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Nice Article
Posted: December 20th, 2008, 11:33 pm
by AlisoBob
Posted: December 21st, 2008, 12:33 am
by hoofarted
Hmm, I detect a slight bias towards the thumper.
C'mon - at least make it fair in the handling department. There is another article comparing a SH 500 to a 450 which is a tad better.
Posted: December 21st, 2008, 6:44 am
by JBaze
You guys should get ahold of them and have Mike build a bike and do the shoot out again. Then see what they think. It was cool to read, they shouldv'e got a rider who had competed on a 500 before just to even the feild a little. But it was still way cool!
Posted: December 21st, 2008, 7:50 am
by redrocket190
In the end, our pro racer came to a convoluted conclusion. If the CR500 engine was placed in the lighter, better suspended and more modern CRF450 chassis, he’d prefer to race the CR500.
Take a 2009 CRF450R, a Service Honda based on a Gen4 250, and TTM's bike based on a Gen3 125 and do a follow-up test. That would be cool journalism.
Posted: December 21st, 2008, 8:12 am
by AlisoBob
Add to the mix, Dannys 86' powered Gen 1 "Man Killer".....
