Do you know what gearing they had it set up with. From memory they have 15 standard and come with an optional 13-14 in the tool kit. Yes every off-roader should have some sort of hand gaurd. Yes the rear brake pedal position is awkward. I couldn,t but help feel the radiator was very suseptable to getting cloged, it was very muddy when i rode it and after a 25 km loop there was really only a 30mm gap on each side that was getting airflow, thermo fans where not kicking in though, so it must of been keeping its cool.We had the sidestand snap off and the subframe kept coming loose as did the bolts/screws holding the black extender to the rear mudguard. I was not impressed with the engine and thought my 250x and the KLX450 we had there as well both had better feeling engines. Handling and size of the bike was awsome giving you the feeling that you could do anything you wanted on it. One of the bikes we had was fitted with an Akropovic Muffler which made a nicer note but really only gave it a little bit more top end. All in all i thought it was a good bike, will be interesting to see how they go and how they are accepted by the punters (us). I really thought the bike was not at all bizzare to ride as i had read in some mags, I quickly felt at home and comfortable, it did what it was supposed to do.
