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Ron Lawson
by: Ron Lawson
Right at the height of an unparalleled super bloom we got to do our 2023 500 dual-sport comparison. The Beta 500RR-S, Honda CRF450RL, Husqvarna FE501S and KTM 500EXC are the elite bikes with the most performance, the least weight and the highest prices. We rode them in stock condition with the exception of tires. All of them got Dunlop Geomax Enduro EN91 tires which are street-legal full knobbies. We will point out, though, that the Beta didn’t really need better tires–the stock Michelins were pretty good. The other three needed no tries just to be ridden off road. Here are some numb ...
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Right at the height of an unparalleled super bloom we got to do our 2023 500 dual-sport comparison. The Beta 500RR-S, Honda CRF450RL, Husqvarna FE501S and KTM 500EXC are the elite bikes with the most performance, the least weight and the highest prices. We rode them in stock condition with the exception of tires. All of them got Dunlop Geomax Enduro EN91 tires which are street-legal full knobbies. We will point out, though, that the Beta didn’t really need better tires–the stock Michelins were pretty good. The other three needed no tries just to be ridden off road. Here are some numb ...
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