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with its crisp, responsive and idiot-proof power delivery. The rest of the machine is normal Husky... which really means bloody great. I’ m going to stick my neck out and say I prefer the PDS rear suspension on the KTM to the linkage set-up on the Husky for enduro work. I’ m not sure whether it’ s my weight or what, but for me the PDS system is plusher,
more controlled and more bottom resistant. By comparison the TE was too soft in Woodhill sand whoops for me and then a little harsh in Riverhead’ s hard packed clay even with a little clicker fiddling. However, I’ m way over the weight spec for the standard springs and I’ m talking about subtle differences here, not big ones. For 2018, the brake calipers are made by
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