This line alone ua-cam.com/video/Vpzsmi7hET0/v-deo.html made me happy I wasn't an early adopter. But really, is it that weak or is all the power up top? I swear we saw everide racing a modded KTM 500 and it was running with it.
@@notgamingwithmax it’s a little of both in my opinion. I will be doing a 51 tooth rear from the stock 49 just to give me a little more bottom end usability. Later on in either this ride or one of the last ones I oddly enough stalled the bike (user error) chugging up a hill in second and instantly knew a sprocket is in the future. By all means it holds its own but the day prior I was doing 2nd 3rd and 4th gear power wheelies on the 06 ktm 300. Again apples to oranges but really put into perspective where this bike is at power to weight wise.
@@MessyRides Yeah totally get it. These modern 4 strokes are a iffy bunch when it comes to the power. It seems the EPA will never allow us a fun powerful motor anymore. I picked up a Beta 500 this year and I believe it's the most powerful in it's class out of the box. It's actually pretty sweet and can do 4th gear power wheelies with a little tug on the bars. I did change the sprockets to 14/48 though. But my favorites are 300 two strokes. They are all round a different animal with their light weight and good ripping power bands. I'm amazed how much torque the new ones have on the bottom end. Blows my mind on harder singletrack. It's seriously like cheating. How's the Kove with Flame outs? The new 800x looks pretty sweet!
This line alone ua-cam.com/video/Vpzsmi7hET0/v-deo.html made me happy I wasn't an early adopter. But really, is it that weak or is all the power up top? I swear we saw everide racing a modded KTM 500 and it was running with it.
@@notgamingwithmax it’s a little of both in my opinion. I will be doing a 51 tooth rear from the stock 49 just to give me a little more bottom end usability. Later on in either this ride or one of the last ones I oddly enough stalled the bike (user error) chugging up a hill in second and instantly knew a sprocket is in the future.
By all means it holds its own but the day prior I was doing 2nd 3rd and 4th gear power wheelies on the 06 ktm 300. Again apples to oranges but really put into perspective where this bike is at power to weight wise.
@@MessyRides Yeah totally get it. These modern 4 strokes are a iffy bunch when it comes to the power. It seems the EPA will never allow us a fun powerful motor anymore. I picked up a Beta 500 this year and I believe it's the most powerful in it's class out of the box. It's actually pretty sweet and can do 4th gear power wheelies with a little tug on the bars. I did change the sprockets to 14/48 though. But my favorites are 300 two strokes. They are all round a different animal with their light weight and good ripping power bands. I'm amazed how much torque the new ones have on the bottom end. Blows my mind on harder singletrack. It's seriously like cheating.
How's the Kove with Flame outs? The new 800x looks pretty sweet!