The 525 KTM quad should be a good desert racer. I desert raced a 525 bike last year, and that motor has the all time best powerband of any off road toy I have ever owned. I just bought our third KTM two stroke racer earlier today, but their four strokes are equally impressive. Maybe I should have told the dealer to save me one of these new KTM 525 quads, because lately I've been thinking that the YFZ is due for a trade in. [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif[/img]

 

i'm sure most of you know this, but for those that don't XC racin' in the GNCC is limitted to 525 ccs, making the 525 KTM motor simply an IDEAL platform for XC racing. That's what Polaris sells the most of too, which is why they built a 525 'Law for XC first. I anticipate a forth-coming 450 from both parties in the coming year, following the launch of their respective 525 platforms.

 

It makes total sense to me that KTM would come out with the 525 first, then the 450 considering that they built the motor for the Outlaw 525 effectively getting all the necessary mods to go from 2-4 wheels out of the way, not to mention the fact that Kawasaki and likely Can-Am will have the release of their 450's this year so they want to have their own thunder next year.

The KTM 525 is on my short list as my next quad.

TPR

 

Husky is gunna release a 450 Mx quad this year. should be intresting