2023 KTM 500 EXC F | One Year Review

[@offroad.nomads]

Awesome summary, short sweet and to the point.

[@TheKernables]

Thanks!

[@urbexcross]

I see the 5 hunnit, I click.

[@TheKernables]

Simple Man! 🎶

[@williambracken1447]

Sounds like something I could work up to! Love the content! You guys are fun and real. Keep it up please!

[@TheKernables]

For sure! One thing I should have mentioned was how smooth the power delivery is. It’s a very forgiving bike. Appreciate that, means allot!

[@DustinLee-sm4vs]

Would you recommend the KTM 500 over the drz400 for a VERY first bike?

[@TheKernables]

I don’t think you could go wrong with either. DRZ would be better for road riding because it’s heavier and the 500 would be better off-road because it’s lighter but both are great at all of it, just comes down to how much you want to spend and what you want.

[@totiwars8333]

bro your 500 is restricted, you are missing a big amount of power and torque

[@TheKernables]

Yea but that’s a pricey upgrade and I’ve yet to feel like I really need it. Maybe one day.

[@totiwars8333]

No, it is not that expensive, you just need to change the end cap, and get the opened map, here in Austria, we get our bikes derestricted from the factory. So a meet up with an KTM dealer should make the deal, he will map your bike.

[@TheKernables]

@totiwars8333 that’s now how it works here in the states. Dealers suck and they won’t modify your bike especially this one being a road legal bike and turning involving emissions so my option is a aftermarket ECU that’s pretuned. ECU and endcap are $1,500.