I admit the KTM's do look good, but I also know they are very service demanding, frequent oil changes and lots of wear and tear because of all the light weight tricky components. Sure the XTX is no match for the agility and performance of the KTM but if regularly serviced and XT will out live the KTM and members of this forum have huge mileage on these bikes completely trouble free and have been running them for up to 8 or 9 years no problem, like our friend Badga who has been commuting every day on his black xtx since 2004. errr... that's 11 years!!