Beware of double posting idiots.

 

Yep, that's the e-start. The kill switch is to the right. It's real easy to not notice that it is on. Don't ask me how I know that.

 

Don't get defensive Nobrakes..... I know that your ktm has *****... I do ride a yz250 thru that stuff on ocassion....but its a damn fast and light bike (actually scary when going fast) I was just wondering if a four stroke "enduruo" could actually hang with one. Sure ktm makes 640, 950's...LC4's etc but thats comparing apples to oranges.

And there's no way I would get a husky 510 or a ktm 525 ......... my skills do not warrant such a bike, if ever

 

Sorry if I sounded defensive, I wasn't. I'd love to ride a YZ. Regarding the EXC, though, it uses KTMs racing four stroke engine, aka, RFS which is a totally different animal than what is in the 640 which is LC4 based. I think that KTM and Husqvarna are two of the few motorcycle manufacturers that finally figured out that there is a niche segment that wants a performance off-road bike that is street legal. If Japan figures this out, or did already, I'd be riding a KLX450S instead, most likely. But if it is not street legal out of the box, I ain't buying - too much hassle to get it plated, and even if you do get it plated, laws can change and you might not be grandfathered and the DMV can come back and take your plate away. No thanks. That's really what I liked about the KLX - it's a plated dirt bike, for all practical purposes.

 

Yeah, I didn't read anything defensive in that post. I guess it's just a matter of perception.

+1on it better come out the door street legal. Let there be no gray areas. My bike is a daily driver as soon as the snow goes away so that's very important. I was hoping the KLX450 would be street legal in Japan, but ever since the JN gov't started trying to set the example on green house emissions I suppose that possibility of that has become very remote.

Maybe we'll see a sudden surge in dual sport modelsonce EFI becomes more mainstream.

 

Next time ya come to S. Florida (Jupiter) give me a buzz you'll love riding a yz 2 smoke thru the sand. Trust me. It just sucks to kick start...... but my Yammi on my flats boat starts on demand.

 

^%$# off troll

 

Do a google video search of ktm 450 exc and there is a longer (few minutes) video of a guy on a beach and some other terrain, I think its an 05 model but that thing absolutely rips! For example while doing donuts with a foot down in the sand he goes around about 1 full time and then the front just lofts and he keeps going until his foot doesn't reach and then the obvious fall to the inside. I don't know what the bikes online had for pipes but they had one helluva mean bark to them.

 

I thnk this might be the video you are talking about. That guy can ride. As to the video itself, my personal preference is to hear the bike, not the music. I can listen to music anytime. I wanna hear the bike!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8F1jwc3FuRw