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Sorry for the negative topic but thought it'd be interesting to hear some stories .
Mine was a 2003 KTM 250 SX . I bought it new thinking I'd race it . Took it out for some practice days and racing never happened. Sketchy handling , harsh suspension, and a violent powerband . It also had hand numbing vibration .
An overall crude feel . The only positive was it was very light . Maybe some people learned how to set it up but I wasn't one of them .
Mine was a 2003 KTM 250 SX . I bought it new thinking I'd race it . Took it out for some practice days and racing never happened. Sketchy handling , harsh suspension, and a violent powerband . It also had hand numbing vibration .
An overall crude feel . The only positive was it was very light . Maybe some people learned how to set it up but I wasn't one of them .
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The 1983 was a great bike and I ran the 83 cylinder on my 84 which helped a lot.
I knew they were bad but had no real clue until my 85 blew up for like the third time and a buddy let me borrow his 85 KX125. HOLY SHIT!!! Night and day difference. Felt like it had 10 more hp!
I love it now though...
By comparison, the 2018 CRF450 I had was by all measures a good bike, but I just couldn't get along with it.
People get so hurt over this brand like their mothers helped pick the colors of them or something
After 40 hours with nothing but problems and a shitty customer service from KTM we sold it and bought a Honda.
E start only, but if you didn't fire it in the first 2 or 3 attempts it was a bump start situation.
4 speed/right side shifter/brakes sucked/everything leaked/ above 60 mph the parts would fly off, mirrors would start spinning, it was like riding an accident, but it looked cool, and sounded cool.
I had a naked woman painted on the tank with custom pin stripes on the sides and then the fuel tank seam let go on the bottom left side and ruined the paint,
I've never had a bad dirt bike - all of them were fun as hell.
My 2000 yz426 was a bitch to start if I stalled it but that was usually my fault, otherwise it was a ripper.
Pit Row
This entire comment is because you think its so absurd I was focused primarily on the forks for a fork-related issue. Which, was primarily fixed by re-valving the forks... not the shock.
Best bike? 2019 KX450
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