Chilly shows us some nice detail on this new machine. Looks fun for the right conditions. http://www.enduro360.com/2013/08/27/featured/2014-ktm-freeride-250-r/ more info here too - http://www.ktm.com/freeride/freeride-250-r/highlights.html#.Uh0JQhush8E
Another zero for me please. EDIT: These guys are our brothers but I have no plans to add this to my stable of Huskies .. And you gotta give these $bags credit for building one-off bikes looking for a winner...
Well it figures, a KTM I may really like and it's not coming here . Well thanks for the post up anyway K. Man light weight, low seat, e-start, etc....
Seen that last night5 too. Hope there is gonna be blue and white version. The Sherco 290 is pretty sweet too but from what I read hard to set up and poorly built around a good motor.
If that comes over to the States with Husky decals on it I might be posting a kidney up for sale on Craigslist.
Good question ... The normal 2t pipe fills up with extra gas mixture and is crammed back into the cylinder before ignition ... Its essential for making HP ...
I like it. Surely the 350 4 stroke will be replaced by this. A light weight 2T just makes more sense for the Freeride.
This looks like an Orange version of the new Sherco 290. Very low seat height. The Sherco is basicaly a Trials bike with a seat... Here's a great article in the Sherco. It's the August addition, page 12. http://trailrider.com
Love it. Would make a killer trail/play bike. Hope they build it in the same factory making the smaller Dukes so the price isn't sky high and they bring it to the States.
No there already was a 350 4 stroke version. this is the 250 2 stroke version. 350 4 stroke... they even did a E-bike version built not for sale I don't think...
I like the concept, lighter, shorter, just less. for some this might be a great bike if it did not cost as much as a full on bike. the pipe is where the power is. This bike is retuned for less power overall but smooth low end and mid to fit with the bikes mission. I'm sure it makes far less power than a 250SX. Lots of that went with the pipe. Trails bikes also have very small out of the way pipes but again, make a lot less peek power. All that said IMHO manufacturers should have redesigned the 2 strokes a long time ago to hide the pipe. Lots of ways to do it they just dont. The aftermarket loves them.
ossa gas tanks in the rear the engine is backwards so airfilter is behing rad shrouds, one sexy salvini pipe tho. love it. ktm exhaust expansion chamber and reverberating gasses holding back unburnt mix in the cylinder... maybe it doesnt have an expansion chamber because its injected and thus had regulated fuel flow direct to cylinder no straiht through from carb no gasses needing holding back.. just a thought i may be wrong as ive not any interest in injection but that makes sense in my world.
