JANUARY 2023…… If the number starts with a four & is quickly followed by an eight or nine or possibly starts with a five & is followed by two zeros, run, run away very quickly indeed! ………. Many years have past but those big bore Evo bikes still have us under their spell. For the average clubman class rider or for anyone who has a sense of self preservation there is one word that pretty much sums up the mental approach required when you swing a leg over one of these machines today “WARY”. It`s all very
Cynical people might say that motocross racers were well & truly duped by all those Japanese & European motocross bike manufacturers. By the mid 1980s the big bore 2-Stroke offerings on sale down at your local dealership could hardly be described as “User Friendly”. Of course by the late 80s most of us had dipped a toe in the water to see what all the fuss was about & then quickly had our fingers burnt! (That last sentence may be what they call a “mixed metaphor” personally i am not sure. You will have to a
Back in the day at your average AMCA race meet the expert class guys seemed to just about manage to get on with the full fat big bore production Evo bikes. They wouldn`t tell you if they were in a living hell anyway because that would have shown a weakness to the opposition. As we all know, back then AMCA club meets were packed out chock a block full with factory talent scouts. All ready to suddenly jump out of the bushes & sign up the next Dave Thorpe. Toughing it out so you could get your hands on one of