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Help me out..KTM 450sx or Can-Am 450mx!!??
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Posted by: PeterBenincasa

Okay so here is the question I want answered!..Buy a KTM 450SX, or a Can-Am DS450 MX??

Opinions are nice but I want to hear from some people who have one of the quads or know what they are talking about..
I am a B class rider bout to step up and need a solid machine!

You got the KTM..
Big price
Stiff shocks(I weigh 145lbs)
Lower ride hight
More Motor
Reliable?

And the Can-Am..
Less Expensive
More plush suspension
High ride height
Less motor
Needs some Mods

Let me know what you think!...

Posted by: mickley.28

I've been looking at the same thing...I'm a c class rider and moving into the b class next year and can't decide what bike to get. I've been on a yfz the last two years and i wanna try something different. I can't spend more than 10,000 so i was looking at the can am, ktm, or a used allready built honda or suzuki. Which do you guys recommend...I realize stock for stock the ktm will destroy the can am but the can am is cheaper than the ktm so i'll have an extra 2000 to put into the motor...also the can am pays really good contingincys (1000 dollars for first at nationals)???

Posted by: PeterBenincasa

Well another point I need to get across is I'm not buying anything under an 09 bike...fact is I beat the hell outta my race bikes..
I had a 2005 houser,elka,baldwin, national bike and that was nothing but problems.

Posted by: ltr311

Im telling ya bro. You will have issues with the can am. I liked mine but it was a time bomb. So many issues with those bikes when ridden hard.. They ktm has a few minor issues but all in alll its a much better machine no doubt. Find someone that has one and ride it, it will sell it self.

Posted by: TeryxMudder

Have you looked at a Polaris Outlaw with the KTM engines? The Polaris chassis is really really well thought out in my IMO.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/NEW-...d=p4506.c0.m245

Posted by: TWISTED

Ride orange.... You won't regret it.........

Posted by: GE4x4

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Originally posted by TeryxMudder
Have you looked at a Polaris Outlaw with the KTM engines? The Polaris chassis is really really well thought out in my IMO.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/NEW-...d=p4506.c0.m245

I would agree. These full race quads don't have a whole lot stock, and the Outlaw chassie IMHO is set up better then the KTM. The KTM has no rake to the front which makes it a bit ruffer in the suspension department. But if you need the SX engine, then the KTM is hard to beat.

Posted by: TeryxMudder

quote:
Originally posted by GE4x4
I would agree. These full race quads don't have a whole lot stock, and the Outlaw chassie IMHO is set up better then the KTM. The KTM has no rake to the front which makes it a bit ruffer in the suspension department. But if you need the SX engine, then the KTM is hard to beat.

The KTM has no rake to the front which makes it a bit ruffer in the suspension department.

This.

Which way back in the 1980's ATV racing sceen. The fact that the Honda had rake to the front suspesion is exactly what made the Honda TRX 250R chassis superior to the Suzuki LT 250R QuadRacer and the Yamaha Banshee!

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Posted by: quadscrib

Funny I see alot of rake on the models I look at.

Posted by: ltr311

The ktm has no issue with rake. Has plenty, you just have to open you eyes.LOL

Posted by: GE4x4

All the XC quads I've seen the frames are flat like the YFZ. If there is rake in the frame, it is very little.

Posted by: quadscrib

Im 99.9% sure MX and XC are the same frame.

Posted by: quadscrib

And not trying to bust yer balls but there is absolutly NO comparison between the quality of a Polaris product or a KTM product. I dont even own a KTM And I have three Polaris' and the biggest yank w/ any of them is how "just almost good enough" they are built. The sleds can be ok but the quads are dead last in any form of fit and finish or quality of materials, sorry just a fact.
That was one of the main differences between the ol' LT250R and the TRX250R as well, not just rake. Trust me Ive owned more than one of both.
Not tat my word is gospel but Im a 110% YAMAHA fan but Im going KTM totally for the quality, and weight, and performance, and, and, and ...lol

Posted by: TeryxMudder

and and and it must be teh european technologies! EH.