mbarosko

This is a tired and truly false argument. First the economy of scale for the motorsport industry vs the mountain bike industry are worlds apart. When a brand like Yamaha can sell nearly 4 million units of MX bikes globally per year they are able to source parts that are shared across multiple models in much larger scale thus driving the price down. Second look at a stock KX 250 and the parts that come on it vs what a top spec'd mountain bike has. To build out a MX bike that is equivalent to what a pro would be riding you would be looking at multiple thousands more than what you buy from the showroom floor. Any top pro mtb rider could grab a top spec'd mtb from most brands and its not far from what they race on. Also with MX bikes don't forget to add on that lovely dealer markup on average $1100, freight $650, assembly $250 and all other government fees, taxes, finance charges, dealer document processing charge, electronic filing or emission testing charges that add on a few extra thousands to that MSRP you quoted. All just food for thought! Now lets all just get along and go shred!

That is a Pivot part. They come on all Pivot bike! Well except coil and Float X2.