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I just found out about these, are they any good? Kind of look like husabergs or older huskys. Idk why Ive never heard about thesebut they look pretty cool. Are they shitters or decent bikes? The website says unrivaled reputation... any truth to this?
https://m.vitalmx.com/features/FIRST-LOOK-2019-Sherco-Cross-Country-Bik…
The 2 strokes look bad ass. Sadly they don't make any MX specific bikes but they should.
The name sounds kinda weird almost like a Chinese scooter company lol, but they seem to have a great product. They look good though n come with some good stuff. Why are the French/Euros able to make a new dirt bike company but America cant besides Cobra? Cobra just came out with a 65cc too with electronic power valve so their 2 strokes are on point, but I dont see them making big bikes although with the attention to detail they have with the little bikes Im sure if they did theyd be like an oem works bike. For the stock class theyre head and heels better because they come stock loaded to the gills with aftermarket parts. They come with a full pro circuit exhaust stock lol so you get to run that in the stock class.
Somebody mentioned in another thread the future of dirt bikes should be allowing customers to choose what they want the bike to come with like a car. Who would better to do this than cobra? Hopefully they move up to 85cc bikes and keep going. Id love to see some American bikes competing in the Pros. People were complaining that its hard to get them over seas and theres major demand for them so they have huge growth potential, I hope they tap into this and then have the capital to keep expanding. Going from a 65cc to an 85cc cant be that hard and it keeps riders on your brand longer before theyre forced to move unfortunately...
Anyways heres the Shercoo 450 enduro bike. Looks really good and Im excited for the future. They say theyre trying to get into mx too which is great, the more the merrier! Especially with something badass like this.
Wed have another steel framed bike to choose from also! Plus tons of mods stock like the akropovic exhaust, excel rims, kyb suspension, elec start. Plus the blue and white plastics/graphics with green accents looks great.
The Shop
me and a mate decided to go for a test day for the sherco range just to see what the rave was about and a bit of fun.
Not gonna lie, and i didn't see it coming... the 250 2stroke was one of the best bikes ive ever ridden. was so fun!
Handled like a dream around the MX style part of the track and though the bush it was like a push bike.
i wouldn't waste the money on the 6 day style. I preferred the basic package the most. just seemed better suited and worked well as it does.
I was blown away, Ive just ordered one for xmas this year! the KX250f is up for sale and im so excited to get my hands on the new girl!
Ill be a Head Light warrior at the Mx track on weekends!
If you get a chance, Ride one!
250f
125
300
250
So, yeah, they are elite bikes with great build quality.
Australian Matthew Phillips is quite a heavy baby, and that didn't stop him from winning the world title on the 300 SEF-R.
They've had quite a few reliability problems with some bikes, but they're getting better every year.
I sold a 2014 KTM 300XC a few months back for $5000. You would be lucky to sell a sherco at all let alone one for that price that's a few years old. If reselling your bike isn't a big deal, I would say go for it and buy a sherco.
Ghost
They may have HGS now but at one point they came with PC.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/motocrossactionmag.com/amp/mxas-2014-cobra…
“The CX65 comes out of the crate with a Pro Circuit exhaust, Moto Tassinari VForce 3 reed block, electronic power valve, incredibly light aluminum swingarm and much more.”
Pit Row
From a marketing standpoint it is a catch 22, the XC/MX hybrid has a bigger market share, but the Moto mafia press will only "test" MX models with gas 4t engines. Blackout I tell ya!
The thing I loved about it, it has the electronic power valve, which you could flick on the go(not like other brands at the time, when I rode Ktm I couldn't hardly notice the difference between maps, that may of changed with the newer bikes) and when the 2 different modes was used, you could actually notice the big difference.the thing went like stink was a blast to ride,
Value wise, I bought it SH with low hours for 1k less than for equivalent Ktm/husky at the time, but honestly it's not 1k less of a product,I fail to understand why people are like sheep and seem to think they have to have a Ktm,I know Ktm are decent bikes, but why pay a lot more for something as equal , or less in my opinion
It took about 5weeks to sale it (without really trying) and loss £600 in 2 yrs, don't get me wrong, iv seen them sit around for a while, but if your realistic with your price, it won't sit around to long, tbf I sold my last Ktm in 2hrs tho!
If you buy it cheap in first place, then sale it cheap then no biggie
Great bikes and you get a lot for your money, my next bike will be a sherco ,but am Curious about the beta,but I'm not 100% I like the look of them, or they don't seem to ware n Tare to well, so reckon sherco it will be
There have been several prototypes over the years, they even had a factory bike on beach races, but no production yet...
I think the 300CC four stroke would be a sick bike to try out for sure!
I have a 250xc myself but would if i were to go 4 stroke I think the 300 would be my choice
scrubbing past other riders honking the horn was entertaining to watch.
@Johnny Depp: Godzilla's answer is what I was going to mention.
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