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Always looking, always appreciating the works of art that are Factory bikes. Tuned to the riders personal preferences. If you were able to pick any factory bike to race which one would you choose and for what reasons?
Poll
The kx450 is by far the best looking factory bike to me.
When Suzuki puts those yellow rims on 👌
Not a KTM guy at all ( never owned one ), but they are very sano ( excuse the 1975 talk ).
I think the Triumph 250s are pretty tricky looking.
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No Beta?
You're missing an option for "yes"
They're all drool worthy machines.
Correct, there are no factory Betas on the gate currently
Last year in Arlington, I thought Justin Hill's bike looked the coolest. I thought I had a better picture but this is all I could find.
Edit: Not factory... but still trick
The tie for me would be the HRC Honda & the factory KTM...with the nod to the Honda. I've pretty much always been a fool for the factory Hondas. Very sexy!
Was just curious why Beta and Triumph are excluded from the poll is all. They are factory teams/bikes still, regardless if their riders are out. OP must just not like them (kidding) 😀
Any true works bike so anything 1985 and before.
The Suzuki looks the best. It is the only one who put the Kickstarter on!
Nothing makes me smile more than an "outdated" Suzuki up front.
On the stand they look amazing every year and there's years of testing data to pull from to count on a good setup.
Nothing looks better on the track than the Factory KTM’s.
ME TOO BROTHER. THE TRUE HAND BUILT WORKS BIKES CANNOT BE TOPPED. MY PERSONAL FAVORITES ARE DONNIE HANSENS 1982 HONDA RC250 AND LECHIENS19
83 YAMAHA ROTARY VALVED 125
HRC, but it's this one, not the one you are thinking of...
Triumph purely because of the colors.
Jazzed up?
There's only one brand in the field that Jazzes:
Pit Row
This years KTM 450’s look really good…but I’m a sucker for those Yamahas….
JH46 gave my son that front number plate after the round ... and also KR94 gave him a spare side plate and CN45 gave him spare goggles
HRC, Factory Kawi, and Triumph all tickle me. If i had to choose just one, HRC.
What he said ^^^^
I like the Factory KTMs and HRC Hondas currently - they both have very clean, "elevated" factory looks. All-time though, I always loved the YZ250 2 strokes from the early-mid 2000s.
None. I am faster on my bone stock YZ250 than I would be on anybody's 4-stroke; factory or not. Far happier, too.
Now, if I could ride Chad Reed's 2004 YZ250....
I’m a fan of the factory 450 Yamahas.
US factory bikes? Nah.. Give me a japanese works Suzuki from like 2016
how are you getting downvoted for having your own opinion lol
I've been drooling over factory Hondas since they came out, early 70's. Honda's are always so clean, understated, very tastefully done.
Factory KTM is right there with Honda though. Maybe just a little more busy in the aesthetic dept.
Kawi is third, Suzuki fourth and Yamaha next. Seems you can't make that Yamaha pretty no matter what you do to it.
When your two stroke has a decompression lever, things are getting serious.
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