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)