Credit where credit is due

I found the PDS was Ok (after I spent a fortune with Terry Haye) at 95-100%, but under that it would unload unexpectedly and spit me into the scrub, and as far as a bike to jump or launch off anything worst bike ever, however it did excell at dropoffs at slower speeds, always landed well, was the rebound that was the killer.

I’m not elite, although maybe once or twice in my youth I rode with some pretty elite blokes.

Yep that’s a good thought Aaron, so reckon a full rego YZ250 2T is a bit out of the ordinary?

I actually loved the Maicos’ unfortunately they couldn’t manage their finances and before i could get the money together to buy a new Alpha II they went swimming with lead wetsuit on.

If we put our money into a magazine, I wanna know what the bike is REALLY like, advertising brochures I can get at the dealers, along with the bullshut from the salespeople

To be fair have a look on other forums talk to ex-KTM riders who now ride linkage bikes, now for me it was a disapointment to discover that there was an inherent design flaw somewhere in the PDS system on the customer bikes, cause I actually loved my EXC, and I spent an absolute fortune on the suspension with arguably one of the best PDS men in the world. Only to dail it in and discover that at near full pace it was unpredictable. I still love the build quality & engines, the ergos and ease of maintenance.

Now with the ADB, most of their test riders are fairly experienced competent riders, yet still a WR for yrs wins or comes second in shootouts, despite the fact that there are much better bikes that I have ridden in the same class, the KTMs for yearsno matter which class almost invariably wins the shootout, funny thing is the main man for KTM is our former world contender Jeff Liesk, who used to write for ADB. Now I have had the luxury though my life of riding almost every mainstream bike or a model of that’s been here for the last 30 odd yrs. I grew up on a diet of twin shock and Monocross that I’m sorry reacted just like PDS, except 25 years earlier, the innovation that came along with rear ends in the 80s & 90s made unpredictable rear ends a distant nightmare, even the white and first of the orange KTMs where like a magic carpet ride, then I bought a PDS 300…..On this basis I call a dog a dog or vice versa.
KTM & Husaberg even more so make beautifully turned out bikes but in the last decade they have done too many unproven dumb things, the 520s topend in the first model, the oil chewing habits of many of the new ones, the ring issues in the 250Fs.
I am not bashing them as I said they are beaut quality, unfortunately with some dumb decisions on a few areas.
And believe it or not I am waiting for them to get their crap togather so I can buy another one, was hoping for it to be the husaberg…..

So I was disappointed with the execution of the rear end, because i wear a 6″ scar on my right forearm from the last unexpected high-speed PDS inspired moment I was treated to:

So if ADB said something I agree with, and it feels like the truth to me, I am sorry it offends the KTM owners out there, but like Harley davidson owners they can be a very defensive group.