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KTM 125 SX... good beginner bike?
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[QUOTE="firecracker22, post: 83806, member: 20316"] Hey, before everybody tears the guy apart, remember that bike selection is a matter of preference before anything else. There were guys who trail-rode two-strokes and motocrossed four-strokes before it was cool and before today’s bikes made it feasible. Everybody told me that XRs were the perfect girl bike and so I bought one (before TTRs came out) and I didn’t like it after a mere 6 months. I rode a two-stroke and loved it—I finally bought my KTM and now I LOVE my bike, although I am not a skilled enough rider to use a fraction of what the bike can do. A good friend of mine has been riding an XR200 for 6 years and she is a very skilled technical rider. Choose what YOU think is best for YOUR riding style. Any bike can hurt you in any terrain if you don’t use your head. NukeEmAll, focus on throttle control first and foremost. A panic rev will get you hurt in the woods even more than it will on the track. Learn how to use the clutch to both build power and to let off—fan it as you climb hills to keep the R’s up, and slip it a tad if your front end starts to climb up on you. The bike will be jetted rich when you pick it up for break in so leave it for the first tank of gas or so. Run a gear high and use the clutch a lot—this will give you smoother power than the notchy, choppy power in the lower gears. Just be careful and try to do everything smooth before you try to do it fast. Oh yeah, and get used to "freak bike" jokes! It’s all just jealousy! [/QUOTE]
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