Motovert 2008 Sneak Peak

[dirt]

looks awsome imo. all the modern bikes seem to be going with the klx/drz 110plastics

i agree, a bit more room to ride bigger jumps i say !

 

[Zent]

Dose anyone wonder why they have gone backwards to a cromo frame(glorifide term for mild steel). what happend to the alloy cnc machined frame?? that looked hot.

I reckon its because of that Jap motor. They had to cost cut somewhere to make it afordable or mojo want to make a good margin on the sale of the bike, because people will buy it because it says motovert on it.

So you get a kick ass motor in a sh*t frame. you can find the frame on $800 ebay bikes. check bikes on line.

in saying all this it dose look good.

 

[daniel40]

a guy who works for a motovert shop told me that alloy prices have gone up so they had to make it cheaper so they use chromo now.

 

[crazzy #1]

glorifide term for mild steel

so does that mean if you want to strengthen the frame with a welder you can use your average mig/tig or arc welder?

 

[Zent]

so does that mean if you want to strengthen the frame with a welder you can use your average mig/tig or arc welder?

yeah sure you can, i welded up my old motovert 110, making sure to do the corrcect prep work like tweaking the weld settings, stripping the paint and pre heating the frame with an oxy. ( heat gets a nice weld happening )

Im a toolmaker by trade (no i dont make hammers and spanners) and the thing is with chrome-alloy is that it is meant to have a mixure of alloy and steel. but with these frames coming out of china one would question how much alloy is really in the steel and very well could be just mild steel because my 110 frame wellded just like mild steel which makes me question.

Now to with this thing about alloy prices going up thats crap because at the moment the aussie dollar is doing very well and tho the price has gone up on alloy it is still cheaper for aussies to buy it when the dollar was 60cents to the US dollar. hmmm really dose sound like they want a good margin

but in the end if the bike gose hard, ride it hard untill you bend the frame, pull out the welder or get the good old alloy.

 

[coolmodee01]

they had a few problems with the alloy frame in the expert
they changed the problem one's out with this chrome alloy frame
but thhere were a few people that kicked up a stink because they paid for an alloy and winge winge winge so andy at big 50's redesigned the alloy expert frame and beefed it up to the point where it was the sickest frame eva
but they only did a run of like 10 because they were so expencive and only for a warranty job.
i've seen this tricked up alloy frame and i is worth the coin for sure

but i run your so called chromo frame on my vert and havern't had an issue
as for the motovert 110 that frame isn't that good as you found out and thats only an underdesign thing or could just be cheap junk but hey you pay for what you get in most cases

 

[GoosE#69]

Taking the theory used in pushbikes,alloy is lighter and stiffer(so great for cross country)less weight to push around and less flex means more of your pedalling energy actually drives the bike not flexes the frame.more hardcore applications like jumping are better suited to a chromoly frame because chromoly is naturally a spring steel,meaning it will flex more with a big hit, reducing forces at critical weld points and such.Alloy generally will crack and snap,whereas chromo will flex and bend first.
So using pushies as an example most(not all) bikes built specifically for jumping are chromoly framed.
downhill bikes(aliminium framed usually) are usually jumped pretty big but the exception is that they also have huge travel QUALITY suspension.
there is of course views on both sides of the argument, but personally i would rather land a 30 footer and have my frame bend and be stuffed than have an alloy frame snap and lead to all sorts of carnage(you can ride out of a bent frame ,not so easy when your bike is in 2 pieces).

As for the klx plastics i think they look **** hot,alot easier to hang off back of bike without pointless sidepods sticking out,and actually looks like a real dirt bike