Super Moto Exhaust Repair

[MintSScout]

Also off subject, what year is your POWERSTROKE.

[Powerstrokinit]

Isn't that what a Super Moto bike is, dirt bike with street tires and big brakes? Mabey I am calling it the wrong thing.

My Powerstroke is a '97.

Thanks for looking.

Tobin

[harcosparky]

Actually the term is " Super Motard " or one word " Supermotard ".

Dirt bikes with street tires raced on road. Take the knobbie off a dirt bike and put on a good pair of street treads and you can get into racing rather cheaply.

Here is a quote from a good web page on the topic.

Even with only a change from knobbies to street tires, Yamaha's YZ250 motocross bike makes a great Supermotard mount.

http://www.motorcycle.com/mo/mcfeatures/00motard.html

[Leons2003]

Strange, AMA calls it SuperMoto
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http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&sa=X&oi=spell&resnum=0&ct=result&cd=1&q=supermoto&spell=1

http://www.amasupermoto.com/gallery.php?gid=153&UID=qFdtIKX2os0Cgi9sJXrRHeRWPBxDIl

[harcosparky]

Strange, AMA calls it SuperMoto
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http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&sa=X&oi=spell&resnum=0&ct=result&cd=1&q=supermoto&spell=1

http://www.amasupermoto.com/gallery....JXrRHeRWPBxDIl

HONDA calls it what it was at the beginning ...

TOKYO, Japan, March 16, 2005 - Honda Motor Co., Ltd. announced the introduction of the XR400 Motard, a Super Motard-style* sport bike equipped with an air-cooled, single-cylinder, 400 cc, OHC, 4-stroke engine and 17" on-road front and rear tires. The XR400 Motard goes on sale in Japan on Tuesday, March 29.

http://world.honda.com/news/2005/2050316.html

I guess the AMA had an issue with " tard " being somewhere in the name.

It all started out as Super Motard before AMA even recognized it as a class.

Oh well ... the AMA has gone " PC " ( Politically Correct )

Peersonally I am not a member of the " PC " crowd. Guess I am too old!

Actually there are tons of SuperMOTARD sites around ....

http://www.suzukimotorcycles.com.au/modelsubrange.php?intSubCategoryID=6

http://motard.concode.com/

http://www.supermotard.com.au/

http://www.topspeed.com/motorcycles/super-motard/ke298.html

http://www.riderforums.com/forumdisplay.php?f=99

Super Motard since 1970 http://www.bikez.com/category/index.php?category=8

It's an interesting riding sport .... taking a dirt bike and racing it on asphalt.

[Powerstrokinit]

I thought I heard Motard and Moto, but didn't want to sound like a retard if it was wrong. Thanks for clearing it up.

Tobin

[Leons2003]

HONDA calls it what it was at the beginning ...

http://world.honda.com/news/2005/2050316.html

I guess the AMA had an issue with " tard " being somewhere in the name.

It all started out as Super Motard before AMA even recognized it as a class.

Oh well ... the AMA has gone " PC " ( Politically Correct )
(snip)
Peersonally I am not a member of the " PC " crowd. Guess I am too old!

It's an interesting riding sport .... taking a dirt bike and racing it on asphalt.

Whelp, no being in moto-x since '83(woods riding only till a few yrs ago) and never heard of that Honda scoot, but that isn't supprizing, when I was stationed over there in the early '60s seems Joe would create a new scoot every mo. I assumed it was an acronym for Super Moto-X since it is about half MX, thanks for clearing up the question, but I really like the sport unforunately not much TV coverage.
Keep the right side up.
L*S

[FABMAN]

Isn't that what a Super Moto bike is, dirt bike with street tires and big brakes? Mabey I am calling it the wrong thing.

sure enough you are right. i guess i am behind the times. LOL. i was thinking super moto CROSS. once again i learned something new on this site. sorry about that powerstrokinit.....

[Powerstrokinit]

Shoot, I didn't even know if I was right, so we both learned something.


Tobin

[harcosparky]

Whelp, no being in moto-x since '83(woods riding only till a few yrs ago) and never heard of that Honda scoot.....
Keep the right side up.
L*S

It's not just Honda ... I think the only maker not building a Supermotard bike would be Harley Davidson ( no surprise here - if they are smart they wont even attempt one, as it surely would not do well - think of thier attemps at motocross in the 1970's ) ... even Suzuki has an offering in thier 400 cc line. My brother has one of these, it's a really fun bike to ride. Personally I ride a DL-650, it's a hybrid street/off road bike leaning more to street riding. Ducati makes one.

This all started out with a few riders putting road tires on dirt bikes, once it was seen as becoming a big thing the bike manufacturers started building motoard ready bikes.

http://www.suzukipowersports.com/new_vehicle_detail.asp?sid=05784265X12K30K2006J1I59I56JPMQ2501R0&veh=38091&CatDesc=Motorcycles

[Peter]

pete, the bike is a husqvarna super motard which comes with ti exhaust (at least here in canada. pro circuit also makes ti exhaust all of the mig welds are made in atmosphere for whatever reason (probably to keep costs down and speed up prduction . so that is why i think it's ti. Jef

i can't believe they go to the expense of using Ti and then cut so many corners with the welding. i can understand the use of mig but argon can't be a large overhead for a mass production company

any idea how long they last before failing? (probably just until the warrenty expires )

happy new year all

[drewworm]

Super moto is that new fangled racing hybrid - half dirt, half street with racers from all walks: Motocross, gp, heck probably even trials riders. It's kind of answering the question of who the best rider is overall.

[papasloan]

It's not just Honda ... I think the only maker not building a Supermotard bike would be Harley Davidson ( no surprise here - if they are smart they wont even attempt one, as it surely would not do well - think of thier attemps at motocross in the 1970's ) ... even Suzuki has an offering in thier 400 cc line. My brother has one of these, it's a really fun bike to ride. Personally I ride a DL-650, it's a hybrid street/off road bike leaning more to street riding. Ducati makes one.

This all started out with a few riders putting road tires on dirt bikes, once it was seen as becoming a big thing the bike manufacturers started building motoard ready bikes.

http://www.suzukipowersports.com/new...sc=Motorcycles

Harley has a motard . Its a Buell xb12stt. Interesting bike. 84 ft lbs of torque. Yeehaa!

http://www.buell.com/en_us/bikes/lightning/xb12stt/features.asp