FE350 ride

Well cafe crew I got to ride the FE350 today at our regular and very familiar riding zone. Number one the new machine is very nice looking, 2 the motor seemed to be tuned way more enduro style than the 350XCF s that I have ridden, 3 the suspension is way to soft for my heft, also note the sag was way sacked out so the front was not quite as it should have been..... Overall the bike feels great and very well refined. I like the bike, its got that great mix of the mid sized 4 stroke, easy for the fatigue factor yet gets with the program when on the gas. Today for me was what I expected the FE350 should be. Its quiet but has a great throaty sound when the it comes on the cam. controls are easy to manage (they are standard EU stuff-KTM/Husaberg)

Thanks !

Comparisons to your 13 310 would be interesting

the comparo is hard to do. my 310 is fully customized, I think by virtue of evolution with all the mods and personal set up done the FE350 will be a newer tech machine and more refined

Anyone ride a 250 2t?

nice pic of Ron wheelie on a rock pile

Interesting, I rode a 350 and a 450 the other day and I thought they felt just like a KTM.

Tell us more....

I also got to thinking about my FE350 short loop after hearing the race team guys are all on FC models of the four stroke racers. The FEs are all smog EPA spec legal, so I'm sure that uncorked and mapped for personal preference this thing could be whole bike different. Just food for thought. PS I never said the thing didn't feel like a KTM XCF. Its not a ground breaker its just a newly evolved bike from the same factory that makes KTMs and made Husabergs.

We have both KTM 450s and Husqvarna 450's and they are not the same. I can't say whether or not this is true for the 350's since we did not order these. The rotary map adjusters under the seat are a nice feature on the Husky's, I'm sure the KTM's will share this tech soon enough.

The 350 is a wide ratio tranny, basically a W engine with linkage and 4cs forks.

What's the different in the 450s? Same engine, frame, forks etc. Possibly a little different suspension valving.

Sweet on the new stuff and yep ...the ktms are on the back burner for sure ... Good or bad, its all there in the SP genes ...

Hey Tinken this is a 3-fifty thread man!!!..... (hahaha)

You're right, I have no dog in this fight. I'm out! ---->

Yep, but 3-fitty just does not sound as cool as a 4-fiftty :0) ...Maybe these new and improved 4-fitties can get a holeshot at the MXdN next year? Won't that be cool?

funny by the time i rode the FE350 my go pro battery was dead, but I have viddy of us following the FE350 around and up onto the rocks

Larry FE350 on point, John KTM250F, Andy Ktm300, me txc310r, massimo Ktm250f, Mitch 300RR beta, Tim ktm 250 2t


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8cixfrkup7E&feature=c4-overview&list=UUa_bIxEVGGk17qRbownIzVA

Looks like pretty riding and I can see where those brush\bark busters are about essential out there... You even logged some air-time off some of those boulders!

The 7:38 mark shows how ornery those plants or trees or what ever those things are can be...