Somebody asked for a pic of Thorpe's crazy 1990 Factory KX500 here it is

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Edited Date/Time 1/25/2012 7:04pm

ballbuster_0011 by teyblyy, on Flickr

Maybe the stupidest idea ever on a factory bike. I believe Thorpe rode one race with this idiotic tank crushed his nuts and refused to ride with it again. Hard to believe they even tried this.
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scott_nz 8/20/2011 6:11am
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tblazier wrote:
[url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/65727046@N02/6062034654/][img]https://farm7.static.flickr.com/6196/6062034654_3bee7bfd6a_o.jpg[/img][/url] [url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/65727046@N02/6062034654/]ballbuster_0011[/url] by [url=http://www.flickr.com/people/65727046@N02/]teyblyy[/url], on Flickr Maybe the stupidest idea ever on a factory bike. I believe Thorpe rode one race with this idiotic tank crushed...

ballbuster_0011 by teyblyy, on Flickr

Maybe the stupidest idea ever on a factory bike. I believe Thorpe rode one race with this idiotic tank crushed his nuts and refused to ride with it again. Hard to believe they even tried this.
there were tanks at Lommel that looked that bad on some bikes
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mxtech1 8/20/2011 7:39am
8/20/2011 7:39am
what did the "april 1st?" wrote on the tank mean?
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90smxer 8/20/2011 7:46am
8/20/2011 7:46am Edited Date/Time 8/20/2011 7:47am
mxtech1 wrote:
what did the "april 1st?" wrote on the tank mean?
That is April Fools day. Somebody must have thought that tank was a joke.

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DavidR 8/20/2011 7:49am
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mxtech1 wrote:
what did the "april 1st?" wrote on the tank mean?
I'd assume because something that ridiculous has to be an April fools day prank.
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FGR01 8/20/2011 10:40am
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72kiteboarder wrote:
That think looks HEAVY.
No way!! Haven't you heard? 2 strokes are super light and any works 500 could crush a modern day 4-stroke.

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