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I bought a 2019 Ktm 350 sxf. Super fun bike and I get more comfortable on it with each ride. I’m about 180 lbs C rider. I am struggling to find Confidence in the corners with this bike, the front end seems to want to dance around. I’ve been messing with air pressure and lower pressure seems to help. The bike is amazing in choppy areas as it soaks everything up and feels great. Any setup advice or settings that have worked well for you?
I ended up with 1 turn out on high speed comp on the shock, 104 sag. 15 out on compression, 13 out on rebound.
Forks 148 psi, 14 out on comp, 11 out on rebound.
One of our tracks has a couple of high speed 4th gear sections with some chop near the end and starts making slight dog leg. Several other buddies mostly complain about wicked head shake near the end of that straight. They all have steering dampers and still can't calm there bikes down. They just need to experiment more on there settings.
My bike get's through it with zero head shake. My buddies rode mine, and commented same thing, no head shake.
Absolutely love this bike, and that's coming off of a 19 KX450.
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Hammer
The Shop
This is the best thing I have ever done for my KTM 350 . I cannot express to you how much difference a modified AER fork makes to front end stability. Kreft and Jeremy Wilkey are both offering similar mods.
You weigh the same as me, and I found the 45NM shock spring helps hold my fat ass up better, the bike corners far better than it did with the stock 42 Nm spring.
Hammer
Cutting those item out would bring it down to $1,450 shipped.
Mike
You can save a couple hundred of you don't do the mircofinishing, but I figured why not get the whole package.
I'm glad I did, this is the closest to Factory suspension that I'll ever get to.
I love both bikes, but they use different riding styles. If you like to lug the bike and short shift, then the 450 is for you, but you can feel the centrifical force of the motor in the turns more than the 350.
Even though there is only 1 LB of difference, it feels like it is more when you ride the 450.
If you like to rev it out and like a light feeling 250 style bike, then the 350 is the choice. I ride the 350 more than the 450 because I like the light feeling, although I miss the low end of the 450 in slow corners.
The 350 makes almost as much HP as the 450, but only in the upper range of RPM.
I know on rough tracks like Glen Helen, the 450 wears my ass out pretty quickly, the 350 I can ride a lot longer, and it is a lot more fun to ride.
If you watch Cole Seely's YouTube comparison video between the 350 and 450, listen to his RPM's on both bikes.
I am very interested in trying the Vortex ignition for the 350, if it gives me some more low end for the 350, then it would be the perfect bike for me.
On the shock: If you're at 100-105mm for sag, don't forget to check your free-sag number (this will let you know if a stiffer spring is in order). In on the HS also helped keep the 19' from G-ing out, which also keeps more weight on the front of the bike.
Once you get it sorted, should handle quite well. Enjoy!
I came off riding KYB SSS for better part of 9+ years, so has been a major adjustment, though I enjoy that chassis a lot more than I did on my previous YZ250s that felt wooden in comparison.
Lots of spring fork options if corner feel is really missing for you.
Pit Row
Waiting patiently for the day ktm goes back to spring forks.
I also did quite a bit of testing in off road woods since that's mostly what I race these days. 135 psi and comp and rebound opened almost all the way up really allowed them to settle and conform to the terrain in the woods.
The thing I like about the AER forks is that I think I can set them up for moto or off road racing. They have a huge range of workability, but you have to make drastic changes with the clickers and air to see what they are capable of.
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