On Fri, 15 Feb 2019 07:45:39 -0800 (PST), Tim
wrote:

I can’t believe how tall trail bikes are anymore. To mountbine you almost need the stand down, put your foot on the peg then swing over. A far cry from my old 350 and 360 Yamaha’s made in the 70s

I think that is just the result of all of the "X" stuff. Guys used to
be happy just riding over rough terrain and maybe being airborne
briefly going over a bump. Now days they expect these bikes to do "Big
air" flips and you need a deeper suspension for that.
My old Benelli looked more like this
https://s1.cdn.autoevolution.com/ima...al-10392_2.jpg