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about how beautiful it was that they had so many choices on bikes to buy.
I said how stupid it was that a mtb was 8,000 and what you could buy in the dirt bike world for that price. Then they acted like they were lucky to be able to spend 8k on a bicycle.
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I'm glad he posted this. It made me go out and look at the 80 hours on my 450's meter and that made me think about how many pistons, rings, bearings, clutches, KIPS cleanings and crap I'd have in my 500 in that same 80 hours.
You'll have a chain & sliders/chain-guides that actually last. Graphics and Plasitc that don't come-off or turn white from your 1st fall. A seat that lasts. Check out the hubs and triples! Yup, MACHINED. Pretty sure it's coming with Excels and MX32s or 52s. Hell, I even run the stock bars and grips on that bike.
Again, congrats on your "wise investment".
My only hang-ups are that I think the 16 YZ450's are really sweet. And I love YZ's. And, MOSTLY, I've been a little scared off about the 4cs forks...even the guys on KTM talk are having fits with them...they all recommend sending them to Kreft Moto for a revalve...but that's a $1700 revalve. How bad does it suck to spend $10K on a dirt bike and then have to spend another $1700 on suspension? (On top of a Rekluse EXP Core 3.0, and skid plates, and a sparky, and fasstco flex bars, and a stabilizer, and an IMS tank, and on and on and on).
Don't be as bad as "the smoker guys" and pull the same bs
Numerous MX races
Plenty of Off-Road races
80 Hours happens pretty damn fast and the parts MUST be repleced or you start eating things...like...
Cylinders
Cranks
Etc., etc., etc. ...
Also, you can argue with guys like Jon Braasch that's built more of these than just about ANYONE; but, I'm not.
Then there's this: I just rode the Rip to Cabo on a Husky FE350S. I put a coupl'a hundred miles on it before the ride to break it in. Enough miles to wreck the stock Michelins. I put another 1500 miles on it AFTER the Rip. I'm about to take it on another Baja ride called The Beach Bash. You know how many parts I've repleced in the motor?
Zero.
Go do that with a Smoker.
I'll be taking it out to Pala or Milestone next week...check-out ride before The Beach Bash.
I thought yu were in the Hi-Dez, So-Cal.
That's jus' funny...
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My understanding is that the Husky's have forks more similar to the KTM XC-W line, which are slightly different from the forks on the XC's. (I'm not sure on the technical differences, though.) And it sounds like people have been able to work with the XC-W's forks for woods riding...but are having nightmares with the XC's everywhere.
I don't want an XC-W because I don't need/want the headlight, or the wide ratio trans. And the XC-W are way to soft for desert racing (though they are amazing in the woods).
The SXFs & XCs are too harsh/stiff for most folks. The EXC/W & FE settings are better, even for Moto, than the stock SXF settings (2015 bikes NOT including the new Factory Edition).
Put it on a credit card and stop payng on it.
I've had expensive road bikes, mountain bikes, dirt bikes, and two different boats. I buy second hand and always 2-3 seasons old on anything with two wheels, 15-20 on boats. Learn to buy smart and don't get caught up in the newest and latest. Hobby's should never be financial commitments, yet you watch people will go put and finance a new dirt bike. Lol
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