Les told me he has been into them all, mainly for the MXers in WA state, and the Yamaha is the best as far as reliability / durability goes. From what I've seen locally with friends bikes I'd have to agree. The KTM 250F was real fast when it came out, but also stupid loud. Once it had a decent muffler the advantage was nil. Also, if it does go bang and parts are not in Ohio, likely your going to miss a lot of riding. KTM has a great distributor\dealer network, but backorders can be very long.
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