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New Montesa 301 RR announced - Oct 2019


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At least it looks red. When I saw “301” I had a near double take and thought of the 310 which had, possibly, the worst colour combo of any Montesa ever. That turquoise and dayglo combo - like you’d take a trials bike to a rave...

 

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Be realistic, it's not going to be much different, more of an evolution. Beta, gas gas, and sherco more or less use a gearbox that is nearly 20 years old, can't really recall many gearbox problems on a mont... That won't be getting changed. The crank and Conrad are pretty much CRF stuff, can't see them changing that either, perhaps the clutch could lose a little weight, but there isn't a chance Honda will compromise the build quality and risk loads of warranty issues... Not good for business!! 

 I can't imagine them throwing a lot of titanium at it either, as that doesn't tend to last too well on trials bikes.

If you want a bike that you know won't let you down buy a mont, if you can't ride a 4 stroke or find them heavy, buy something else.

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I read speculation that the 301 could be inheriting some of the mod's from the works bikes of Grattarola and co’

Anyone got any real insight (not speculation) into what Montesa/HRC have done with these 300RRs?? I appreciate they are not works bikes as such but they do have indirect factory support

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On 10/12/2019 at 8:57 PM, rr62 said:

Looks nice indeed. Does anyone know if the standard 4RT is up for any evolution for 2020? 

Spoke to importer looks like a 2020 model 260 coming out next month could just be cosmetic updates but if it ain't broke why fix it I say 

 

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