My observation having owned 200cc gassers (99&02) and ridden with a lot of 200ktms is the gasser (if stock) will lug out better but have less power below half throttle. Part of that I suspect is because the ktm runs a smaller carb. Most gasser 200s you will find have a 38mm carb - changing to a 36mm lectron should really wake it up on the bottom. Doing a squish mod on the cylinder head also gives a noticeable increase in power and gas mileage for under $90. One last thing to consider is a 250 gasser. They are easier to find and have way more bottom end power than the 200 gasser or ktm. As for electric start GasGas started putting it on bikes in 2010 but the 200 and 250 are so easy to crank over that it isn't necessary. Ktms seem to be much harder to crank for some reason.
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