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Tentative: 2010 KTM 350SX-F
Interesting first look at the tentative 2010 KTM 350SX-F...
EFI and rear shock linkage. Here is an article discussing the highlights: http://www.motorcycle-usa.com/666/50...irst-Look.aspx
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Matt Current: 2009 Yamaha FZ1 Previous: 2001 GasGas TXT280, 2001 GasGas XC250, 2004 KTM 200EXC, 2007 GasGas EC250, 2007 Husqvarna SM610, 2008 Husqvarna WB165 |
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Can Am is back.
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It's freaking awesome IMO. Notice it also has an available spot for a kick start kit which is nice.
If they had a woods version available now lines would be forming. To bad it may take up to 2 years to get it out. Who knows if it will be PDS or linkage at that point. Will KTM go back to linkage or keep both versions going. Kind of a cross roads for them now that they have this thing coming (and it is coming). Here is a very high resolution pic of the bike http://www.ktm.com/uploads/pics/ktm_...persp_srgb.jpg
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Very nice, it would be the perfect displacement as long as the package was not a sleeved down 450. Essentially they are admitting defeat as far as PDS is concerned if this comes to production.
How about a 350 Husaberg, new 60 deg motor, scaled down a bit with linkage? |
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KTM finally has PDS working really good now (yes it took 10 years). Defeat...I don't think so but MX market share may drive this more than anything...and Stefan Everetts. KTM won a couple MX championships in Europe this year I think so PDS does work and is more accepted in other countries than the US. Even MX Action loved the PDS suspension on the 2010 450SXF, the whole bike in fact. It is allot more sensitive to setup and there in lies the biggest problem. Personally I would buy that 350 either way
I think they will continue the off road bikes with PDS and MX will move to linkage. It would be kind of silly to offer a bike both ways but they kind of are opening a big can of worms with the linkage bike. Next few years will be interesting to see what happens. The 350 is an entirely new motor BTW but strongly based off the 250 motor NOT the 400/450 motor.
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The big issue with the pds is they work great if set up right,, but they work great for a smaller window of conditions than a linkage system.. The 97 PDS that was on the 200exc JP edition/early release of the pds 200cc bikes worked better than most generations of the WP pds.. If they stayed with ohlins who knows how the pds would have been by now..
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KTM PDS vs linkage
I agree with Cruiser that the WP PDS could be made to work very well in a narrow range of conditions. I frequently felt as if I had to adjust the shock halfway through the 1st lap of an HS race. IMHO there always seemed to be a greater compromise between working well in rock/roots vs whoops compared to a linkage equipped machine.
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Well I had a ride on one of these today, my mate is one of the first people in the country to test ride it. So naturally I had a go aswell.
Its not bad, fuel pump noises are a bit strange, but the suspension seemed to work pretty well on some gnarly roots and bumps when moving, considering its a mx bike and I weigh about 6kg... so I was surprised to still be attached after riding over some wash outs and stuff, it also tracked relatively well over off camber slippery roots, which I didnt expect. It handles well, but only when your moving, it doesnt like going slow, at all, the suspension gets all sketchy at very slow speeds, but once moving, 2nd and 3rd gear stuff it was pretty nice. It doesnt feel like a KTM either, which I dont like the feel of at all, but this 350 feels somewhere in between a gg chassis and the ktm one, just in the riding position, its very consistent in its size between your legs, may sound strange but I didnt enjoy riding the ktms that I have because the frame feels odd. The engine is good, the efi makes it rideable in the snotty yuck clay, but the throttle was so light I got arm pump trying to keep in steady, its got plenty of power but doesnt have that big snap right off idle that efi 450s have, so I didnt face plant any trees, but the throttle is directly attached to the rear wheel but in a very linear kind of way, not too agro, I only had one throttle related indiscretion, the damn throttle is soo light. The clutch seemed to be heavy compared to other bikes iv ridden, still got nothing on the gg clutch, brakes were also pretty touchy, had it swap ends on me a few times. So I dunno, it would take a bit of work to get me onto one, put some resistance on that throttle, sort the suspension for slow speed, a fww maybe. Anyone else ridden one yet? |
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Just wait for the 350 off road version which could arrive this fall. This will deal with some of the issues you were having riding a MX bike off road.
It just may be the perfect all around size. Unless they F up the off road 350 (not likely) these are gonna be a HUGE seller weather they come with PDS or linkage. It should also have a 6 speed tranny where the SXF version is a 5 speed.
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