Wilsons Sandbox

I am leaning toward the Honda for that reason, but I like the fact that the bike is made in America, and some of the advance design features. I think within two years this bike is going to be THE best dirt bike out there, unless the Japanese copy some of their designs. I don't know if you read the info on last Sunday's Mt. Morris AMA national MX race, but this unknown rider almost got the hole shot against the best MX racers and bikes in the world in moto one of the finals. He easily won the last chance qualifier. They did have some mechanical problems with the bike, but most of that was because there was so much mud on the track, and it clogged the radiator fins. This bike is the real deal, don't have any illusions about that. Russel'r -----Original Message----- From: LawsonCL@... Sent: Thursday, June 01, 2000 8:14 PM To: russell@... Cc: DSN_klr650@egroups.com Subject: Cannondale 432cc In a message dated 6/1/00 4:42:12 PM Mountain Daylight Time, russell@... writes:

> Hmmm, may have to take another look since I > haven't made a final deal on the XR650R with my dealer. He is also a > Cannondale dealer. Since this will probably be the last dirt bike I

ever

> buy, it needs to be a good decision.

If it's between Honda, with 50+ years of motorcycle manufacturing experience, and a bicycle manufacturer with 0 years experience building motorcycles, my last dirt bike would have the Honda name on it. Another thing, if the Cannondale is truly your last dirt bike, you'd better plan on giving up dirt biking in the next few years. Chris Lawson (Hoping for a 2001 Honda XR650L with the liquid-cooled engine)