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Join Date: May 2023
Location: NY
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The X is a completely different bike from the base model, frame is quite a bit larger, suspension is longer, and the engine has a counterbalancer with a 6sp. The base model is a non balanced 5spd, more of a midsized bike hence the lack of passenger pegs.
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Join Date: Feb 2021
Location: Kansas City
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Jay... Your Templar X is supposed to come with rear passenger foot pegs. You have to mount them. They should be in the crate. Call or contact the seller if they are not in the crate somewhere. PSM will send them if that's who you bought it from.
We got them with my son's X in April.
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Join Date: Aug 2013
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If they only could give the Templar a decent comfortable seat ...
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Join Date: Jun 2023
Location: Big Piney, WY
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That's what seat pads are for.
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Join Date: Feb 2024
Location: SW Missouri
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After about 35mi my butt went to sleep and I couldn't feel anything wrong with the seat at all ![]()
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Join Date: Aug 2024
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Which of the dual sports in this general proce range is best on the street?
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Join Date: Feb 2021
Location: Kansas City
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-These bikes in the dual sport category are underpowered, with CG230 (15hp), or CB250 (20hp) engines.Titan has OHC variant of the CG (17hp). They are dirt bikes, so it's enough power for that. - Hawk, TBR7, Raven, Bashan Storm have wider more padded seats that don't let you sit farther back. - Templars, Titan have Enduro seats that allow forward/back movement but most people complain about it. Not made for touring ![]() ALL are geared down. You can change sprockets to get them to higher road speeds if you aren't too heavy. Bottom line is none of these bikes are really good for more than City streets and two lane highway (60mph) Oh sure you can wring them out and get to 70. Not fun ![]() Personally, I like the Enduro seat on my Templar. Changed seating position relieves the strain and you can't do that on the cup-shaped seat on the TBR7, Hawk. The extra 5 hp is significant as well. For an extra thou, the KPX has EFI and a slightly wider Enduro seat which some might like more than Templar. I hear that Titan has the toughest Enduro seat but I haven't been on it
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-2022 5 speed Templar X Orange, OEM 51T rear sprocket, 14T front sprocket -NOS 2020 KTM 250SX (2-stroke motocross), less than 10 hours on it Last edited by Thumper; 08-19-2024 at 07:20 AM. |
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Join Date: Jun 2023
Location: Big Piney, WY
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I love my Hawk and do NOT want it to do 70mph. They're not designed to go that fast and you can feel it wanting to speed wobble. While the bike is pretty true when it comes to tracking, the faster you go, the more the bad welds and slight misalignment's start to say HI! 60 is plenty fast, certainly enough to kill you if you went down all by yourself. If someone needs to pass, just move over to the right of the lane and let them.
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