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I have a couple of questions some of you will probably know the answers to.
1. Can you buy a KTM 350 in the US right now?
2. If not, when?
3. If so, when is somebody gonna strap it to the dyno so we can see what the deal is?
Just interested to se what kind of magic KTM has worked or not.
Has any of the mags got one to do a full up test, if so can someone post the link.
Carry On........
1. Can you buy a KTM 350 in the US right now?
2. If not, when?
3. If so, when is somebody gonna strap it to the dyno so we can see what the deal is?
Just interested to se what kind of magic KTM has worked or not.
Has any of the mags got one to do a full up test, if so can someone post the link.
Carry On........
When? I don't know. sorry.
3) Strap it to a dyno to me is pointless. The attractiveness of the bike is having a bike that produces more power and hit than a 250F - straight out of the box with no mods, but not have the issues with handling, cornering, too much power for the avg track rider, etc you experience with most 450s. I couldn't care less what the Dyno says, I want to ride one and see if it is for me. The avg track rider can get the full or close to the full use of the 250F power, but come no where near what the 450F can do. To me, the 350F is the perfect CC for the avg track rider, but that doesn't mean its right for pro AMA riders.
No real magic? KTM builds a bike that would probably suit a large group of riders (fast, fat etc that think the 250f isn't enough) while they promote it as being competitive against 450 as well. They kind of prove that's it's about the rider, more than displacement, something we all ready knew.
Apparently a small batch is being shipped on July 12th and most dealers will get at least one. My dealer expects mine to show up by the end of the month or early august.
The second batch will ship/arrive in November
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350and 450 say that the 350 is a race bike with a big R it goes like hell and reving to the moon.
http://www.vitalmx.com/forums/MotoRelated,20/Stefan-Everts-talks-2011-K…
This is why:
As I started getting more and more excited about riding it, I thought, wow it'll be fun chasing 450s on a slower bike. And sure, it'll be slower, but it'll be lighter, nimbler, and more agile. I'll know I'm at a slight disadvantage but that's just more of a challenge.
But then it dawned on me, $8000 for a bike that's slower than a 450 but is supposed to make up for it by being lighter and better handling - thus more fun. Might be more expensive than a 450 to maintain but still more fun, like a 250 two stroke........... that I already have.....WTF??
So yeah, I might not have the "everyone look at me" bike of 2011, but oh well. The plan is now to build the best 250 2S that I can, and it should cost about $3-4K less than getting the 350 with the 250 as a trade in.
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