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Posted by 'kai' on 30 Jul 2010 @ 13:08

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Separate topic, really, but here goes:

First: this is not about speed! I don�t know/care how the weight compares. Looks are just too subjective a feature to even start arguing about.

But:
- Easier to run? Without a shadow of doubt! Nothing could be easier.
- Have you ever met anyone who actually WANTS (sorry about itpro-ism) a KF just because that�s what they most desire? I mean as opposed to getting one because they have the ability and ambition to compete at the highest level, and that�s what the diktat from Italy says you must use to do so. Conversely, there are many, many people who deeply desire an Aixro just for what it is and does: for how it performs � and I don�t mean the speed. So KF is top-down imposed; Aixro is bottom-up customer demand-driven, despite the barriers placed in its way. That alone, I think, speaks volumes.
- The 2-stroke vs. 4-stroke debate is complex. However, the market has already emphatically decided on the 125cc, 2-stroke TAG engine it wants: Rotax MAX � again, bottom-up customer demand-driven. KF brings nothing genuinely new to the table, apart from serving a different set of interests (in Italy). So the 125cc, 2-stroke concept is rehashed and repacked and sold as the way forward. Aixro most definitely brings something new / different / genuinely exciting to the table.
- Furthermore, for as long as we are still playing about with fossil fuel-burning combustion engines, I understand concepts such as the Aixro provide a lot more options for environmental improvement, such as more silencing, catalytic converters. Nowhere else are 2-stroke engines described as the way forward.
= As a concept for the medium-term future, KF is a farce.

I presume you disagree with some or all of that?

Message Thread:

Lydd goes international again by 'kai' (27 Jul 2010 @ 16:34)

Re: Lydd goes international again by 'Newshound' (27 Jul 2010 @ 16:39)

Re: Lydd goes international again by 'kai' (27 Jul 2010 @ 16:44)

Re: Lydd goes international again by 'BD' (27 Jul 2010 @ 16:47)

Re: Lydd goes international again by 'kai' (27 Jul 2010 @ 17:22)

Re: Lydd goes international again by 'kai' (28 Jul 2010 @ 8:57)

Re: International meetings in the UK by 'Graham S' (28 Jul 2010 @ 9:26)

Re: Lydd / international meetings in the UK by 'kai' (28 Jul 2010 @ 10:06)

Re: Lydd / international meetings in the UK by 'rjbcar27' (29 Jul 2010 @ 9:09)

Re: Lydd international meeting(s) by 'kai' (29 Jul 2010 @ 12:47)

Re: Lydd international meeting(s) by 'Dman' (30 Jul 2010 @ 12:10)

Dman by 'kai' << You are here!

Re: Lydd international meeting(s) by 'richpudd2003' (30 Jul 2010 @ 17:15)

Re: Lydd international meeting(s) by 'Dman' (30 Jul 2010 @ 18:12)

Re: Lydd international meeting(s) by 'kai' (31 Jul 2010 @ 11:04)

Re: Lydd international meeting(s) by 'Jasper' (02 Aug 2010 @ 13:37)

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