From what I gather from Clay, they are working on a 125 and will develop a larger intermediate capacity from that motor- 165-175. But it is still a couple of years away so anything could happen. They hardly have the 250-300 2T's in the country yet. I think I will be able to line up a test ride of the sherco 2T's at Pipestone this spring.
HI WALLY HOWS THE THE WHAT EVER ITS GONA BE COMING ALONG INQUIRING MINDS WANT TO KNOW LOL O POOP I JUST HIJACKED THE THREAD AGAIN ODANG 450SHERCO450SHERCO
Being once very interested in the 300i I thought passing on my knowledge would be applicable… Sherco based anyway, not a total hijack. The fit and finish are nice for a small company, but not up to their trials bike's standards. Possibly teething problems from the new to them French factory. As I understand it, both the 300i and X Ride [which is full of substandard parts] are made on the old Scorpa line. The bike is indeed very light with a nice low center of gravity, very easy to balance on. Also a bit too easy to stall, probably easily resolved once a tuner gets hold of that efi. Had I bought one it would have been JD's "beta" Sherco 300. Talking with the dealer on the lack of kickstart… I made my old fashioned concern known and he told me if the battery was dead it wasn't going to start anyway… Now as a side note I have never used the kicker on my Beta to do anything other than rotate the engine while servicing it, but I thought to myself this is supposed to be comforting? All in all, what finally pushed me away was the preference for 2t vs 4, and the fact that the Sherco 2t was about a year away from when I bought my Beta. Merry Christmas to all that have read this far!
the efi on the shercos is supposedly pretty good I read in that it compensates for a blocked air filter & will lean out as opposed to others(ktm) that cant recognise this so just run rich. interesting that the new sherco 250/300 2T motor is heavier(fair bit too) than the sherco 250/300 4T. heavy duty clutch/tranny. reliability & robustness I guess over lightweight. similar to old husky 2T donks
When I have it all together and I have had a chance to run and evaluate it, I will start a thread and give all the details. Kind of premature at this point. I did ask RB to do the crank but he re-builds but doesn't stroke. I am having the crank stroked, all new parts, trued and balanced with the entire piston kit. Should be bullet proof.
