I rode enduro`s from mid 80`s to late 90`s . Mostly on big bore Husky thumpers. My last enduro bike was a 1996 WXE410 this was one of the best bikes I ever rode. I quite enduros in 1998 and bought a 1998 TC610 and started riding motocross. Had a baby boy in 2000 and just about stopped riding. I sold the 1996 410 and bought a new 2004 TE450 and just could not ride the bike very well. Had the susp done it was little better but I just kept wishing I had the 410 back. I didn`t ride much the last few years blaming the bike. I changed the trans in the TC610 to a six speed and put lights on it and thought sweet I can get back to riding again. Sunday I went north with a buddy to ride he has a 1999 TE610 I took the 610 and the 450. We rode a 40 mile loop switching back and forth between the 2 610`s I was in heaven. The second loop I pulled out the 450 and holy @#@@$ was I wrong!!! The 610 will be my DS bike and not my woods rider. All I need is to get the susp on the 450 to work as good as the 610 and I will be very happy.. Husky4life
Yeah, very different bikes. I can see how your first impressions were tough when you had so much time on the single cam bikes.
