TE/TC I Love this thing, TE300 2T

nothing more to say. the bike is brilliant.
its got freaken 20 or more years of evolution,
Scot Harden and probably Tom Moen as well of the KTM US crew, were the pioneers /instigators and R&D guys on this side of the pond that worked the 250 engine into the open class motor.
The old days of the 350---was a sleeved down 500.
with the "new" 300 theory they went to open class from the other direction (250 to 300).
Im sure at KTM Austria they were deep into the design as well, my friend was racing a factory 300 in the early 90s in the WEC and Italian Nats.
Anyway my point is that this thing has mega years of evolution and a race winning pedigree behind it. My first KTM300 was the EXC model of 1991 the same type that was in WEC and winning at that time, I wanted to ride the "same" bike as that guy.
Then the next was a 250EXC , the Gio Sala machine! (that was my last Kato 2T until my new WHT Husky)

The 250EXC it was a first year of issue!! 1998, that I constantly upgraded and modified all the way to 04 when I got my first Husky 450. I sold it in 2004 to friend.
That bike was better than the latest models with all the rebuilds and mods I did to it. I will look for a foto of the 250, it was super dialed.

Rode my 250 this weekend in the High Country.

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The Caramel Kato!!! that color was........weird, but I guess it was evolving slowly to orange

the trickest TE300 Ive seen is the guy on T Talk with a full bling Ohlins suspended 2014 TE300...it is really super nice.......I wonder if he's any faster because of all the $$$ he put onto the bike (doubt it)........truth is the OEM stuff on any of these machines is way above the bar of 99% of us to fully exploit.

suspension set up is the most important factor on every machine.

again its all about the proper set up.

")........truth is the OEM stuff on any of these machines is way above the bar of 99% of us to fully exploit."

personal set up is all they need, the consumer/standard level materials, dims and specs are so close to factory level low production equipment now anyway. I think to some degree this is where those racing production rules/regulations help us consumers out to access top tier level stuff out of the box, at least not inferior in any way.

The suspension is the key thing when it comes to off road riding. It has to be set up correctly to the pilots weight. Too bad most guys hop on a untouched bike and think they can go really fast on the unturned suspension. I been very surprised that not one local dealer offers a option to setting up even the race sag for the person buying a new bike? Taking a few minutes can make a customer for a lifetime. At least set the static setting on the rear spring.

All great info. And everyone likes their suspension set up to suit there riding style and speed. I agree suspension is super important next in line for me would be brakes. Engine is the last thing to worry about as most guys could not even use a 125 to its full potential!