Australasian Dirt Bike — June 2017

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MODSTHISMONTH:

None

MODSNEXTMONTH:

Handguards, high-

volume coolant pump

2

3

SOFAR...

HOURS:

4

BETAXTRAINER300

RRP:

$10,19 0

WARRANTY:

Six months

DISTRIBUTOR:

BetaMotor Australia

INTERNET:

betamotor.com.au

MAIN:Pivotwheelies areabreezeon

theXtrainer

1.Pipe smooths out power

2.Wet or dry power?

3. Gear shiftertoo far away

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that’s somethingI’ll havetoget

usedto. It’s notadesertracer

butnorisitadvertisedas one.

Onhigh-speedtrailsitfeels

uneasy, especiallycomparedto

myYamahaWR450Flong-

termer. The geometry ofthe

bikelendsitselftotight terrain.

It’s gotaridiculous amountof

steeringlockandcanturn on a

1 0-centpiece.

It’sabike that suits a

standing position. It is smaller

thanastandardendurobike but

it’ssomethingIonlynotice

when sitting down. Standingup

it doesn’tfeelcramped.

My onlygripesofaristhat

thegearlever seems alongway

fromthefootpeg so Ikeep

missing it.Itcould beamatter

ofpositioning so I’ll try rotating

theshifter up a notch.

LastmonthIwrotethat

handguardswould bethefirst

modbutthere’sbeen adelay so

myfingerswillhaveto

persevere for another few

weeks. The beautyof the

Xtrainer is it shares components

withBeta’sRRendurorange.

Thepipe is a major

contributortothesmooth

powerdelivery, so isthe

mapping, andthere’s

suspension componentsthat

canbeswappedouttoimprove

itshigh-speedperformance.

Betaalso produces ahuge

range of performance partsfor

theXtrainer. I’m excitedtoget

stuck into this bike, although I’m

enjoying it how it is.

Digital Editor Olly Malone

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Theamountof

torque is impressive,

it’s like a mountain

goat this little bike