They still call it XR400 like, but seem to home in more on the positives, while the mag article stuck to the negatives...... http://www.dirtrider.com/reviews/dirt_bike/141_0903_2009_husqvarna_te450_web_test/index.html
Wow - what a difference, it read way more positive than the magazine article and I didn't read the XR400 comparison to be a negative as that bike was considered by many as the penultimate trail bike of its day.
What I get from reading that Husky report. If you know your limitations, want a fun bike, that has more power than all the others buy a Husky If you think you are as fast as you are in your dreams, like to throw roost rather than haul butt buy one of the others. I understand that these riders are critics that are riding at a pace well beyond the weekend warrior rider. I think it is cool that the TE is getting some of the exposure that it deserves. It is up to the weekend warrior to decide what their dreams behold. Is it that you are that rider that thinks he/she is as fast as they "think" they are, or I am ok to be that rider that goes out and has fun and looks good doing it!
