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Ahh. The jealousy and envy is thick in here. Like KTM or not, the FE is a fantastic bike. And for those of us who like to trick out our bikes. With OUR money. That WE earn. The extra $1,000 or so over the standard model is a bargain. Anodized Wheelset. Titanium Akropovic silencer. KTM's own version of the X-trig ROC clamps. Exclusive graphics. Chain. Sprocket. Holeshot device. Disc guard. You couldn't touch that on the aftermarket for $1,000. All the bikes are great at this point. From the bargain platform like the Suzuki that you can personalize as economically...

Any chance of a mini shootout/comparison between this and the Yamaha and KTM XC bikes?

Motul 800, 50:1. It's clean, smells good, and worth the money.

Can’t get any better than Motul 800. I’ve always ran it at 50:1 in my YZ 250 with great success.

I think people should ride with really good ear plugs when testing They would learn a lot...

My dyno consistently reports removing the spacer looses 1 hp from bottom to top on the yz I continue to read people say otherwise - but havent seen anyone publish a test showing removed its better Ill retest it next yz I have for dyno work and try to republish it- but just throwing it out there on my experience with it. Ive done somewhere around 3000 yz250 dyno pulls to date.... and tested just about everything you can name. Curiously - most of the time a short or long pc vs pc dynos the same. Often the stock silencer...

There could be a million reasons for HD to bounce, and not all of them would have to do with anything wrong with Alta itself. And I haven't double-checked the stats posted, but if all they spent was $43m over 8 years, and built what seems to be the best dirt bike ever IMO, that's amazing, not shameful. I work for a startup that's burned through about the same amount in the same amount of time, and we're just building software and just starting to think about how to become profitable—hardware is much more costly and difficult. Look at what...

I think one of my favorite things about working in marketing in the motorcycling industry for a decade was constantly watching a small, niche, group of enthusiasts constantly tear themselves apart. Forget the non-motorcycling public, we do a fantastic job of shitting all over each other. Ride a Harley? Get fucked. Oh you are into crotch rockets? Squid! Motobro? Grow up 909'er. Hipster ass on the hooligan bike cut your hair. Yo electric company, you have no soul eat shit. AND SO ON. Motorcycling in the United States is a dying industry and partly because the people that partake in...

I thought the same till I saw it in person, love my 19.

You people that think the Mikuni carb is junk and temperamental and whatever word salad you want to throw at it are nuts. I swear so many ppl like to pretend they are the ultimate mechanics that knows all and if you don’t do it their way THE BIKE WONT RUN AT ALL. Stock, yeah it’s heaping shit. However. You throw a JD Jet kit in it- and it’s a badass carb that works phenomenal. I’ve been riding the same settings since April. It’s a $100 performance part I would’ve bought with a Keihin too. But this is vital and...