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2010 KTM 300 EXC

Off-road racing is a big right now, throw a moto-media-country and cross-din Endurocross racing. In the story, look closely at the photo. Chances are you’ll see a bike more often than anything else: The KTM 300 XC, or wide-ratio transmission relatives, 300 XC-W.

Although the four-stroke revolution, KTM has remained committed to improving the two-stroke engines, and for good reason. Low cost, low noise, simplicity and good old-fashioned power to weight ratio is a strong selling point that the KTM has been cashing in with their extensive line of two-stroke engines.

XC 300 is lighter, which is 216 pounds, from almost all the 250F. 300 XC-W, W indicates the ratio of the width of transmission, are boys more weight in the 221. It relied too; it is unusual for drivers to get 200 hours from the top end at 300. You try that on a four-stroke racing!

300 starts with ease, but if you really lazy that magic button. Yup, the E-start on two-stroke! That may sound vain at first, but as you’ll find features you love! This machine has always been a huge seller for the KTM, but for 2010 bicycles are still receiving updates airbox, cooling and exhaust systems.
300 is a thin, lightweight and just feel like a racer when you’re sitting in the garage. KTM engine market as a ‘do everything’ bike, so it has minimal off-road-frills but the cable to run the lighting Enduro off-road drivers who preferred wheels 18 “rear, the X-ring chain, a large quiet muffler and material capacity adequate fuel (three gallons) for a typical loop ENDURO. It even has an electronic odometer, it is important if your style of racing enduros timeliness. other things is all ‘normal motocross bike KTM’, with the suspension set-motocross somewhere between stiff and ENDURO-squish.

Once the 300 warms up, you realize you ride two-stroke final. Bottom end power smooth, with more torque from idle than most 450Fs. Meat from each powerband off-road cycling is a midrange, and KTM pulled hard enough to compete with, if not out-pull, most 450s. Above average power smoothly, but then you instinctively know that you should have already shifted. Our testing facility approximately 500 meters above sea level, with air temps in the low 50s. Running on 91-octane pump gas, premixed at 60:1, the jetting KTM shares almost spot-on. Of course, a stroke two, is sensitive to changes in weather and altitude. It has an old two-stroke buzz as well, you know, that nature hits hoarse ‘and running’ that the two-stroke riders love and hate strokes four people. That the sharp nature are the number one reason might have been 300 forest reigned for so long, and kept at the correct age of political thumpers become one of the best motorcycle KTM sells.

2010 KTM 300 EXC

The hydraulic clutch has a light and attractive feel worthy, but it will fade when it becomes hot. After the violence at motocross track by test driver Pro clutch started to crawl, which has been repaired but not completely cured by bleeding the system. Shifting is smooth, with wide disparities in the transmission ratio of our test bike easily overcome with torquey engines. We prefer versions XC ratio close to the Eastern racing motocross and woods, but honestly the wide-ratio transmission is a small problem with so much power on tap.
Talking about motocross, bicycles will be killed at the age or class women where there is no rule of displacement. It will run with 450, started by pressing a button and is lighter and easier to ride than 250F but much stronger. However, this suspension was deliberate ‘road’, aimed more at more than cross-country racing motocross. 175-pound Pro we’re always tinkering with the suspension settings on the two different test tracks, a hard clay and one of the long sandy beach, never came to the setting happy and finally concluded that the bike will require professional assistance at both ends. In the forest fared much better suspension. We heard little complaining about the back end or fork of the majority of our testers, but our Pro riders still hoping for harder compression damping and better bottoming resistance. Everyone, sooner or later, whined because they have so much trouble with the settings in each location different tests when some other bikes we’ve tested lately worked so well everywhere outside the right of the box.
Some other weak points raised their heads in the forest. We heat the rear brake a few times; on one occasion so bad we had to cool the caliper with water so the wheel will change. Stomach tube hangs way out there the wind, requiring a guard with the worst way. When you have your armor plating KTM skid plate and hand guards as well. Woods ready to race? Not quite, but the KTM is a bit cheaper to prepare for racing off-road motocross bike than a normal change.

Handling with improved speed over the previous KTMs, with less than headshake KTM famous and general nervousness. Cornering fast, lightweight and accurate when the suspension is set up properly, but once again the bike was very fussy in the department. In the woods we finally shift the forks in the clamps of three until they touch the bottom of the handlebars, which we have installed at the furthest forward position. Which helps the film 300 through the trees with more precision, at the expense of some stability.

What we have here is a bike that requires very careful setup, but perfectly capable of winning any type of racing you throw at it. Confidence inspiring, 300 XC-W light and responsive – to make drivers feel invincible. Not easy to stall, but if you mess up a flick of the thumb had to walk back without wasting time.

Pro motocross our tester, who usually races a Honda CRF450R, so fascinated with our test bike that he was trying to buy our test bike from KTM … not only for timber but for racing motocross racing and motocross schools teach it. Personally, I hate to give this bike back.

Other testers, intermediate and beginner levels, is less enthused. They liked the bike overall okay, but the fuss and setup issues are not only used to catch the two did not give them the match.

Bottom line? This is the bike can win – anywhere, anytime. That fact has been proven many times around the world. Take the time to contact 300 XC-W (MSRP $ 7.998) in for whatever you want to do, learn to deal with weirdness and you’ll be rewarded with a bike race the most flexible and competitive two-stroke you can buy.

2010 KTM 300 EXC engine

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2010 KTM 300 EXC Offroad

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