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<blockquote data-quote="ossagp" data-source="post: 205753" data-attributes="member: 1650"><p>first off, the rest of the real competition (euro's) have a 6 speed trans. I am on the fence about injection and like the carburetors that Honda uses and Yamaha used to, but injection is working for yamaha and ktm etc. it is here and has it's advantages for those who are going to compete. they continue with the weight they have always carried, and the rest are getting under that. so far they haven't announced a solution to the valve situation, and again, yamaha has made ti valves work in all 4 holes after they showed how to make it work in 5 holes. the weight to me is the big thing, 269 full according to the ads. they all seem to be kind of waiting on eachother, but the last 450 i was on (it was a 2013) felt heavier than a 2008 crf450 and the ktm 2014 felt lighter too. honda always felt lighter than the rest to me to be up front. Seems like they all kind of reached a point and no one is really moving very far or fast, and in Hondas case it is always about what they accountants want. You get so big like they have and so little of their money comes from motorcycles anymore that the people who wold like to have something better and get back to the leadership role they once had get ignored. </p><p></p><p>So I guess the big change that I would like to see from Red is to act smaller again, or get some leadership that has held onto some handle bars away from the photo sessions.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ossagp, post: 205753, member: 1650"] first off, the rest of the real competition (euro's) have a 6 speed trans. I am on the fence about injection and like the carburetors that Honda uses and Yamaha used to, but injection is working for yamaha and ktm etc. it is here and has it's advantages for those who are going to compete. they continue with the weight they have always carried, and the rest are getting under that. so far they haven't announced a solution to the valve situation, and again, yamaha has made ti valves work in all 4 holes after they showed how to make it work in 5 holes. the weight to me is the big thing, 269 full according to the ads. they all seem to be kind of waiting on eachother, but the last 450 i was on (it was a 2013) felt heavier than a 2008 crf450 and the ktm 2014 felt lighter too. honda always felt lighter than the rest to me to be up front. Seems like they all kind of reached a point and no one is really moving very far or fast, and in Hondas case it is always about what they accountants want. You get so big like they have and so little of their money comes from motorcycles anymore that the people who wold like to have something better and get back to the leadership role they once had get ignored. So I guess the big change that I would like to see from Red is to act smaller again, or get some leadership that has held onto some handle bars away from the photo sessions. [/QUOTE]
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