Date: January 2000
Price: $2149
Purpose: Dual-Suspension trailbike
Home phone: (800) 222-5527
B Value
B Weight?26.5 pounds
A Frame design
A Fork performance?4" RockShox SID SL
A Rear suspension?RockShox SID damper, four-bar linkage,
4.5" travel
B Component selection
B Climbing efficiency
B Cornering ability
B Descending prowess
Teacher?s notes: Mark up the XR-8s cornering and descending to an ?A? if you change out its semi-slicks to real knobbies. Diamondback stretched out the top tube of the Y2K model and shortened the stem. This makes the XR-8 a fool-proof descender?and it?s always been one of MBA?s favorite trailbikes.
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