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Oh I had not pieced together this evil scheme. I had assumed it was just a business deal gone bad where Harley pulled their funding at the last minute and Alta was unprepared and unable to continue without the expected revenue. I had not heard about employee poaching or binding agreements about...

Built by Aermacchi, Italy. Italian motor, Japanese suspension, ignition, and tires, Spanish rims. Add it to the long list of almosts by HD. Too bad, could have been developed into a competitive bike and led to all kinds of spin off models bringing a whole new swath of loyal long term customers...

I would love to support a US based motorcycle mfr including Harley, even with their checkered past re Alta, but they just don't offer any bikes I'm interested in and haven't since I can remember (1960's, yes I'm old). The last Harley I was excited about was Johnny Shocio's (show-show's) 60's...

You could also use KTM triples and the matching KTM axle, bolts right onto the Alta.

Very interesting, thanks for sharing! I've been wanting to open an electric dirt bike only riding area for some time now. You mention many of the same issues I've been thinking about. I don't have any real plans to do anything, but if I find the right partners here I would love to give it a try...

I'm with ww on this one. A clutch on a typical ICE engine allows the engine to rev freely, then the clutch allows the power to be transmitted through the gear box to the rear wheel, depending on how much engagement is fed in through the clutch lever, and how hi the engine is reving. The...

Alta suspension is standard WP/KTM, the bolts should not be difficult to source. I'm not sure exactly which years would be a match, perhaps someone on here knows for sure. What's the problem with the bolts? What does "front fork is mismatched" mean?

Why not just take the shrouds off and ride without them?

Th half throttle, I’m not getting it. Perhaps it’s one of those you have to try it feel the benefit things? Are people whiskey throttling all over the place with these Altas?

We call them pivot turns. I just did one just yesterday when I got jammed up trying to turn around in a tangle in a hole. Put a little too much oomph into it, map 2, bike came up way faster then I expected. Caught me off guard as it started to come back over on me, managed to turn it around...

Goose!

WA State ORV areas will be opening tomorrow, 5/5, is going to be a sh*t show for the first few days/weeks. Be sure to check any locations specifically for rules as it seems to be a patch work of rules and regs depending on location. And I installed a Seat Concepts tall seat on my MXR, decent...

I'm desperately trying to pretend I have not seen these bikes for sale...

That looks just like my KTM branded one that I have. I really like it, except when lowering the bike, the short lowering arm seems like it wants to snap up on me. Makes it awkward, the bike basically drops, instead of "lowering". The other wobbly stand I had, the handle is longer, so its easier...

Hilarious. I was thinking what a crazy world we live in when a barking dog is louder then an MX bike, Lol.

I had that one and it got wobbly after a while. Still worked fine but made me nervous. I gave it to a kid down the block, he was thrilled to get it, slight wobble and all. Replaced it with a KTM branded one, less wobbly, but the lift arm is too short, its a pain to use, no wonder the guy sold it...

I was wondering if he still had his Alta, great to see he's still ripping on his. And I used to drive around looking at every patch of woods thinking how much fun it would be to rip in them on my ICE dirt bike. Since getting my Alta I've added every empty lot and abandoned construction site...

Needs a front ski. Might as well throw a track on the back too while you're at it, Lol. Looks like fun, good job getting out there! And no blankets for the horses, they must have nice thick winter coats.

Sure, here's some pics of different sub mount setups.

You saved me the effort of typing all of this up. Low resistance back to center is key for me on single track, saves a ton of energy over the course of a days ride. And as mentioned, be careful which Scotts/Ohlins you purchase, make sure its the dirt bike model, the street bike models are...