2019 K TM 250 SX-F
FIRST TEST
P94
least for my 180 pounds. The stock spring is just eating all
of its free sag up when I pre-load the crap out of it to get the
right race-sag setting. At that point, it affects the bike's ability
to settle in corners and that's where I really need a bike to
handle best. So slapping in a beefier shock spring made a
huge difference. The bike settled better when riding at the
proper free-sag settings and I could focus on the rest of the
setup instead of wondering why the chassis wasn't bal-
anced. Get the right spring if you're over 170 pounds.
I'm a WP AER 48 fork fan. I appreciate it being lighter than
a spring fork and having a lot of adjustability in my hands
with a pump. And I've never had a failure or weird out-of-
range situation with the fork due to heating up or increases
in altitude or anything like that. The AER 48 holds up in the
stroke very well for me and that's important. There is more
feedback on small chatter bumps here and there, but in the
turns and when getting through bigger roller bumps, the WP
unit always works well for me. Traditional spring forks are
having a resurgence, but I'm not completely convinced that
KTM should go back to springs like so many other manufac-
In its class,
nothing feels
lighter than the
KTM 250 SX-F.
Spring forks
might be making
a comeback, but
we're still real
happy with the
KTM's WP AER 48
air forks.
