What to get! ARGH

[Mikkel]

I was gonna say mike.. your bike looks fuckin awesome though!

But that's just because I don't wash it, don't care if I scratch it a bit - or melt parts of my front mudguard by leaning it against Helenoftroy's exhaust... It's meant to be a bit rough.

Even saw you hooning back from Nelson.. looks brilliant going by (was in the Cave Cafe with the guys when you went past)

The Cave Cafe? I can assure you I didn't feel brilliant at that time - bad bad hangovers and I just wanted to get home. Couldn't have been hooning, I sat at +10 km/h to the speed limit 90% of the way and didn't do any monkey business either.
It is a bit loud though

[AlBundy]

Well Bulldog?

Where are you at? Did you have a good look at the 610?

[Bulldog]

indeed I did...I think I'm going to get it.....KTM has gone to Scorry, he's gonna love it! I'll go in and see them this weekend see what's on off.

[AlBundy]

Sweet! For both of you...

Hopefully the plastics aren't that expensive, so you can make it black without too much fuss...

[live2ride]

I had the same decision to make and brought a ktm 690smc - great bike 12 litre tank, fuel inj, big brakes, 2 year warrenty. Have done 350kms in one day and bum ok. I motard it competively, and will get some trail rims for adventure riding. Good spread of power was helped when I put the akrapovic muffler on.

[denefoster]

I had the same decision to make and brought a ktm 690smc - great bike 12 litre tank, fuel inj, big brakes, 2 year warrenty. Have done 350kms in one day and bum ok. I motard it competively, and will get some trail rims for adventure riding. Good spread of power was helped when I put the akrapovic muffler on.

I was trying to decide on a new bike as well, and it was down to a SXV550, or Husky SM450.. unfortunately I couldn't find either of them locally.. so next choices were a KTM 690 or the Husky SM610 and I now have an 09 SM610 on a boat on its way to me. A bit heavier than I'd like but I hear they go like stink anyways. Now I just have to wait three weeks =\

Hopefully I didn't make the wrong choice !

[Mikkel]

I understand that the 610sm benefits quite a bit from getting an aftermarket muffler and a good rejetting. But since that had already been done to mine when I got it I can't provide any comparison. I get about 53 hps at the wheel on my 2006.