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KX 500 AF in the Super Tight Single Track

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Charlie500:
Laugh Out Loud sandblaster....thats funny..... I had to sell my 1990 500 and my 06 500 af project I was working on to get into our new house.... Now I'm in the market for a new bike. We just moved up to oregon and the terrain up here is very tight single track ridding....I'm looking at a new bike, the service kawasaki's are not that much more than the ktm's so I figured what the heck... What kind of mileage can you get out of those af bikes? How big is the over sized tanks for those things?

sandblaster:
Oh, what part of Oregon did you move too?
I live up by Eugene,
I do ride single track as well but I spend way more time on the coast or the eastern desert.
I won't be able to tell you anything on the AF's till I get mine done  :-D

Charlie500:

--- Quote from: sandblaster on December 31, 2012, 02:12:16 PM ---Oh, what part of Oregon did you move too?
I live up by Eugene,
I do ride single track as well but I spend way more time on the coast or the eastern desert.
I won't be able to tell you anything on the AF's till I get mine done  :-D

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Just moved to grants pass. Haven't been ridding at all up here yet, except for around some blm near my property on my wifes ttr125... The local dealerships and RiderPlanet as a lot of good things to say about the ridding areas around here.... I would love to get my hands on that service kx on ebay right now.... I'm just still not sure... the ktm and bergs look pretty darn nice.... There is a really nice husaberg shop up by you I plan to visit when I get home. (I work in Abu Dhabi) I will be home on the 10th

sandblaster:
I grew up not far from pass grass  :-)
We lived about 25 miles out of Eagle Point totally surrounded by BLM.
I could take off on my bike and ride for a lot of miles in just about in direction, no fences, no houses, no Sheriff patrols doing sound checks.
It's been about 35 years since I lived there so I'm sure it's been mostly fenced off and shut down by now.
It was sure good riding back then.
In fact, the AF would have dominated in that terrain as it was a lot of open riding and very fast.
On a bike choice it's really rider choice.
I love my kx500 but not for single track.
Then again my bike is not set up for it and it could be made a lot better.
When I get my AF built I plan on setting it up for single track so we'll see what happens.
I'd be a little leery of the Berg.
They are great bikes but have always been spotty for service and support in our area.
But hey, if you really like it and you go in with eyes wide open, the Berg would be fun...

Charlie500:
Cool man, we live off Riverbanks dr... off Marcy Loop. Theres a lot of blm around my house.... I can ride right out my drive way. When I get a bike, we'll have to hit up the mountains.

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