Changing brands

[Rupe]

when you buy a new bike if you had to change brands what would you choose and why?

[flyingcr250]

when you buy a new bike if you had to change brands what would you choose and why?

for me it would have to be one of the euros(KTM, gas gass, TM) mainly because they still have a research and development team working on their 2strokes, unlike the likes of suzuki who havnt changed since 2006.

[Rupe]

for me it would have to be one of the euros(KTM, gas gass, TM) mainly because they still have a research and development team working on their 2strokes, unlike the likes of suzuki who havnt changed since 2006.

Husky's look quite good to (the txc ones), but they also look like some bits might fall apart.

[vazza]

If I had to change it'd either be gasgas or husky id say. Wouldnt go back to a jap eh

But I doubt ill ever change from kTm

[4stroke]

the things i looked at when i got the txc was, it had a electric leg but no lights etc, 6 speed box with a very low ratio 1st which is very good in the tight techy stuff, i felt comfy on it and the power wasnt so agressive that it ripped your arms out like my 07 crf450 was but still has all the power just usable, and the factory suspension was prety good out of the box.
i think the bigest thing is that you have to be comfy on the bike, if your not comfy yoour burning energy that you dont need to be burning.

[charles23]

erh i had a husky, it was yellow just like a lemon and a lemon it was! crap bike, cost a fortune in parts and the back up support was shit...now have a jap bike and swear i'll never go back.

[4stroke]

they fixed the lemon thing aye, now red n white ahaha ive no probs with mine and the backup and service is good, proberly beter backup than i had with my crf, im the oposite really i dont think id have a japa again. but different horses for different corses.

[flyingcr250]

they fixed the lemon thing aye, now red n white ahaha ive no probs with mine and the backup and service is good, proberly beter backup than i had with my crf, im the oposite really i dont think id have a japa again. but different horses for different corses.

same, i dont think ill go back to a jappa or a mxer for that matter

[charles23]

it was the 2004 anniversery model TC250, buyer beware eh...

the new models look the biz and are starting to feature well in some of the euro races.

[cheese]

Personally I think that I'd go for a KTM. I ride more enduro type stuff and they are more purpose built for it.

[Reckless]

when you buy a new bike if you had to change brands what would you choose and why?

I will never bag my Cr250 It was a good bike. But i was always trying to change it to suit what I wanted. When I rode the 03 Ktm200 it was just sooo well suited to the type fo riding I did. Then I got the 08 and its much better again. I'd also not go back to a jappa with what they are producing at the moment. I'm def not the quickest rider out there but anything wrong out there is me and never the bike. You can torque it like a enduro bike or fang it like a 125. You will find most who go to Ktm become converts whereas the jappa owners are more likely to change brands. Something about Ktm's and the way they ride I think!

[takitimu]

To be honest at the moment the '10 txc250, it suits me as cross over mx/enduro/trail rides with electric leg but rest mx, I don't care so much about euro vs jap would be happy on any of the modern bikes except BMW .
The new efi 250's will be interesting to ride, especially how they start after a stall.
One thing I won't do again is buy alot of tweaks, you lose to much money.

[barty5]

Well i sure as hell wont ever buy a ktm as for changing brands dont think i will for a while happy with yami at a push i would consider going green but not red been there done that and over it.

[Pierce]

Haha you sound like the opposite of me.

I'm well happy with Honda (been raised on red bikes so my loyalties lay there) but would probably consider either Yamaha or KTM (both 2T's of course)

[Danger]

Well if I had to change brands from KTM and Suzuki of which I have both it would have to be Yamaha and two stroke of course, but even then they don't offer a wide ratio box. Not that I dislike the other brands at all, but I do dislike their current offerings. In the future that could change depending on what bikes they have. Would love to see the others provide great handling reliable two strokes with grunty off road power, good components, a wide ratio box and easy access to parts etc. KTM ticks all the boxes for me and Suzuki tick the most important ones after that for me. The Yamaha has the next amount of ticks in my book, the rest are too far away in important areas for me at this time but always looking forward to new model improvements, just seems that real improvements are not that forth coming in any great hurry with many bikes.