THAT IS A BUNCH OF CRAP, I HAVE OWNED 3 KTM SO FAR AND HAVE NOT HADE ONE PROBLEM WITH ANY OF THEM. I HAD A 99 380 SX WITH ALMOST 300 HOURS ON IT AND IT STILL HAD THE ORIGINAL PISTON AND RINGS. THE BIKE STILL FILLS AS SOLID AS IT DID THE DAY I BOUGHT IT.
BEFORE I SWITHCED TO KTM I OWNED 2 YZ 250's
AFTER 6 MONTHS OF HARD RIDING THEY WERE READY FOR THE JUNK YARD, EVERY THING WAS LOSS AND WORN OUT (KICK STARTER, BRAKE CLEVIS, LINKAGE, BEARINGS, TOP END, GRAPHICS, ETC, ETC,ETC,ETC,ETC,)
DON'T GET ME WRONG, THE JAP. BIKES PERFORMANCE IS TOP NOTCH, BUT THEY JUST NOT LAST VERY LONG. TAKE MY ADVICE AND BUY A KTM, YOU WILL NOT BE SORRY.
BTW: IF YOUR KTM DOES BLOW THE TRANSMISSION, KTM WILL PROBALLY FIX IT FOR FREE. JUST ASK MY FRIEND IF YAMAHA REPLACED IS HIS TRANSMISIION AFTER IT LOCKED UP DURING A HARESCRAMBLE RACE. MY OTHER FRIEND BOUGHT HIS NEW 99 RM 250 THE SAME TIME I BOUGHT MY 380, IT HAS A 1/4 OF TIME ON IT AS MY BIKE.
THE BIKE IS ALREADY A CLAPED OUT PIECE OF JUNK.