That will be my wife's next bike if KTM does indeed bring it to North America. It amazes me how much the manufacturers ignore this demographic of rider. Our recent experience has been that so called "entry-level" bikes are in fact just overweight, underpowered compromises of what they should really be.Stu wrote:Rick is waiting for the new KTM 350 FreeRide that should be at the dealer's showrooms in late March or April. It is the same motor as in the 350 EXC-F and it may well be street legal. Suspension is less but then so is weight. Reportedly 220 lbs. which is really light for a 4 stroke. It will have about 30 hp and will be tuned for torque so it will be easy to ride. The only drawback I see is the 1 gallon tank (on the Euro version anyway). That is still good for 60 miles of woods riding from reports I have read on it.
Is this the bike we former and non competitive riders are waiting for? Sort of a combination of trails and enduro characteristics?
Stu
The only thing I've seen so far are Internet rumors on the bike coming here, but those have been fairly reliable in the past, especially when it comes to KTM, so we're crossing our fingers!