2024 KTM 450XCF-W Hard To Ride? - First Impressions

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I'll answer the question posed in the title. No, it's not hard to ride in general, as long as the speeds stay a bit higher. This isn't a bike I'd want to spend much time in 1st gear on though... At the 2024 KTM offroad model launch event I was able to spend some time on the 2024 KTM 450XCF-W. While I don't think this is a bike I'd like to use for tight single track, or tighter woods riding like we had here, it was nice to get some time on a KTM 450 because it's been a while. The forks on these 24 bikes are really, really good from what I could tell on this ride day. And the softer map for this motor made the bike more manageable in the woods section.

I think I'd rather have the 500 cc bike over this one if I was going to use a big bore 4 stroke. They are more gentle and have more low end torque, where this is more of a "racing motor", but it's not a bike I'd want to be racing with because of the softer fork on the W models. I think if I was racing and wanted a 450 to do that, I'd not be on the W models.... I'd be on the XC for that. Deep thoughts, I know!

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