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Should I spend the extra $$ for a KTM
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[QUOTE="mxbundy, post: 197104, member: 21862"] Well let me throw my 2 cents in here. As you can see by my tag line, I own a few Yamahas. But I also used to own a 97 KTM 300 exc.In fact A friend and I plus his brother went down and bought the last three 97 bikes that Malcolm smith had on the showroom floor.( They bought 360`s) This was a panic buy, because we needed some greensticker bikes as our old bikes where shot and all oyher brands where sold out.If you remember 97 was the last year for stroke stickers. What followed was a 2 season love hate relationship. Although the bikes where built very well, the jetting was a nightmare. What worked at one riding area was way off at another, what worked in the morning blubered at noon. The suspension was good and bad. The Ohlins shock was ok but the Mazzarocchi forks sucked. After having three different shops work on them they still sucked. In fact after long races my hands would be like hamburger. And the handiling was very inconsistent, I could never hit the same line twice. My friends bailed before I did, I stuck it out tilll I could get a 99 yz400, green sticker or not. But there was some things I liked, the riding position was great. Im 6'4" and on all my other bikes I needed different bars, clamps and tall seat kits. Not on the KTM. it fit like a glove. Now I am a 4 stroke only kind of guy,and I wonder about the RFS bikes, but I would not buy one with out spending some time on one. Whats weird is that on the 300 I was able to win the open intermediate class at the Alligator enduro and I havent done as well on my Yamahas. I guess in them tight eastern woods it finally was in its element. I know im faster out here on the 4 strokes. well thats my 2c later mxbundy [/QUOTE]
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