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Old 04-05-2006   #16 (permalink)
joeswamp
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I agree, the suspension is where they just cheaped out just a bit too much. Low end cartridge forks would have been really nice.

My guess is that they set a price based on what they thought people wanted to pay, and then they just started adding stuff until they got to that number. Once they did the lower production exhaust, clip ons, tach, aluminum rims, etc they hit their limit and could spend no more.

I do wish the engine had higher compression and a hotter cam though, this wouldn't have cost anything and early promotional material made it look like that's what they were planning to do. I'm curious what happened there, either they didn't want the T100 to have that much power or a last minute engine test went bad and they decided to go the conservative route.
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