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Rupert X
6/29/2010 2:51pm
6/29/2010 2:51pm
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1/24/2012 10:20pm
$ MSRP of the bold new KTM 350.
Review: http://www.cyclenews.com/articles/new-bikes/2010/06/08/we-ride-the--350…
* New KXF250 Review : http://www.cyclenews.com/articles/motocross/2010/06/25/first-impression…
Try this on the Katoom : http://www.cyclenews.com/articles/new-bikes/2010/06/08/we-ride-the-ktm-…
* I'd recommend a $900.00 pipe to augment the package...
With no e-start or juice clutch.
The Shop
On the other-hand...Brand New 2009 CRF450R: $5999 Out the Door
You can get the same kind of deal on other '09s...or better on '08s...I'm seein' '08 YZF450s for under $4k...
Your post is completely sub-std and not acceptable.
Your failures are:
Complete lack of personal attack(s)
Complete lack of Bitterness/Hatred
Complete over-use of Facts/Truth/Wisdom
I'm suggesting to Gibby, effective-immediately, that you join the ranks of Huck!
Or...you may choose to be banished to a Super Combat Wombat and be allowed to ride Only It for the next full-year...
Box Stock...with NO SPARES!
That is all.
Signed,
Mr. Know-It-All's Committee of Secret Moto-Police
* The Committee reserves the right to substitute a Monarch, Rickman-DKW or Zundapp...or...sadly...even a Carabella as needed due to the inability to steal the proper Hodaka.
New 'Late-Model' competitive bikes is what I'm talkin' about...
The Honda 450 in question is "current".
I saw the MSRP for the KXF250 was released around $8,200.
Unless your one of those guys that "has to have the latest / greatest", I'd get a left over 08 or 09.
I've been watching the local classifieds, and 4 strokes are a dime a dozen. I saw a clean '08 RMZ450 for $3000 and I think it is still up for sale (weeks later). Tons of '09 450s for 4K or so.
It all seems similar to the housing market crash.....the market has been flooded with 4 strokes and who wants to buy a used one? i don't want one period, but definitely not a used one.
I'm planning on getting a 2011 KTM 300 XC, and MSRP on that is ridiculous ($8199). But resale is great and I'll sell it in minutes when I'm ready.
Pit Row
And nobody pays 8-9K or at least they shouldn't. Sorry for that comment also.
As far as paying MSRP - it all depends on where you live. It's not a matter of being "a moron". I've never paid MSRP, but I have a couple friends that own dealerships.
Try walking into any dealer in California, Vegas or any other major area in the west and hold out your hand for a "deal". Good luck with that.
because they finally made a new bike?
I never was one to pay big bucks for the newest toy out.
As they say, pics or it didn't happen. I agree KTM is stepping up their game and actually the only company that is trying to cater to everyone from 2 Stroke lovers to everything a 4 stroke lover could ever want, but dude, come up for air!
In the last decade I have owned 3 Honda 450F's, 1 Honda 450X, 1 Honda 250F, and 2 Yamaha 250F's. I don't count the XR600 because that was kind of embarrassing (but fun at the same time).
Last year I bought a clean used 06 RM250. Love it, even though I rarely get to ride it. Would not sell it for any price (just kidding about that part- but it would be a really high price).
Last Sunday, I went and bought a used 08 KTM 450 XCW. It is like a work of art, the attention to detail and finish is amazing. Kind of reminds me of what the "Big 4" used to make, except now they just keep giving us new graphics and wondering why they do not sell as many as during the "good old days"?
KTM is on the right track in so many ways, the other manufacturers better start paying attention.
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