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Message: <blockquote data-quote="cleonard" data-source="post: 115928" data-attributes="member: 21">I'll certainly agree that the intake tract of your typical dirt bike is not optimized for laminar flow.  Since I started riding big bores the lack of power has not really been much of an issue.  Sure my Beta doesn't have lighting throttle response at 75 on the tarmac like a CBR1000, but that's not something that impacts my dirt bike engine choice.  Just because the intake tract is not optimized for max airflow doesn't mean that it's not engineered.  I'm sure a lot of engineering goes into the overall intake system.  Changing it may well upset the performance in another area.   I want power at low revs as that is what keeps my butt on the seat and not in the dirt.</blockquote>