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Message: [QUOTE="firecracker22, post: 97484, member: 20316"] I got a chance to ride a 97 360 MXC this weekend. OMG, what a difference. I like mine much better! I didn't have to try to start it, he started it for me. I never even really got on the pipe much but it still felt like it was going to pull my arms out! When the dealer said the 200 doesn't have the bottom end that the 250 does, that's not saying the 200 doesn't have any. That just means the 250 has more. The 250 doesn't have that sudden, lightswitch power of the smaller bikes. Mine doesn't act like a 125 but it still has a noticeable "hit" to it--which I like. I am learning to be smooth and getting better and better at it. I burned 4 tanks of gas this weekend and put in some serious seat time (my seat is feeling it, too! KTMs do not have a soft seat like XRs do!) The key to 2-stroke riding is being smooth. If you learn to control the throttle like you never had to on the XR, you'll be fine. That's why clutch use is so important. Let's say you're going up a steep hill; you have to stay on the gas to keep the RPMs up but the front end is trying to come off the ground. So you slip the clutch a little--you take some of the power away from the rear tire but not much, and you don't drop the revs any. Or you're coming into a corner fast, and since 2-strokes don't have the engine braking that 4-strokes do, you hit the rear brake. And the engine starts to stall. So you grab the clutch to keep running and hit the brakes hard enough to slow down. XRs don't require techniques like that. Good luck finding one! Whichever you buy, once you get used to all the differences you'll be happy with a KTM. It's all a matter of acclimatization. [/QUOTE]

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