If you took your HL with all it's freshly manufactured new, MAJOR components which have been improved, to a race meeting, you get a big pat on the back and get to ride EVO or mayb even pre'78 if you have 38mm forks. The common HL "replicas" clearly contradict the current Australian rules, but seem to be immune.
Why are they illegal? Let's look at the how the HL fits the Evo rules....Twin shock (tick), Air cooled (tick) drum brakes (tick), 43mm YZJ forks (tick, as they came from an Evo legal bike), frame (tick, the originals were released in 1977, and GMC are replicas of those Curtis built frames), seat/tank (tick, from a '75 model YZ125).
If I was to build one for pre '78 I could use 38mm Yamaha forks (tick as long as the travel was no more than 9") and a similar situation on the rear travel.
If it's the fact that GMC replicas are made in 2011 that fuels your opinion that the bikes are illegal, why isn't there any objection to replica Metisse, Cheney, CCM, C&J, GMC CZ or Faber BSA frames? The HL is in exactly the same boat so why is it considered not kosher yet the others are? Or do you want
all replica frames declared illegal?
I don't particularly like HL's in 43mm fork mode myself but I respect that many others do like them that way. The way I see it is that the more variety in our sport, the more interesting it is. If you don't like 'em so be it......worry about your own bikes and let the HL owners get on with theirs
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