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If MXA is to be believed, compared to the KTM, there's a deficit everywhere - it's just biggest below 10,000 rpm. A fast rider could conceivably give up some low end if the high rpm payoff is sufficient. But where's the payoff with this engine?

Pretty much what I was thinking.

Asked my KTM dealer this weekend if there would be an 18.5 FE, and he said no.

While true that he nobody should stop him from racing if he passed the medical tests, it sounds like he passed them despite feeling "foggy" (I wonder if he disclosed that to the medical staff, and if he still would have passed had he told them). He's very lucky he didn't take another hit to the head as taking a...

Not intended as a troll. You presented as posing a choice between a 450 and a 250 2t, but it seems clear that the 250 was never really a serious option given what you know you want (obviously, if you are averse to shifting, a 2t isn't for you). You also did present a fear of hitting the rev limiter...

Why are you asking for opinions? When offered opinions, you counter by telling us exactly what you want, which seems to render redundant the asking for opinions. What makes even less sense is the concern about hitting the rev limiter on the face of a jump when you'll be rolling all the jumps. For what it's worth, I'm of the...

You could always get a KTM 250 2t, and if you find you want more power, put a 300 kit on it. You can then tune the bike to run however you like, depending on your riding style. But really, it seems to me that you're overthinking this. I have both a 250 2t and 250f and I get around...

It's strangely ironic that so many people are rejecting the idea by saying things like "pussyfication" and "participation trophies" when those things indicate an aversion to competition, and the OP is trying to suggest a way to make the series MORE competitive (i.e. give extra incentive to riders who would otherwise have little incentive to compete). That being said, I'm...

If MXA consistently expresses that in their judgement, based on their experience, that KTM/Husqvarna makes the best bikes, this is not bias. It would be bias if they determined prior to having a basis for judgment that KTM/Husqvarna makes the best bikes, and they expressed that opinion irrespective of the evidence.

You don't want to hear about replacing the forks for $2000 +, but I replaced the forks on a 2016 250 sx with new take off AER forks off of Ebay for 1300. When I sell the bike I can either use the forks on another bike or sell them. I'd ridden bikes with AER forks before and knew I...

Are the girls complaining? Are they being coerced or otherwise mistreated? If not, isn't it possible that some or even many of them enjoy their job and are happy for the opportunity? In that case, isn't it rather condescending to say: "Hey, I think you're being demeaned and thus shouldn't be doing that!"? It's, of course, possible that someone can...

I have a plate and screws in my right forearm. Has been there for years, but I'm looking at having it removed as once in a while it irritates the surrounding soft tissue and makes my arm swell and hurt like a SOB. The Dr. did mention that if I were to reinjure the arm, having the plate there could...

Simply going out and buying a bike because it won a shootout would be silly (does anyone do this?). But if you have some sense of what you are looking for in a bike, reading the shootouts can be very informative. For example, the pre 2017 CRF450 finished poorly in a lot of shootouts because it was said to be...

Wow, there's a lot to complain about - from both the customer and the dealer side. The small local dealer I deal with is great. Another dealership was selling a demo bike as practically new, with "maybe 4 hours on it". The problem with that is that this bike was ridden locally by everyone and their dog. And these aren't...

Who knew that health care is so complicated?

To a Canadian like myself, this seems like a bizarre conversation. With our single payer system, you'd think that our taxes would be absurd, but I don't think they're much worse than yours (it's hard to generalize as taxes vary widely depending on jurisdiction) - and our tax returns are much simpler, as there's just one tax return that covers...

I enjoyed watching the minis. Excellent racing there!

Mine's a 16. Love the bike! I do sort of wish it had the air forks, but I put stiffer springs front and back and fiddled with the clickers until I got it to feel pretty good. I'm 225 and I can still pull holeshots with this bike.