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[QUOTE="380EXCman, post: 475316, member: 16412"] I have been wanting to get in on this for a while...... :flame: I think riders of current CRF, YZF and RFS's owe a lot to Husaberg/Husqvarna. While the red an blue guys were making 4-strokes that made better boat anchors than dirtbikes(XT TT XL XR) the european mfg (Husqvarna, Husaberg and later KTM with the LC4) were making lightweight/fast/well suspended race bikes. No doubt Yamaha took this thing to a whole nother level... Much of the enthusiasm and economic growth the motorcycle industry has experienced is owed in my opinion to Yamaha. :thumb: I think most of us are tired of being told by these fish wraps and the rednecks that take them for truth that our bikes are sub standard or bottom of the rung equipment. This dirtrider mag test is a good example. If you look at the MFG ads placed within the test pages it was Honda with a 3 page ad, Yamaha with a 2 page ad and Suzuki with a 1 page ad. Kinda funny how it went 1, 2, 3, Honda, Yamaha, Suzuki. For sure they are all fast and they all break. No one can honestly argue that one is more reliable than the other. With all this being said the european MFG's mainly KTM offer bikes that are on an equal playing field with the Japanese MFG's. But to say a KTM is not as good as a CRF because the fork is harsh, when last year it was to soft and the year before it was the front fender being ugly is pretty rediculous. If anything the nicities that you get with the KTM will more than make up for any complaints these fish wraps have with the bikes that most mere mortals will never notice anyway. As for how the 450SX will stack up no one really knows yet. It is true that Yamaha and Honda have made more HP per cc than KTM in the 4-stroke department but one reason may be that they have not had to play on an equal playing field in the USA until now. Also over in europe the 500 cc class is still going strong and if Yamaha shows up with a 500cc 5 valve alum framed thumper you have to believe that KTM is gonna show up with their biggest gun as well. I have to believe that the KTM will be plenty competitive. Even if they are using the same baisc head design as previous models. Im sure Rich could dream up some head mods to make the KTM's put out more hp than before. I agree. However I believe the KTM will be competive and as long as its right with them in the hp department the KTM really becomes a favorite once you throw in all the good stuff that comes with the Orange bikes. It would be intresting to see how KTM would stack-up in a shootout if they bought those high dollar multi page high gloss ads. Dirtrider really would have had a good test if they would have just pasted the specs, dyno graphs, a bunch of cool photos and just this statement from their conclusion "A good deal is enough reason to purcahse any of these machines." What none of us should ever take for granted is the AMA. Thank them for the production rule and the awsome bike we have today. [/QUOTE]
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