2018 K TM 450 SX-F FACTORY EDITION
FULL TEST
P88
air forks. As time go by, KTM
comes up with better settings
and we feel they pretty much
nailed it on the head with the
newest Factory Edition model.
We could've ridden the bike all
day with the factory settings if
we had to, but since you have
so many adjustment capabili-
ties with these forks, we still
played around with them a bit
and discovered that reducing
just a bit of air pressure made
things slightly smoother. The
AER48 forks are super-easy to
work with, since there is only
one air chamber, and it's lo-
cated in just one of the two fork
tubes. You really can't mess
things up. The only function
of the air chamber is to adjust
overall stiffness, much like with
traditional coil springs. The
damping adjusters do all the
rest. We like the AER48 forks
in that they are simple to fine
tune, and once you do find that
sweet spot, they tend to stay
there so you're not constantly
tweaking on the fork. And, of
course, they just perform well
in all conditions.
The KTM was
already light but the
Factory Edition feels
even more agile.
