Joined Oct 2005
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Folsom, CA
fe600racer said:Hi there, I have just read the dirt rider 24 test on the 550 and they talk of the 450 they tested last year. they say the 450 felt lighter. If you had to choose between the 450 and the 550 what would you take. I prefer the 550 when I ride down the street and a bit of dirt near the shop, but have not tested the two in an endouro. Since you like the 501 if you had to go up or down apart from pamela anderson would you pick the 450 or 550?
If I could own only one bike it would be a 500cc+ machine meaning the FE550 or the TE-510, I don't like the KTM 525 personally, but that said I really like my Fe450 in the woods, never rode a 550 in the woods, but rode one in the desert, and prefered my Fe450e in the woods over even my beloved TE-510. I could tell by the 550 ride that the Fe550 has that big power which though manageable in tight stuff tends to be more then you need, so I ride my 450 everywhere, but the desert, in the desert the fe450 kinda sucks actually..... Basically my experience says if you want a Husaberg and you can only have one, and you ride both single track and open places, get the Fe550e