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Old 01-19-2025, 05:22 PM
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Originally Posted by ID67goat View Post
My arms hurt just thinking about holding onto the handlebars on one of these again.

A lot of fun in wide open spaces like sand dunes and desert riding but was a handful for me when riding in the woods.
I rode them in the woods in Connecticut and I also rode them out in glamis sand dunes. Had. Blast both places.
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Is KTM is in bankruptcy and you can buy a
450 or 500 KTm a couple years old for the price of a CR500

And testing has shown the ; strikers will out run them lap to llap but I’m interested in it for the nostalgia.

I wouldn’t do electric start but I’d probably do a compression release .

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