Its all Motorheads fault....Ajax,and Motosportz and many others here and among my crew also get credit, for steering me "back" to the future of the 2T machine. (It looks 100% certain I am going for the TE300 machine)(happily the 300RR that was mine for the taking is going to be taken by my good friend and local crew member Cyril (FRA). It will be the perfect setup (and super well set up by Ohlins USA suspension) for the very enduro talented but altitudinally(Sp) challenged Frenchman (his current KTM seat Height @ 38IN the Beta is @36.5IN.). Jeez another guy that can beat me now.... Best thing is that the Beta will remain in the family for the trail ride swaps.
Ok so I got to ride the new bike yesterday for 45 miles. Saturday I rode it with the stock PWK carb for 5 miles and it felt alittle lean bog just off idle ok mid and ok top. I put my shortened Lectron on and woke the whole power band up. No leaness anywhere and revs from the basement to top. The motor felt perfect on the trail. The brakes (nissin) front and rear were good. The suspension still needs to break in but handled square edged hit good at speed but bottomed on me when jumping down hill water bars in the front. 3rd gear felt a little to tall but I feel a 1 tooth less front sprocket will take care of that. After having tall bars on other bikes I'm gonna install my Scott's damper with a sub mount to raise the bars. I was a real joy to ride this bike in the woods and felt great to be able to touch the ground and dab a foot when needed and not feel like I was gonna tip over. Lower center of gravity felt nice coming of a top heavey WR300. The seat height was perfect for my 32" inseam with riding boots. The electric start worked perfect all day even with clutch pulled in just had to give it a little gas. I have not even tried to kick start it yet and don't think I will unless I have to. The bike came with an extra needle and pilot jet, CD users manual and, front number plate and tool kit that stores away behind the left side plate. The trip meter has 3 screens. The 3rd screen shows your max speed -speed average-accumulated riding time-accumulated miles. I'm super stoked about this bike and look forward to riding it andkkeeping it a long time.
