+Opferman Motors Dirtbiking unless you are a pro most bikers do better with a wide powerband of a four stroke motor which is more easily controlled around the track.
Have ridden a mates 08 KTM300exc out on a trail ...personal didn't really get all the hype ....was 90% sure it would be my dream bike ...but price wise was out of the budget ...so ended up with a trail modded 07 RM250(FMF exhaust,FWW) ....completely changed my mind and absolutely love the RM (funny as I use to bag my mates that use to ride the RM-KX etc >> why I love the RM over the KTM300.... size side by side the bike don't look all that different in size ....but out on the trail the KTM felt like I was trying to ride a boat ...so much heavier feeling ...dead feeling steering ...power quite slow lackluster ....getting back on my RM you would swear it was a 125cc handling wise ,,,steering just incredibly nimble very fast ....power very strong from bottom to top very YZ250 like powerplant nothing like the older monocross snappy short powerbands ... Drag race the RM would put least a bike length to two till max out speed round 65-70mph where the KTM longer 5th would give it the higher top speed.. fuel use ....every ride the bigger tank KTM would run dry before the RM KTM300 weight add on 7kilos + the extra fuel (so round 10kilo at full tank heavier bike) hill climbing torque ....with a 13oz FWW the RM tractors with the best of them starting issues ....KTM ...Kick till monday Why o Why can't Suzuki fit an updated 08 RM250 motor in the latest RMZ .... increase the tank to 9-10lts lift the 4th -5th gear to give it 80mph top-end heavier crank,18 rear wheel and I'm sure they would sell like hot cakes and give the others in the off-road class a good kicking....2018 RMX250r ???
Here's the thing about the Kawasaki, I LOVE the loud as hell sound. I love loud as hell diesels. So the loudness of the Kawasaki is not a problem for not just me but many other people. Except I think it could maybe get banned from trail places but it's a race bike so, yeah
+michaelovitch I understood what you wanted to state it's even worse with husky/KTM with about 170hp- 180hp But the coolest thing is that they have the longest service intervals from the manufacturer (this is coming from an Honda rider)
Bobby Doolittle I'm personally a Yamaha fan. But kawi is my second choice they are a very nice ride. There alot easier to ride than bikes like ktm and yamaha.
+m1ke2001 itd be interesting, all the Japanese brands have 4 year cycles where they completely revise there bikes. I wonder if they ditch the duel exhausts next year. (its there new cycle year)
Hey guys ... I want to know from riders what does each brand have reputation for ?? for exp : honda vs yamaha ... sth what are the pros and cons of each one since past . or everything useful . I would be thankful if anyone do me this favor.
I've rode once an 350 sxf KTM 2017 (nearly the same as the 2016 model) and the handling was so good! The Bike wants to lay in the corners, without you doin sth. Do the YZ-F 250 2016 handels the same?:o Realy want to buy a Yamaha, but i loved the handling of the ktm sooo much
I dont like the yama because it has alot of bottom but hardly an top and you have to rev the crap out of it to go fast on sertain tracks such as glen helen
It's cause the Husqvarna's air box is smaller or its just harder for air to get through, so it forces the air through a little harder than the KTM. Causing it to just squeeze out a little more power cause its working harder to for the air through. I'm probably wrong lol but that's what I think
"The KTM/Husky are the best in every category. More HP, better brakes, best cornering, lightest. That's good enough for 2nd as they didn't pay us off. And the winner is??? Yamaha with the largest advertising contribution to our magazine! It may be one of the weakest engines with average components, but hell at least it wins in suspension." (Full disclosure I have a garage full of KTMs...)
more hp in the top end cause they rev to 14000 rpm. one of the weakest engines? you have to be kidding yourself. you obviously have never put much time on a yzf (you own all ktms) so you wouldnt know. i have a 2015 yz250f and it kicks ass!! at everything.
+cschilli68 Nice contradiction to your first line with your last line. "KTM/Husky are the best in every category" followed by Yamaha wins in suspension lol.
+cschilli68 ktms suck, im a 17yr old girl and i can bend a ktms subframe with my hands, no wonder they always snap, only good part about them is electric start, ive also ridden a 2016 yzf and it was the best to jump by far, i couldn't touch the ground but thats not the point, and ive also ridden a 2016 rmz and that was amazing all round
+cschilli68 yes the ktm and husky have the most HP on the dyno, but its not rideable power, they only picke up in the high HP numbers in the end of the powerband. witch is not were you need it to be. if the ktm/husky really were that much stronger then the rest of the bikes, they should be far ahead of the competition and no one would have ridden the japanise bikes anymore. thats what the guy that maped and dynoed my crf250r said:)
