FE/FC FX 350 owners

How do you like your bike?

Sounds like a need more than a want!

Want to know how it runs through tight single track.

If the FX had been out when I bought my FE I would have went that route no doubt about it, well except for the price point.

What forks are on the 2017 FX350?

Dang! So far air forks of any kind haven't worked well for anyone outside the normal height and 190 lb window. The up side is you can say "tree fiddy" every time anyone asks what bike you ride.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=83bkpkCQu2Q

AER 48.
Dirt Bike test. thumbs up not just from me reading from the TX300 article , my indirect feed through friend of the testers offline, works really well, very smooth and compliant---tested in Co. in the Mtns= rocky loose gnarley trails.

litmus test-----MXA - "can be raced right out of the box with a little pressure tuning and clickers up to Pro level". Those guys always slag everything especially WP forks. And yes I understand this is MXA they are track only guys....but they also did do a little offroad at Cahuilla with the TX300 and liked it

I for one am believing the hype --- these WP AER 48s are the shite, they got it right.
PS just to show how hard MXGP (top tier) guys go and how high the forces they put into their machines- the factory guys that were using the AER forks (some were on spring cone valves as well) were on AER 52s

There might be a future in the 52 AER for a heavier taller rider if the air chamber is bigger. The best suspension guy I know who also has an engineering degree in hydraulics said the only way they would work for a heavier taller guy is if the air chamber was bigger otherwise it would stack like using the wrong spring with too much preload... this makes sense to me. My son and I only weigh 210 but because of our height 6'6" and 6'8" we have to spring our bikes like we weigh about 240 lbs and our suspension guy advised avoiding air forks all together.

Here are some pics of my new toy -

I choose to get a FX450, the extra power helps on the ice for not much of a weight penalty. SO far love the bike, Better and more refined than my 2016. Also the Air forks work great. No issues. Only thing is the MAP switch and traction don't really seem to do anything for seat of the pants feel.

Nice Bike Stephen -
My Son has a new FX450 - it's awesome in power delivery but was just too much for the tighter trails (for me) we race here in Arkansas and Missouri. I also liked the 350 six-speed over the 450s 5-clicker.
And as far as power not much difference (about 4Hp) - He can pull away from me in a drag race but I beat him on top end.
I also can tell quite a bit of difference between 1 & 2 maps and if the traction control is on (already tested that on a muddy trail). Might be the characteristics of the 350 engine, IDK.