[ST] Supermotos

[Matt Knowles <matt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

With supermotos all the rage, here's an idea I'll throw out there.

Take a lightweight v-twin motor (Yamaha's 550 V-twin from the Vision 
series would do nicely.) Drop it into a bike like the KLR650. Then make 
it so you could easily swap rims front and back. DP tires on wire rims 
for going offroad, sticky road tires on mags for paved roads.

Put a comfortable seat on it and a bit of wind protection so you could 
tour on it.


On May 3, 2005, at 9:44 AM, Garry Simmons wrote:

> Of course, the bike is running pretty hard above 70 MPH, so I get left 
> behind on the straight/fast bits. Man, if Honda would build a 
> street-legal supermoto bike based on the XR650R (w/ elec start), I'd 
> be in line to buy that puppy.

Matt Knowles - Ferndale, CA - 
http://www.knowlesville.com/matt/motorcycles
 '99 Sprint ST - for going fast and far (2CZUSA)
 '01 KLR650 - for exploring the North Coast backroads
 '97 KLX300 & '01 Lakota - for playing in the dirt
 '79 KZ400 - just because it was the first vehicle I ever owned

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