The Best Entry Level Bike on the Market?

More than 30 years I rode 4 strokes. Hobby rider! At the end of my active career I wanted to try 2 stroke. So I bought RIEJU 300 Ranger. I am surprised how easy the change is/was. All the things you said are right. Light, easy handling, light clutch pulling and working. Good suspension. Terrible E start noises! Exactly what beginners or "finishers" need. My recommendation to all of them. And I'm proud to see them on top level in Hard Enduro like Will Hoare and others.

As a X Trainer owner and content creator I would loveeeee to see the man himself Rich Larsen review one! Got 140 hours on my 23 and for the super technical tight steep stuff its been a real hoot!

Gotta do a full Xtrainer review now. EDIT: didn't want that to come off as negative. I appreciate you spending the time on the more 'rare' bikes. It's hard to take a chance with your $$$$ and buy the less main stream brands/models when you can't really test ride them and get a feel without buying first

Thank you for your hard work!

I'd like to see you do the same sort of testing on the Beta XTrainer

Solid review, as always! I have had no issues ordering parts via CPD.

Commenting to support the channel and the YT algos.

Such a cool bike. I will hopefully be picking one up this year. Please do a review of the mr300 pro if you get the opportunity

I have a 2018 GasGas xc300...originally it was a 250 but upgraded to a 300cc jug. Love that bike! Ive followed my buddy through nasty slow technical gnarly stuff on his 2019 Husqvarnate300....for which i should have been on the EC version but i still did it. Came with kyb suspension and its fantastic for quicker stuff but made it work for the gnarly stuff. Not as light as the husky but handles great and made great power. Upgraded to a Lectron carb cause i ride through Colorado mountains and i have no plans on getting rid of it. Unfortunately its playing 2nd fiddle to my 2024 Husqvarna Te300 pro thats more dedicated to the gnarly stuff and honestly feels like its cheating...but the faster pace stuff i definitely love the GasGas its just more often lately i ride gnarly stuff. Only issue ive had with it is sometimes the electric start doesn't always start the bike for some reason...but kickstarts in one kick. I heard the ktm starter is a swap over but havent done it yet. If i was someone who wanted a hell of a value for a good price i definitely wouldnt sleep on the spanish bike that is now called the Rieju

Getting into the nitty gritties, great review

Love the reviews. The rieju is a fun bike. Also Power Chicken Offroad in Heber sells them and has some parts in stock as well.

Great review rich. You will find out when you get the pro or racing model the clutch will not hold up to the abuse for a long period of time. My 22 I’ve been through 3 sets of plates 2 hubs and 2 baskets even after upgrading to the rekluse core. My 24 Mr pro has about 50 hours on oem clutch and is still working fine but it’s only a matter of time. Hopefully with the 25 model they go away from the traditional 6 spring clutch. I saw Alfredo’s bike at erzberg had some sort of fuel injection the motor looked completely different

I owned a couple of pre-ktm gas-gas's. Great bikes, so stable, stone age reliable, and really great in difficult terrain.

Also know that as a default the cdi is in "Rain" mode. Adding the switch, or even just connecting the mapping circuit, puts it in "Sun" mapping and it's a lot more snappy and revs out higher. CPD and Rieju won't tell you that's an option but it is. Rich nailed the review. Spot on. For most of us dirt Muppets it's an excellent trail and hard enduro bike.

Have a 23 Mr pro 300. Love the bike. Clutch won’t hold up to hard abuse. Totally fine for probably 95% percent of people but for the hard enduro pro Guys most go for a manual rekluse clutch. Give the Mr pro a test. I came from a yz 250X to a 22 ktm 300 tpi erzberg and now I’m on the Rieju and have no regrets. All the bikes have their pros and cons but the Rieju just fits me and the carb and kyb suspension gave me the feel I was use to with the Yamaha yz which I spent the most time on and love to this day.

I love my 300 pro. I have a friend who has the Ranger and it’s been great as well.

Im closer to an entry level single track / enduro rider than anything else, picked up a GG EC250 new for about 8300 otd last year and really love it. Wonder how this compares. I couldnt see myself needing an EC300 when I bought it, I really love the 250.

So this bike is a gas gas ec 2015 , Rieju bought the gas gas ec bike project. I did own a gas gas ec 300 2015, it had 3 minus points Electric start Kick start bad alloy Airbox plastics get play from vibrations. Other than that , solid bike.

Looks like a great bike

Thnx