snowbie,
To be honest, for the riding terrain i'm starting to enjoy more, the 350 is right on the edge for not enough power. You really have to be on your toes and in the right gear to make it through the nasties riding hard and wide open throttle. In the deep snow, I find myself slipping the clutch frequently to let the R's come back up - and on the steep, left hand sidehills where you're carrying your foot off the peg, I haven't quite mastered dropping a gear since you can't get your foot back through the pile of uphill snow to the peg....
When we picked up the used kit, it was geared 13:17-16:16 which we just left alone, and I believe a little tweaking may wake up the torque of the engine allowing it to pull through harder.
The E-Start is very neat though we did put the optional kick starter on as well.
Most days, the hardest thing on the KTM is getting used to the ergonomics of the cockpit. The stock bar to seat to footpeg relation feels broad and "foreign" compared to the Suzuki or other motocross bikes. Perhaps the new Dungey KTM front end which mirrors the Suzuki's will change my mind aboard Team Orange bikes!
~T.J.
To be honest, for the riding terrain i'm starting to enjoy more, the 350 is right on the edge for not enough power. You really have to be on your toes and in the right gear to make it through the nasties riding hard and wide open throttle. In the deep snow, I find myself slipping the clutch frequently to let the R's come back up - and on the steep, left hand sidehills where you're carrying your foot off the peg, I haven't quite mastered dropping a gear since you can't get your foot back through the pile of uphill snow to the peg....
When we picked up the used kit, it was geared 13:17-16:16 which we just left alone, and I believe a little tweaking may wake up the torque of the engine allowing it to pull through harder.
The E-Start is very neat though we did put the optional kick starter on as well.
Most days, the hardest thing on the KTM is getting used to the ergonomics of the cockpit. The stock bar to seat to footpeg relation feels broad and "foreign" compared to the Suzuki or other motocross bikes. Perhaps the new Dungey KTM front end which mirrors the Suzuki's will change my mind aboard Team Orange bikes!
~T.J.
