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Older bikes as fast as the new bikes ?
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[QUOTE="2strokerfun, post: 1417180, member: 69719"] Old thread, I know. But on the point of bike weight, I don't think they have appreciably changed since the original Honda Elsinore came out in 1973. Yamaha had some late 70s, early 80s porkers probably somewhat due to the shock/swingarm. But even those weren't a great deal heavier than what you see now. The lightest works bikes ever were in the early to mid 70s before the AMA put in a minimum weight rule. Some of the factories had to put lead in parts of the frame to increase the weights when the rule went into effect. As others pointed out, it is the suspension that makes todays bikes vastly superior. But look at the films of the old riders and they were probably going darn near as fast as todays riders. Just didn't have as many crazy ass jumps to contend with. [/QUOTE]
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