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bike, and it ran well at sea level
and up to 5000 feet of elevation.
The two ignition maps, which
are easily changed via a button
in front of the fuel tank, offers a
more aggressive option (depict
-
ed by an image of the sun), and a
mellower map (with a rain cloud
icon) does not make much of a
noticeable change to the power.
And we didn't need to adjust the
power valve since all our test
riders loved how the bike per
-
formed, but we know that some
riders like to fine-tune this.
We blew steam out of the
radiator in a couple of very slow,
technical sections, so we sug-
gest adding an optional cool-
ing fan (available from Beta for
$210) if you like to tackle the
really tough stuff. (None of the
Austrian 300cc two-strokes
come with a cooling fan either,
but Shercos do.)
The Beta 300 RR has a coun
-
ter-balancer, which dramatically
reduces the vibration compared
to the previous-generation mod
-
els, but it is not quite as smooth
The more
technical the
terrain, the better
the Beta 300
RR Race Edition
performs.
