Your going to love the 350. Light, quick and agile!
South I have been WARNED !
- Thread starter Jeff aka BOLT
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What I like about it is when I get into trouble I can toss it in my camelback and walk out !
And then there is me, with stock suspension no stablilizer and a heavy bike. And still, I manage to ride somehow. Man! I just dont know how one rides without all that shizzle? 
Guys sure must of been tuff back in the day!
Im just giving you crap because I want that bike more then you could ever know
And I'd make it my last bike too.
Guys sure must of been tuff back in the day! Im just giving you crap because I want that bike more then you could ever know
And I'd make it my last bike too.
I rode an XR600R, steel frame, 300 lbs, kick starting mule, no stabilizer, stock nose diving suspension for 11 or 12 years. 1996 to 2007-8 From Ocotillo Wells to Glamis to LPNF to the Mojave to Kennedy Meadows and beyond. Love the bike. Will never get ride of it. Learned a ton on it.
When I moved onto my first "second-hand" KTM I was in for a treat. It doesn't make you a better rider. It just allows you to do more... for longer... with less effort. And a professional suspension tuner takes it to a whole new level again. I do EVERY bike now as soon as I can. I am picking up the 350 tomorrow... and if my new suspension guy was available I would have dropped it off on the way home before ever riding it.
If you are beat after a 90 mile desert run without a pro suspension... you'll do 150 with the same energy after a great suspension job and be lesssore the next day. You move faster and enjoy the ride twice as much. You should treat yourself.
Now that I have experienced these things later in my riding life I am treating myself to the best I can afford while I still have 10-15 years left to enjoy it before I am too ragedy to ride at all.
Food for thought. Christmas is coming up. Shizzle looks good under the tree.
My very first shizzle.
When I moved onto my first "second-hand" KTM I was in for a treat. It doesn't make you a better rider. It just allows you to do more... for longer... with less effort. And a professional suspension tuner takes it to a whole new level again. I do EVERY bike now as soon as I can. I am picking up the 350 tomorrow... and if my new suspension guy was available I would have dropped it off on the way home before ever riding it.
If you are beat after a 90 mile desert run without a pro suspension... you'll do 150 with the same energy after a great suspension job and be lesssore the next day. You move faster and enjoy the ride twice as much. You should treat yourself.
Now that I have experienced these things later in my riding life I am treating myself to the best I can afford while I still have 10-15 years left to enjoy it before I am too ragedy to ride at all.
Food for thought. Christmas is coming up. Shizzle looks good under the tree.
My very first shizzle.
And then there is me, with stock suspension no stablilizer and a heavy bike. And still, I manage to ride somehow. Man! I just dont know how one rides without all that shizzle?
Im just giving you crap because I want that bike more then you could ever know
And I'd make it my last bike too.
Thats my girl yo!
Hard chargin, kick startin, roost throwin bad mambajamba! She dont need no shizzle to throw down with you bitches...
I rode an XR600R, steel frame, 300 lbs, kick starting mule, no stabilizer, stock nose diving suspension for 11 or 12 years. 1996 to 2007-8 From Ocotillo Wells to Glamis to LPNF to the Mojave to Kennedy Meadows and beyond. Love the bike. Will never get ride of it. Learned a ton on it.
When I moved onto my first "second-hand" KTM I was in for a treat. It doesn't make you a better rider. It just allows you to do more... for longer... with less effort. And a professional suspension tuner takes it to a whole new level again. I do EVERY bike now as soon as I can. I am picking up the 350 tomorrow... and if my new suspension guy was available I would have dropped it off on the way home before ever riding it.
If you are beat after a 90 mile desert run without a pro suspension... you'll do 150 with the same energy after a great suspension job and be lesssore the next day. You move faster and enjoy the ride twice as much. You should treat yourself.
Now that I have experienced these things later in my riding life I am treating myself to the best I can afford while I still have 10-15 years left to enjoy it before I am too ragedy to ride at all.
Food for thought. Christmas is coming up. Shizzle looks good under the tree.
My very first shizzle.
I totally get why and how it works Jeff, as I said, I just want to give you some crap
Someone has to, it's DBA.Thats my girl yo!
Hard chargin, kick startin, roost throwin bad mambajamba! She dont need no shizzle to throw down with you bitches...
Yea, I throw down all right
but it starts with an F as in fall down I manage and do alright on the SS Monster. I dont think I will ever advance much more in this sport, as Im getting older and have been riding less and less. All the more reason I should get some "shizzle" to help me out!Santa, are you listening? I need a SPOT and KTM 350
Im waiting....
Beautiful bike Jeff.This thread is waaaay off track ! So more pics are needed !
I used George and he did a great job.Talked to George at ESP. Seems like a goood guy. He got busy in house and was gonna call me back. Didn't.
Jeff Slavens knows this bike and built his for my style riding in CO. But was too much money.
Earl Shuler of ESR saw my post on D37 and called bright and early today. Liked that. He has my exact bike. Hangs out in the desert where I live supporting top riders evey weekend. Racer himself since 1968... His son rocks D37 now. Should be no brainer. Seems safe enough and how can I beat the local support. Ganna use Earl.
Priced out everything I wanna do to the bike. Only $3049 in parts and suspension ! OUCH... I guess I'll be shopping prices HARD to get this done.
Build pics coming soon.
As you probably saw on another thread, I got beat up good a couple weeks ago. Made me think about a lighter bike too instead of throwing around my nearly 300 pound Yamaha WR450 in tight single track for a few hours. In the dez, it is not as important.
I picked the bike up today... after fixing some sillyness in his battery compartent.... I guess it's my battery compartment now... I rode the bitch !
WOW... It is a DIRT BIKE... and I thought I was thirty again !
I am rethinking some things. There might be some 525/530s up for sale next year.
I picked the bike up today... after fixing some sillyness in his battery compartent.... I guess it's my battery compartment now... I rode the bitch !
WOW... It is a DIRT BIKE... and I thought I was thirty again !
I am rethinking some things. There might be some 525/530s up for sale next year.
That picture reminded me of another... from Dec 2010.
Build parts starting to arrive
I had no idea KTM's needed so many handle bars.
Scotts had a deal for $55. These are the original Easton made Protapers... Woods High Bend.
They had 3 left and I said send em all. Should hold me for life. They have others if anyone is interested. I know they had some CR-Mids left. Call Steve at Scotts.
Thats a great deal, I like the Windham bend they got them? And who is scotts?