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A riding buddy shows up with this yesterday, not a Beta
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Fri Mar 13, 2015 2:38 pmby Metalefty
Went riding with a buddy yesterday and this is what he shows up with, it's an '84 Husky frame with '89 KX forks and a Zero motor and battery, he built it himself and is very fast in the woods on it.
Re: A riding buddy shows up with this yesterday, not a Beta
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Fri Mar 13, 2015 5:43 pmby 300rrracer
Congrats to your buddy for making such a cool Franken-bike. It may look rough but I bet everyone here wishes they had one after seeing it...
Re: A riding buddy shows up with this yesterday, not a Beta
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Fri Mar 13, 2015 5:57 pmby ks9mm
super cool.. how long does the battery last for him?
Re: A riding buddy shows up with this yesterday, not a Beta
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Fri Mar 13, 2015 7:34 pmby ricoyam
ks9mm wrote:super cool.. how long does the battery last for him?
And that is the reason I do not wish I had one.
I'm still waiting for KTM to bring the real Freeride to the US market.
Re: A riding buddy shows up with this yesterday, not a Beta
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Fri Mar 13, 2015 10:07 pmby Metalefty
ks9mm wrote:super cool.. how long does the battery last for him?
About two hours, he keeps a second battery in his truck.
Re: A riding buddy shows up with this yesterday, not a Beta
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Sun Mar 15, 2015 3:20 amby hawaiidirtrider
Cool... definitely something different...
Re: A riding buddy shows up with this yesterday, not a Beta
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Sun Mar 15, 2015 5:55 amby redrider
Wonder what kind of torque that thing makes and how it would be in mountainous terrain. Looks like an awesome toy.
Re: A riding buddy shows up with this yesterday, not a Beta
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Mon Mar 16, 2015 8:16 pmby Metalefty
redrider wrote:Wonder what kind of torque that thing makes and how it would be in mountainous terrain. Looks like an awesome toy.
It accelerates about like a 450, mountain riding at high altitude doesn't affect power and we rode tight single track that day, it did great, definitely rides better than it looks.
Re: A riding buddy shows up with this yesterday, not a Beta
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Thu Mar 19, 2015 10:49 amby Johnny Depp
Freaking cool. Did he go out of his way to make it look bad? Graphics by Sharpie? He has to have a pretty good budget to pull that off. I have always preferred conventional forks. He is showing that the tech is here now. I bet it is low 200 lbs too?
Re: A riding buddy shows up with this yesterday, not a Beta
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Thu Mar 19, 2015 6:22 pmby Metalefty
Ha, probably had a few beers when he was celebrating the projects completion. Surprisingly it weighs 245lbs. but he says it feels lighter than a fueled up 450 and handles tight woods better too.
