[Michael88R]

I was talking to Allen Knowles at CT racing a couple years ago. He said that his 350PV set up for mx made 58 rwhp and until he comes up with an engine kit for the new 4 strokes that made that much power with the reliability of the 350PV, he would still be riding his old R. Well, I spoke to him again yesterday and he is building two new R's. One for himself and one for a friend. His is a custom Arens frame with CR500 rear link, laeger long shock arms, and a laeger CR 500 swingarm. He said he was going to try the new Fox shocks on it and it was mainly going to be a duner. I thought all of you die hard R guys would like to hear this. I guess all the new 4 strokes just aren't cutting it. Hopefully he'll post some pics on his site when he's done, or get it featured in a magazine.

 

[SHOWNGO250R]

I love hearing stuff like that. People think the new 450 engines are going to last as long as their dad's old TRX300 4x4 did. Not gonna happen.

 

[ghost]

I can speak from experiance on this. I bought the new ltr450 quadracer when it first came out.. Now I'm looking for a R. Now don't get me wrong I do not regret buying the ltr the power is awesome, shocks are great, and handleing is great to. But after riding a shee and playing around the 2 strokes the fun factor just isn't as high as a 2 stroke. Wife is going to take the ltr and I'll play with a R..

 

[sictrxr]

yea i second that my buddy just picked up an ltr its fast as he11 and handles well but it feels nothing like riding my 310 and my 330 slaughters it and the both handle worlds better.

 

[ghost]

ya thats what I thought. I havn't rode a r yet but have owned a shee Even the shee was more fun to ride..