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Four-stroke manufacturing problems?

I just returned from my yearly visit to the GasGas factory….saw the 4-stroke again. It’s almost done, all they have to do is to finish the final head design and figure out the mapping for the fuel injection system. Not much….however, due to the economy, which is really bad in Europe.

They have put the project on hold for the short future. IF the economy comes back, they will resume the final testing next summer and it will be a 2011 model.

Unemployment in Spain is running 23% right now….pretty incredible!  Lots of small businesses are gone, including some of the ones that made parts for the factory. They had to really work to find other sources of these parts from other business, which took awhile, which is why the bikes are late this year.

The 4-stroke bikes are dead in Europe. Too high an initial cost and also a high repair cost. Two stroke enduro and trials bikes are coming back rapidly over there.

When it comes down to comparing all the qualities of 2-stroke verses 4-stroke, the ONLY advantage the 4-stroke has (and it’s small) is better traction in slippery conditions….that’s it. The factory engineers and riders all say that the 2-stroke is far superior.

Montesa just closed their new factory just outside of Barcelona and laid off 250 workers. Guess that says something….their trials team will end after 2010.   (posted Dec. 22, 2009)

By 1981, another round of economic unrest in Spain began to hinder motorcycle manufacturers. Strikes and a shrinking market left Montesa as the only major motorcycle concern in the country; however they were in need for a major influx of capital in order to continue to survive. A loan from the government and shares sold to Honda (to establish a European manufacturing base for their commuter bikes) helped production continue. Indeed, one of the governments stipulations was that Honda would guarantee that production would not stop. Honda was prepared to...

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