Thanks for going to the lengths of explaining how things are going. I understand the need for secrecy surrounding the KX Guru Racing Team - every tiny little engine mod can... well, not so much up the power, but it's the delivery of that power,, and the engine's overall characteristics, that count. I do know, from my own days tuning 2 strokes that when you're (literally) at the cutting edge of port shape, timings, skimming of head and barrel etc, it all makes a difference.
It's always interesting following a build from beginning to end, even if like me, you come to it so late.
Things always seem to take longer than planned too. You mentioned mid-February 2019, and it's just a guess but I bet you're running a little late?
With regard to the magazines you mentioned, since buying the KX and looking online for photos, I’ve noticed that a lot of the mags are style foremost and motorcycle second. In some cases the bike is just used as a clothes horse – a fashion accessory that’s “macho” and “cool” for men. Motocross bikes are turning up with modifications in men's mags. I've never bought one but I have flicked through them in waiting rooms etc. It is always more about the clothes the bloke is wearing and where he can buy them, what label, how much etc. A good example of this is how "cool" it is to have certain names and labels on the clothes. Ha! Think I’ll start a thread along those lines.
Lambretta clothes hit the jackpot, because the name was not even registered when they started, so they took it from there and now it's huge. Bultaco is a name that's cropping up on clothes nowadays. Triumph is now collaborating with Barbour, which means they now charge $999,00 for a jacket worth half that! I remember when we had waxed motorcycle jackets made by Belstaff years ago. Well, those smelly, old black wax jackets went out of fashion for a while and Belstaff went bust, only for an Italian company to buy up the rights to the name and start recreating the look in supple, expensive brown leather etc. What a great move, financially speaking. But it just seems that genuine bike stuff simply gets exploited because it's "cool."
Even more pics please!
