Huskys have always been pretty bullet prof. The bike sits a little taller in the saddle than most but the balance of the machine is so good that once you are rolling you feel like your are piloting a 250 rather than a open class machine ( until you grab a handfull of throttle then theres no question about what you are riding). Low speed handling feels incredibly light and will idle all day over the roughest trials course. Bottom end tourqe is great it can walk straight up a wall if you can enough traction. Once you hit 6250 rpm it bears its teeth and you better be pointed where you want to go.