mm bore continues. Hopefully it will result in good close racing and can be a true feeder series utilised by young talent. You will have to be light that is for sure.
Link: http://motomatters.com/news/2010/11/06/moto3_regulations_announced_250cc_four_s.html
Link: http://motomatters.com/news/2010/11/06/moto3_regulations_announced_250cc_four_s.html
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