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Originally Posted by Trailerboy531
I can't decide if I should fantasize about an RC390 race bike or an R3 racebike.
I'm leaning towards the KTM as the chassis is a bit more race oriented and it has lower weight/more powa.
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The KTM is hands-down the most pretty, but it sounds so horrible. I don't think I could enjoy owning a bike that sounded like that.
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Originally Posted by choneofakind
Compared to how much the suspension sucks on the ninjette and how much improvement can be attained for a small amount of money from suspension tweaks, will most people even care about the chassis differences? likely not.
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What kind of suspension tweaks are you talking about? Do you mean pre-load adjustment?
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Originally Posted by Bubba
ABS is not a great idea on racing bikes in this class, because riders may depend on it and find themselves on the ground in a corner. Unless KTM upgrades to cornering ABS, they are better off without it _for the track_.
However, for the road, I was keen on the R3 from the European intro, but on North American bikes, they will not sell with ABS.
I think in 2015 it is really irresponsible to sell a bike like this without ABS as an option, and frankly Yamaha is in a huge position of liability by being the only manufacturer to sell a 300-400cc sport bike without ABS.
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Cornering ABS? Is that a thing?!