I have had two short jaunts on a Beta 300.
In the spectrum of things, save for the Lowish stand-over height, it feels closer fo KTM than GG.
The handling is better than KTM but not quite as good as a GG. My buddy says it's not as stable as his 2011 KTM. (Hmmmm ? ). His Scotts damper fixed that up. He had to do to iterations of valving (Sachs/Sachs) to get the Beta to behave over rocks.
The motor was very smooth. Way smoother than his buzzy KTM (distracting to me), and somewhere in between the GG 250 and 300 (closer to the 250). It revved up linearly without much fly wheel effect.
The Beta E-start was. Better than advertised. Instant-on, even when cold.
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