| Author | Message | ||
     Trojan |
Saw something on the sideburn blog recently that said the recent Springfield mile was won by Brian Smith riding a Kawasaki ER6 (Ninja 650) engined bike, and that 8 of the 18 bikes in the main final were Kawasaki ER6 powered machines (9 x XR750, 8 x Kawasaki, 1 x Ducati). With the progress being made by these bikes ,how long before the XR750 finally retires in favour of more modern engined (and cheaper) bikes? Or will the AMA move the goal posts again and find a way to ban the ER6 650 motor? | ||
| Davegess |
I think the AMA is pretty comitted to change on this. The option was a slow death. | ||
| Firstbuell |
the over-reaching business issue? the huge inventory $$ value of all the XRs & spares the GNC teams already own besides, everything's restricted on heavy XRs, so equal performance can be dialed right back in by AMA Pro anytime they see that need this doesn't mean that AMA Pro will do that, however..... | ||
| Jramsey |
http://cyclenews.coverleaf.com/cyclenews/20120918# pg125 | ||
| Trojan |
Thanks for the link. Good article and a good report from Springfield too. We get zero coverage over here so it is good to read  Seems that some H-D riders aren't happy though! Mabe they should just suck it up and buy a Kawasaki for mile events rather than complain that their bikes aren't fast enough | ||
| Firstbuell |
a reprise: ".....everything's restricted on heavy XRs, so equal performance can be dialed right back in by AMA Pro anytime they see that need..... |
