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...local dealer as of today
'17 CRF250 $8199 + $695 FR/PDI
'17 KTM250SXF $10299 +$795 FR/PDI.....that's $2200 more. Worth it?....not IMO
EDIT: upon further looking at different local dealers
'17 KX250F $7299 + FR/PDI (price not listed)
'17 RMZ250 $6999 + FR/PDI (price not listed)
Couldn't find any left over YZ250F's
No '17 left but the '18 FC250 is $11299 + FR/PDI....I will never buy anything KTM related. It's the HD of dirtbikes.
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Except for ML512 saying he "expects" Mookie to show up on a Kawi, so there must be some reason he's on Green.
I guess we see 2moro night.
Hoping for a fill in at Monster if Eli or Grant hits the deck ?
Seemed that even some of the manufacturers that make 125s that aren't current (read: Yamaha) weren't that keen to support it because they didn't want to promote potential cannibalising sales.
Fucking crazy man, the whole industry is head up ass backwards in so many regards. No wander it's dwindling.
I will admit, they are tempting in some ways, the KTM 250 F looks like it would be perfect for me.
I also really like the Husky 701 Supermoto and the KTM Dukes Naked Sport bikes. Funny, the Dukes are priced below the Japs on the street!
For me, I bleed Red Honda blood. I always buy Honda unless they dont have a product in the space.
A lot of talk on these boards but not a single piece of legitimacy!
17’ models will sell at that price but not an 18....Current year bikes all have a certain margin but all oem’s have some sort of price protection on current year models for good portion of that selling year. That is what all oem’s have in place so that their bikes don’t take a dive. Dealers cannot sell below that threshold no matter what someone tells you.
In the next 30 days,I will pick up a 17' or 18' RMZ-450 ,looking for the best deal, and my 2 stroke choice will be a YZ-250X. Both proven bikes 1000 X over! Check back in 8 years,guaranteed both bikes will be going strong!
If anyone trys ti say that EITHER Stewart has a hard time getting bikes or its a huge financial burden for even Mookie to get a bike I have to call that as BS. I know plenty of low-level Racers that never made a huge Splash in the Pro ranks that ride tracks as professional practice writers and or just riding the hills and all of them are able to get bikes every year even if it's on Loan program where they pay $1,500 and get a new bike and return the other one so it can be sold as a demo bike or what have you there's no way that the Stewart's one had to pay retail or to have any problem finding a way to get bikes even if it's a small cash expenditure they'll never have to pay as much as someone like me that would just walk into a dealer and I have no qualms with that no problem whatsoever because they are who they are and I'm done what they've done I respect that but crying about it in a sense and i dont mean literally not being able to get bikes is more of a woe-is-me excuse then actually stepping up and doing it and it's pretty lame that Malcolm can't make Anaheim 1 I'm sure guy b and a few others might know more than I know but since there is Radio silence on social media to me it seems like a childish move and he's not making to a one will further be frowned upon when he's searching for a ride.
If anybody response to my comment and takes my words as more respectful of negative bash on Malcolm that's not the case I just see so many racers including Chad Reed who's had only a week to prepare making it to Anaheim one even with a sore ankle....its like that old Doug Henry Fox poster "Whats Stopping You?"
Pit Row
I've been on KTM for 10 years and my 2018 SX250 is the best bike I can imagine. However, I also have bills and other shit to pay for. Even though motocross is my life, the fact that I don't earn any money doing it means it is a HOBBY, and saving up 8K euros for a new dirtbike because there's no cheaper alternatives flat out sucks. Like I said, I love my bike, but if one of the Japanese brands made a 250 2-stroke with 80% of KTM's specs that was $2500 cheaper...Sign me the fuck up.
That's because the build quality is questionable... My 690 enduro was a nice bike overall, but it felt a bit like a 'Fisher-price' bike. I'd get an MT09 instead of a duke. And that comes from someone who bleeds orange.
Can't wait for the 790 adventure tho. I really hope it feels as solid as it looks.
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