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Little background. I use to ride amateur 250 B class on a crf450. I'm 37 now. In the last couple years decided and wanted a bike to cover more ground in colorado/utah. I bought a KTM XC-W 500.. Now besides a headlight, a license plate, no turn signals and a tail light, I'm going to go out and ride some moto on the track. Let's just say in I can keep up with most the average to fast riders and I can do all the jumps on my bike at Thunder Valley Lakewood.
your riding on the track with me.. Would you
a) laugh at me?
b) yell at me to get my trail bike off the track?
c) come check out my bike in the pits and come say hi?
4) try to roost me in every corner?
See you next weekend if it's not snowing.. My hope is the 500 will be just as fun on the track as it is in the single track. I would like to have a moto only bike too, but doesn't really make sense if my KTM handles all the big jumps and rides like a moto bike.
Bringing her home a couple months ago..
your riding on the track with me.. Would you
a) laugh at me?
b) yell at me to get my trail bike off the track?
c) come check out my bike in the pits and come say hi?
4) try to roost me in every corner?
See you next weekend if it's not snowing.. My hope is the 500 will be just as fun on the track as it is in the single track. I would like to have a moto only bike too, but doesn't really make sense if my KTM handles all the big jumps and rides like a moto bike.
Bringing her home a couple months ago..
https://youtu.be/2OmjAtdnii4
freekin hilarious to watch. Run what you brung..alot of people forget why they started riding in the first place...FOR FUN!!
The Shop
(although you come close to the line when you appear to worry so much about what other people would think......You can clear that up by answering a simple question........Would you still do it if they chose A or B of your quiz?)
Only people that you should take any crap from are the ones that can pass you.
But yeah you may want to lose the kickstand.....for your own safety if nothing else.
I've actually been pondering buying a older two stroke get it all dialed in besides leave it looking
Like hell and tear it up around here on it be funny.
Pit Row
a turn signal when cutting me off yet.
Note: Put the Rubber-Band around the kick-stand for track riding: Tha's why it's there.
Your bike is one of the BEST all-arounders EVER made. I ride with plenty of guys in Baja that have that scoot...EXCELLENT motor-cycle.
Then there's my answers to your Q's:
a) laugh at me? No. With you? Yes; because, you'll be one of the few people that using his KTM correctly..and that's jus' funny!
b) yell at me to get my trail bike off the track? No. Yell at ya to get your elbows up and get on the balls of your feet? Yes, if needed.
c) come check out my bike in the pits and come say hi? Yup.
4) try to roost me in every corner? Sure, if you earn it!
If a stock EXC is good enough for a factory GP rider to have ona track, then it's good enough for any of us!
I blew up my TC 450 in practice at High Point one year and rode my TE510 in 40+A, finished mid pack after stoping twice to turn off my heated grips. Was blacked flagged at finish and was told to remove my tag for next moto as it might cut someone in a crash. If you are riding hard its almost impossible to honk horn, flash lights/signals, turn grips on or off. But it's better than spectating.
Have fun with it wherever you ride it and it won't matter what others think.
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