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Offline GMC

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Bikes that they should have started making.
« on: June 15, 2014, 06:50:43 pm »
Bikes they should have started making back in the day...
PE 200
PE 250 Floater
KLX Unitrac with updated motor
Post 85 watercooled KDX 400 / 450
Post 85 watercooled PE 400 / 450
Post 85 watercooled IT 490
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Re: Bikes that they should have started making.
« Reply #1 on: June 15, 2014, 07:04:42 pm »
Suzuki should have kept its CCI oil injection system. Let those who want to race remove it and premix, but at least give us the choice.
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Re: Bikes that they should have started making.
« Reply #2 on: June 15, 2014, 07:36:05 pm »
Any jap water-coled big bore 2T enduro.

Definitely agree on the PEs. It's a shame that the Japanese manufacturers seem to lose interest in categories - they lost interest in proper enduro bikes in the early~mid 1980s, and they're doing it again now.
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Re: Bikes that they should have started making.
« Reply #3 on: June 15, 2014, 08:10:18 pm »
Suzuki should have injected their PE single shock range. They could call it the PIE Floater.
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Re: Bikes that they should have started making.
« Reply #4 on: June 15, 2014, 08:17:36 pm »
Honda engined CCM 125/250/500.

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Re: Bikes that they should have started making.
« Reply #5 on: June 15, 2014, 08:26:46 pm »
RM250S..........

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Re: Bikes that they should have started making.
« Reply #6 on: June 15, 2014, 09:10:28 pm »
They did the 75 RH250

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Re: Bikes that they should have started making.
« Reply #7 on: June 15, 2014, 09:16:49 pm »
Well yeah...............but they should've made more of them! ;D

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Re: Bikes that they should have started making.
« Reply #8 on: June 15, 2014, 11:29:53 pm »
Kawasaki Big Horn 400
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Re: Bikes that they should have started making.
« Reply #9 on: June 16, 2014, 10:15:46 am »
In about 79 or 80, Maico had a prototype four stroke.  It was based on a two stroke bottom end.  I think someone else did the same thing later.

I have got some photos I'll try to put on OZVMX facebook.

I succeeded https://www.facebook.com/groups/OzVMX/
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Re: Bikes that they should have started making.
« Reply #10 on: June 16, 2014, 07:05:15 pm »
In about 79 or 80, Maico had a prototype four stroke.  It was based on a two stroke bottom end.  I think someone else did the same thing later.

I have got some photos I'll try to put on OZVMX facebook.

I succeeded https://www.facebook.com/groups/OzVMX/

Gawd, imagine how much fun that thing would have been to start ;D

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Re: Bikes that they should have started making.
« Reply #11 on: June 16, 2014, 07:08:45 pm »
Be careful, they rate them up that way ;D
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