2014 GasGas 450 Rally bike.

Yeah, I did notice it earlier and thought that it was both funny and a testament that it is still alive and well in 2014.
 
Rick said:
What's up with the Ohlins shock.......Reiger shock sticker on the bike?
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When looking at the pictures at http://www.gasgasmotos.es/ it looks like the Raid bike is based on the earlier 450 frame using the "B" profile tubes. The 2014 EC450 uses another frame without the "B" profile tubes. The "B" frame profiles with ?hlins were used in the four stroke range up to 2013. I think that is the reason for keeping the ?hlins on the Raid. Perhaps the Reiger doesn't fit the earlier frame designs so well.
 
Anders said:
What do you mean by crush hub? The silentblocks?
They sound very useful on such a bike.
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I meant to say "cush" hub, meaning, it has those little rubber blocks to dampen shock between sprocket and hub. My old Honda trail 90 and 110 had this type of drive system. I just find it odd that a high horse power offroad dirt bike / raid rally bike would use this type of system. But then again, I've never rode or seen a rally bike up close.
 
I had a Cush drive on my street bike with my carbon fibre wheels, most ducati's also have Cush drives along with other single side swing armed bikes.its meant to relieve the stress on the rear hub by damping the forces from a handful of throttle. I've never seen Cush drives on dirt bikes though(not to say there aren't any)
 
nambo-trev said:
I had a Cush drive on my street bike with my carbon fibre wheels, most ducati's also have Cush drives along with other single side swing armed bikes.its meant to relieve the stress on the rear hub by damping the forces from a handful of throttle. I've never seen Cush drives on dirt bikes though(not to say there aren't any)
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I agree!
 
Some KTM dirt bikes have cush drives. Any bike that is ridden on the street/asphalt has (or at the least should have) rubber dampers. Even Marchesini Magnesium wheels on 2t road race bikes have the dampers. It saves the transmission during power pulses and down shifts, as the lash in the trans gets a bit extreme with solid grip on asphalt.

The rally bikes might have them due to chances of spending time on tarmac, thereby preventing extreme trans lash and preserving chain life and clutch wear.
 
Back in my street bike days none of the big manufactures used Cush drives. Marchesinis on my honda never came with one either but my BST carbon fiber wheels on my kawi did. My gsxr750 never had one either. The rubber bushings are different from the actual Cush drive itself(the rubber integrated right into the hub with a cover). That's why I thought it weird to have the complete Cush drive assembly on the back of a dirt bike. If anyone has any pics I'd love to see them!
 
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Have patients with me since I don't know about rally, but why the under exhaust? And the fairings. I realize the windscreen looking part houses the nav stuff but....
 
nambo-trev said:
Back in my street bike days none of the big manufactures used Cush drives. Marchesinis on my honda never came with one either but my BST carbon fiber wheels on my kawi did. My gsxr750 never had one either. The rubber bushings are different from the actual Cush drive itself(the rubber integrated right into the hub with a cover). That's why I thought it weird to have the complete Cush drive assembly on the back of a dirt bike. If anyone has any pics I'd love to see them!
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What year GSXR 750? I have a 1988 1100 wheel that definitely had rubber dampers in the rear wheel. My 1966 Honda S90 had them as well. I can't think of any road going bike that hasn't had them, are we talking apples to elephants? I'm talking about the cush drive that holds the sprocket and slots into rubber dampers that mount in the rear wheel hub.
 
Most rally type motos will have some type of cush drive to prolong driveline components. It's all about durability in rally raid.
 
lgr said:
Have patients with me since I don't know about rally, but why the under exhaust? And the fairings. I realize the windscreen looking part houses the nav stuff but....
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Pretty much all the plastics are fuel tanks so space is a premium. Listed as 32L fuel capacity.
 
pscook said:
What year GSXR 750? I have a 1988 1100 wheel that definitely had rubber dampers in the rear wheel. My 1966 Honda S90 had them as well. I can't think of any road going bike that hasn't had them, are we talking apples to elephants? I'm talking about the cush drive that holds the sprocket and slots into rubber dampers that mount in the rear wheel hub.
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My gixxer was 2009, cbr600rr 2008 and kawi zx6r also 2008. This is the type of Cush drive I'm talking about, I think I know what you mean with just the rubber o-rings seated in the sprocket holes .
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