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singletrackmind wrote:There is a good mid capacity shootout in the latest ADB which rates the Husky.
STM
I have seen first hand with others here that some of the mags are as honest as Jillian Gillard :angry:
Ride them both for mine
Ask a few people the paid for theirs.I would say you have owned Husky’s answered the biggest question for yourself about your dealer being good
TB
from a comparo on paper:
the Kato has a higher seat and more ground clearance.
but the tank is 1L smaller.the husky has 2yr Factory warranty.
i’m a Kato bloke through and through……. but 2yr warranty. is an incentive to consider lessening brand loyalty…
the 350 is touted as having 450 power and performance.
both are EFI. and around the same dry weight.
however the engine oil capacity of only 1L for the Husky if correct figures, is a bit of a put off for me….
North America get a 302cc but we only get a 297cc.. what a rip off!
husky gets a thermo fan factory.. does the Kato?? sorry just x2 checked fan is factory on the NA delivered bike. not the Au one.
anyway that’s my $0.002 worth ATM.
xy-transit wrote:from a comparo on paper:the Kato has a higher seat and more ground clearance.
but the tank is 1L smaller.the husky has 2yr Factory warranty.
Which appears not to be worth the paper it’s written on. I’d say read the threads on DBW about but Paul Feeney Group got the lawyers out and several threads were removed. Having seen Mal’s own drama’s and the time it took to sort his bike it has put me off for life.
i’m a Kato bloke through and through……. but 2yr warranty. is an incentive to consider lessening brand loyalty…
See above
the 350 is touted as having 450 power and performance.
It may have similar top end power when it’s revved hard but it doesn’t have even close to the same bottom end. I was keen for one but couldn’t get a ride. After riding one a couple of weeks ago expecting the world I’m highly thankful I didn’t buy it. It would be fun on a track.
both are EFI. and around the same dry weight.however the engine oil capacity of only 1L for the Husky if correct figures, is a bit of a put off for me….
This wouldn’t bother me. The KTM’s LC4 had split cases for engine and gearbox and only ran around 600ml in the engine side and not much more in the gearbox side.
North America get a 302cc but we only get a 297cc.. what a rip off!
Husky pharking Aussies over already
husky gets a thermo fan factory.. does the Kato?? sorry just x2 checked fan is factory on the NA delivered bike. not the Au one.
Who needs a thermo fan on a 300cc bike????
anyway that’s my $0.002 worth ATM.
As TB said, I wouldn’t take much, if anything at all from any of the magazine reviews. The 310’s do seem more reliable than the 2 strokes and they are certainly cheaper. If you have good experience with them there isn’t alot of incentive to switch.
If you’re being open minded the Beta is supposed to be a great bike (i’d like to try one) and so is the Sherco, even if they are a little ’boutique’.
Good luck with whatever you get
It’s not nitpicking when you are correct, good pickup
No, the bikes were standard. One guy, a Husky die hard got royally rogered he even paid companies to do independant tests on his bike to disprove their claims.
He claimed a faulty speedo, they looked at it and said it was alright. He said it wasn’t but couldn’t replicate the fault in the shop. It kept jumping and adding Km’s, a known issue. A few later…bang!
He takes the bike insaying it shit itself and they started off by saying look at the ODO is past the allowed KLM’s for the top end. He even had it serviced at a Husky delaer! He took it to court and the thread (30-40 pages of Husky owners grumbling) got removed after legal action ensued. We don’t know hopw it ended…..
Ask Mal how his warranty claim for a complete engine failure went.
KTM
Glad I could help.
Boony
Boony wrote:KTMgeez boony that is the most detailed reply i,v ever seen. :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
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Boony
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