Hi everybody,
in my opinion the FX has only poor real offroad Qualities compared to my KTM 500 EXC.
If you ride to fast in medium heavy offroad, the motor gets too hot pretty soon, especially with warm outside temperatures.
This comes to a complete stop, if you don´t descend your speed.
But the most worse is the suspension.
The fork is not very sensible and the it has no reseve, if you jump a little bit. (just for your info: My weight is only 70kg)
The rear shock is the same: You can adjust it to be sensible, but then without rest-resource for a hard hit.
Or you adjust it harder, but then without any sensibility.
A progressive rear shock mechanism would have been better here.
To all this comes the very water-sensitive bearings of the wheels and the rear swing. Maybe its only the retaining ring of the bearings, that do a bad job...
Anyway, I have now 3000km on my FX 2013, and I had to change two times the front wheel bearings and one time the rear whell bearings ans well as one time the swing arm.
I have to admit that I do ride in dirty, slashy areas too, because I don´t want to carry my FX over a water-puddle.
So my result is: FX is and motorbike with an enduro look, but better to stay on the asphalt or gravel street. And keep away from water...
Best regards from Bavaria,
Christian