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Posted by: trx430ex
It does seem off'ly quite over there at big red.
Posted by: AlaskaTRX
It could have also been somebody with a CR500 powered TRX250R... I think that one of the mags was doing a test on such a machine in Cali.
Posted by: JohnnyB
I agree a 500cc 2-stroke would be to good to be true.
In the Honda forum their is a post from someone who has a buddy in the U.S. Navy and was stationed in Tokyo, Japan early this year. It just so happened that he was there during the Tokyo Motorcycle show. He reported seeing a 650EX. He also said that it had an aluminum perimeter frame, and the engine appreared to be a XR650R engine.
In my opinion it would make sense that Honda would be developing a 650EX to compete with Bombardier's DS650 and Yamaha's new sport ATV (which to me looks like the 660cc, DOHC, 5-valve, liquid cooled, Gensis motor that they make the German motorcycle manufacturer MZ).
In its current state a CR500 engine would vibrate too much, and would have to have a counter-balancer to minimize the vibration, like the original TRX250R's have. The tooling costs would be much. A new set of die-cast tooling for the case halves alone would not pay for themselves on such a small production run.
This is why I think it is more likely we will see a big bore 4-stroke from the Big Red company.
I hope Honda proves my wrong.
Just my opinions,
John
Posted by: Lurch77
Yes, but even the dirtbikes are slowly turning to 4 strokes. The YZ426F is a good example. Along with the soon to be released bike from Cannondale that has the same 400 engine that the FX400 has. That bike is also going to compete with 2 stroke 250's.
Posted by: Y2K300EX
It would be nice, but I doubt that it would happen. But anything is possible.
Posted by: atv_guy
Those pics of Yamaha's new sport quad looked very interesting, if they're real. Word is that Honda has been seen testing a new sport quad. If the rumor mill can be believed it is said that Honda
has been testing a 500cc 2 stroke. Either this is true or the guy who thought he saw this was sucking too many fumes at the back of the pack!
Posted by: kx80
i dont get it they still make 2-stroke dirt bikes so why not quads????
Posted by: Stroke9
Could it be the engine for this machine is using a derivative of the engine described at the following URL.
[URL]www.motorcycle.com/mo/mchonda/exp2_tech.html[/URL]
Posted by: hondatrx300ex
yea maybe its the cr500 engine in a all new 250r style frame. that would be sweet.
Posted by: lastwarrior
If honda is working on a new sport 500 ,2 stroke is must be a marvel. the reason for the lack of 2 strokes is the emissions on these machines.
