Beta Just Added More Electronics To Its Race Bikes While Refusing To Kill The CarburetorRideApart[email protected] (Enrico Punsalang)Fri, September 18, 2026 at 12:27 PM UTCAdd us on GoogleBeta Just Added More Electronics To Its Race Bikes While Refusing To Kill The CarburetorLaunch control on one side of the garage, a Keihin carburetor on the other. Beta sees absolutely no problem here.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.The Italian manufacturer has refreshed its entire RR Race enduro family for 2027, covering eight motorcycles in total. Four are four-strokes, consisting of the 350, 390, 430, and 480, while the smoky side of the family includes 125, 200, 250, and 300cc two-strokes. Beta hasn't completely reinvented any of them, but it has sprinkled enough mechanical, electronic, suspension, and chassis changes throughout the range to keep things interesting.Beta Just Added More Electronics To Its Race Bikes While Refusing To Kill The CarburetorBeta Just Added More Electronics To Its Race Bikes While Refusing To Kill The CarburetorPhotos by: Beta MotorAdvertisementAdvertisementThe biggest electronic upgrade goes to the four-strokes. All four now get five-level launch control and an up-only quickshifter, joining the existing traction control system and two selectable engine maps. There's revised switchgear to operate all this stuff, too. Beta has also fitted a new voltage regulator designed to provide steadier voltage and improve battery charging, which seems sensible considering these bikes now have even more electronics asking the battery for favors.And then there are the two-strokes.Beta could've used the update as an excuse to ditch carburetors and move completely into the age of electronic fuel injection. Instead, nope. The RR Race 125 still breathes through a 36mm Keihin PWK carburetor, and Beta's technical data for the RR Race 300 likewise lists a Keihin PWK 36. So while your buddy on the 480 is fiddling with launch-control settings, you can be nearby discussing needles, jets, and whether today's weather has personally offended your fueling.That's not to say Beta ignored the two-stroke engines. The 125 gets a revised piston intended to smooth out power delivery, while the 250 and 300 receive new main bearings aimed at reducing internal friction. The 300 gets the most attention, with revised cylinder-head geometry and exhaust-valve timing designed to deliver a more progressive response through the low and middle portions of the rev range. It's refinement rather than revolution, which is probably exactly what buyers of these things want.Beta Just Added More Electronics To Its Race Bikes While Refusing To Kill The CarburetorA LIttle Dirt Never HurtKTM's New Dirt Bike Promises to Climb Literally Any Hill ImaginableStark Drops Factory Editions of VARG MX and EX Dirt Bikes. Major Suspension UpgradesAdvertisementAdvertisementThe four-strokes get some mechanical attention, too. The 430 and 480 receive newly finished titanium intake valves, while Beta has replaced the previous cam-chain tensioner with a purely mechanical setup derived from its RX 450 motocross bike. The 430, for example, remains a 430.9cc liquid-cooled single with a six-speed transmission and electronic fuel injection. So yes, Beta absolutely knows what fuel injection is. It simply hasn't invited it to every motorcycle in the building.All eight bikes also get revised KYB suspension settings, a beefier chain guide, redesigned front sprocket protection, softer grips, a new LED headlight mask, and a larger Trail Tech display. None of that fundamentally changes what the RR Race range is, but that's sort of the point.Beta is updating these bikes without forcing every model down exactly the same technological path. In 2027, you can buy one of its race-focused enduros with launch control and a quickshifter, or you can buy another one that still expects you to understand a carburetor. Progress, apparently, doesn't have to happen evenly.Beta Just Added More Electronics To Its Race Bikes While Refusing To Kill The CarburetorBeta Just Added More Electronics To Its Race Bikes While Refusing To Kill The CarburetorBeta Just Added More Electronics To Its Race Bikes While Refusing To Kill The CarburetorBeta Just Added More Electronics To Its Race Bikes While Refusing To Kill The CarburetorAdvertisementAdvertisementBeta Just Added More Electronics To Its Race Bikes While Refusing To Kill The CarburetorSource: Beta Motor