All 2st '13 news?

Lots of stuff on the '13 KTMs out today.

Any news on Husky stuff? I like to keep in the loop, really considering leaving the Orange Army for no reason other than a change of pace but the bikes need to be freshen up a bit. A 6 speed and CC forks could seal the deal for me.

Keep hearing that Husky has a ALL NEW DI 250 2 stroke comming. Time will tell I do know I have a deposit on the first one

Not to sure I like the return of the silver frames on the KTMs but they sure do look nice! think I will stick to the Husky for now, well untill test day that is lol

http://motocrossactionmag.com/Main/News/2013-BIKES-FIRST-LOOK-AT-THE-2013-KTM-125150SX-250-8937.aspx

I sure hope they DON'T come with DI . Nothing wrong with a good carb. Much easier to maintain.

As most change the carbs on there Huskys for a Keihin they DONT come with a good carb
If it takes DI to get a new smoker to the people I for one will welcome it with open arms, the days of a carb being better than a injected bike are now well behind us !
Have you lifted the bonnet (hood) of your cars lately????? and if you have its not to be tinkering with that awfull smelly thing that dribbles fuel into it as and when it feels like it (carb)
After spending a life time covered in fuel, dropping little bits of brass or needle clips in the mud/grass/sand ect I welcome the change.
The dinosours had their day and upright man then got his chance! Good job we all dont think alike or we would all riding horses or being pulled by steam engines

Looks like loads of fun cleaning mud out of all those torx fasteners!

I agree. I do not want DI or any EFI on my 2 stroke. The whole point of a 2 stroke is ease of maintainence and low cost. Both these will be gone if they introduce DI on 2 strokes.

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I am a fan of the carb too. But if EFI could make my 300 a green sticker bike, it would be very tempting. I now have my tmxx working perfect and on my last bike, a Kawi klx450, The R&D power bowl made that carb perfect.

DI would make 2ts street legal and improve power enough to possibly force the AMA to handicap the 2t more so that Honda could keep selling 4 strokes motocross bikes. I too like the simplicity of a carbureted 2t and I won't be the first guy to buy a DI but if they prove themselves reliable I'm all for improvement. They sure enough are dominating snowmobile racing.

It would be awesome if there were two different 2 stroke models. Well, besides WR/CR. You could get a WR-T (technical) or a WR-C (caveman). Starter optional on the WR-C.

Really dosnt look to complex to me and if the gains are factual is a all win way to go
View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-F_IndOm5I

I'm not sold on DI technology either since there is still a lot of problems associated with EFI on dirt bikes. I don't do a lot of trail riding though so it may be ok for that.........but then again I have my stock carb working fine on my 3honey.

Husky was the first to have a street legal dirt bike and now I hear a street legal 250/300 DI 2 stroke is just around the corner but first we wil see a DI dirt bike.
All rumor but at least it has us all talking Look at this way if the DI does not work the way you want I am sure some one like Walt will make a kit to either improve it or change it
Almost nothing comes these days with a carb.

I do like the idea of greater fuel efficiency and cleaner emissions. It would be very cool to do be able to do a 100 mile ride on a 2.5 gallon tank. And no, it doesn't look too complex on the dyno, but what if there's a problem with some component when you're 40 miles out on an 80 mile backcountry trail loop? You could be in for a long 2 day hike back out. Maybe it's been around for awhile on snowmachines, but they aren't exposed to the dirt, dust, water, mud, etc. that dirt bikes are. Plus, I'm just not ready to add a laptop to my tool box so I can work on my dirt bike. I'd like to replace my '09 with an updated 2013 but if they have DI, I won't be at all interested.

A little birdie told me that 2014 will be the "new" 2-stroke. I have no other info at this time......

I owned an automotive repair shop for approximately 20 years and I'm very familiar with electronically controlled systems on cars, which by the way are far more complicated than motorcycles. New systems are capable of precise control of air fuel and ignition curves that carburetors will never match. If you are competing without the new system you will be at a disadvantage. I doubt DI 2ts will be more expensive than a modern 4t and should be cheaper for the fact that the engine itself is far less complicated (less moving pieces) than a 4t. The possibility to improve performance are endless when electronics are introduced. Imagine fuel curves and ignition curves tied to electronically controlled power valves and expansion chambers and maybe even a variable flywheel weight.

Now that I've stirred the pot a bit I think I'll go outside and ride my 97 Beta Techno.

They already are street legal. I have a 12 wr 300 w a plate.

Dinosaurs never expected to die out...

Don't get me wrong....I'll have the "new" bike when it comes out.....But bet your ass I'll keep my old school 2011 around for the times that the new one's at the shop getting programmed and diagnosed....

They are not street legal everywhere. The DI snowmobiles are cleaner then the 4t machines which means the DI 2ts will be legal anywhere any motorcycle is. Every state is different but at least this way no state will be able to use emission laws against a 2t.