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Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
1:02 How to support
1:17 Ground rules
2:10 Number 5 KTM
3:41 Number 4 KTM
5:31 Number 3 Beta
7:08 Number 2 Honda
9:25 Number 1 Yamaha
11:21 Conclusion
Out of the 40+ full sized enduro bikes bikes that I've owned/tested for more than 60 days, here are my 5 least favorite bikes.
I have 5 bikes from 4 different bike makers:
2 KTMs, 1 Yamaha, 1 Beta, 1 Honda
Keep in mind that there isn't anything really "wrong" with these bikes (well, sort of). Much of the reason I didn't like many of them was because they just didn't fit what I was wanting to do at the time. Some of it was that I was trying to use the bike for something it wasn't designed for. Some of it was also that I simply wasn't a good enough rider at the time for that bike, and it made things a struggle.
These aren't inherently "bad" bikes, but I just had to pick the 5 bikes that I had the least amount of fun with, or the most trouble getting them set up, or my opinion of them dropped with the next model year.
5 - 2019 KTM 300 XC-W - I'm reaching a bit to include this bike, because for the most part it was great. Left me stranded and I didn't like it after riding a 2020. The main thing here was that once the 2020 model came out, this thing felt kinda like a dinosaur to me. If I never owned the 2020 or 2021 XC-W, I'd have had to pick another bike to put here.
4 - 2014 KTM 350 XC-F - Was my first 4 stroke after riding only 2 strokes for 2 years and I sucked at clutch modulation. Couldn't keep it running. This was totally my fault. They are actually great bikes. I just wasn't skilled enough to really ride it and appreciate it at the time. I'd been spoiled by a couple of 300 two strokes and wasn't ready for this challenge.
3 - 2020 Beta 300RR - The chassis, motor, clutch, and brakes were all good. Might be been the best looking bike I have ever owned. The issue was that Beta screwed up the valving on the KYB fork for this model year and it was the worst fork I've ever had in stock form by a country mile. The 2019 Race Edition fork was likely the best valved stock fork I'd ridden and one year later, it was the worst. Spent so much time working with the fork, that it just wasn't nearly as much fun owning that amazing looking and great performing bike as it could have been.
2- 2003 Honda CR250R - Was a restoration project. Ended up looking so sharp and sounding so mean! At the end of this project, by the numbers, it was the most expensive dirt bike I've ever owned (if you include anything for time and labor), and aside from the way it looked, it was likely my least favorite bike to ride... ever. Best money we spent on it was the suspension overhaul, but since we weren't riding it on a motocross track, it just never worked that well.
1 - 2009 Yamaha YZ450F - This was my first bike and it came within an inch of snuffing the life right out of me. Again, I was using this bike as a starter bike to ride around on rocky trails. Totally NOT what the bike was designed for, so this was my fault 100%. It's like buying an F1 Racing car as your first car ever and then taking it to some bumpy dirt road to drive it. I was setting myself up for disaster and putting a great bike in an impossible situation for it to look good.
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