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First (real) ride - 200exc.
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[QUOTE="TexKDX, post: 26281, member: 16276"] Funny you should say this, Zorro. I just sold my WR400 and am thinking about replacing it with an XR650R of all things! Keep in mind I also have a 300EXC with plates and a KLR650. My WR was street legal and plated. I set it up to be an agressive dual sport bike. Why sell the 400 you ask? Probably the main reason was comfort. The seat is a one-cheeker, so if you were not standing then you had to sit side saddle on a thin padded board. Not alot of fun for cruising around or taking it easy on a DS ride. Secondly, its 285 pound weight was a real lug compared to the 300. All one has to do is (try to) hoist it up on a workstand to feel the difference. So, for now the 300 can do agressive DS duty (like the one coming up this summer in Arkansas' Magazine Mountain) and the KLR can do the gravel road and occasional trail stuff. Not to mention pound the pavement at 80 all day with a little taller gearing, throttle lock, and taller shield. Why the 650R then? Well, if you are gonna have to put up with a heavier bike (in support of your sell the DRZ and get a 200 idea) then at least make it comfortable and ultra-reliable. The 650 has about 15 more pounds to lug around than the WR, but once over 250 it seems to make little difference as long as you have a competent chassis like the DRZ or the 650R has. From all accounts I've read the 650R works OK in the tight stuff. Not an ultimate bike like the 200 you are wanting, but OK and a HECK of alot better than the KLR or 650L. All I can tell you for sure is, the NEXT bike you get will be the perfect one. Never the one you have, even when you're like me and have 3 of them. One last comment on the 200. Arlis from this site rode the Great Piney Woods enduro this past weekend on his 2001 200EXC. He rode a KDX200 from 93 to 97, then went to the 300EXC in 98 and rode it thru 2000. He rode the West Texas events on the 200 and missed his 300 on every ride. After riding the GPW, a tighter enduro where he took like 59 points, he did not come away raving about the 200. In fact his score came in about the same has it has the 2 years he rode on the the 300. His comments have gone from the "missed the 300" on the West Texas Enduros to "it was fine" on the tight one. Not exactly the raving reviews some owners give the bike. Great bike? Best I can tell, yes. Hard to buy a BAD KTM I say these days. Miracle bike? NAW. ------------------ TexKDX [/QUOTE]
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