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Enrico Punsalang

INSANE: Beta just added more electronics to its race bikes while refusing to kill the carburetor - The Real Truth

Motorcycles have spent the past decade becoming increasingly computerized, and dirt bikes aren't immune. Traction control, selectable maps, quickshifters, and even launch control have steadily made their way onto machines whose job description mostly involves getting hurled over rocks and occasionally buried axle-deep in mud.

And Beta's 2027 RR Race lineup happily embraces this electronic future, at least until you walk a few feet across the showroom and discover that someone still needs to keep a box of carburetor jets handy.

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