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Message: [QUOTE="mknight, post: 87256, member: 18839"] I have a '98 300 M/XC and don't have a lot of seat time on any EXC models but for what it is worth, I can tell you that I love my bike. I do a lot of wide-open desert riding with some gnarly single-track mountain riding in the summer. I understand first and second to be the same on both bikes and then 3-5 differ. The only thing I have really ever wanted is consistent with what Strick said.....a 6th gear. Sometimes in the fast sections of the desert I run out of "gear" too fast but it is probably a nice insurance policy :-) My friend has a 200 E/XC and he is able to pull away from me on the straights.....not because of power, simply because of gearing. I don't think you could go wrong with either bike. [/QUOTE]