 Hey guys, one of the questions on the Q&A launch recently was which bike would I buy if my budget wasn't a constraint. After getting some questions from some of you, I thought it would be useful to do a thorough analysis on the market and better explain my choice. So let's see which bike is the best 302 stroke enduro bike in 2020. For this buyer's guide, we'll compare the KTM EXE 300 TPI 6 days edition, the Esqvarna TE 300i Jarvis edition, the BIDA 300RR Race edition, the Shurko SE 300 Factory edition, and the TM EN 300 FI ES. I'll rate each bike in 5 different categories, retail price, equipment, meaning all the extra parts that are not made in-house by the manufacturer, innovation, meaning all the technological features made in-house by the manufacturer, after sale support, and maintenance costs. You might wonder why I didn't include performance in this analysis. Since I'm not actually testing the bikes, I cannot give you any feedback about how each bike feels personally. Plus, let's face it, every single brand in this buyer's guide has won a world enduro championship. So performance isn't really at stake here, so I'm just giving you feedback from a buyer's perspective. The points will be awarded according to each bike position in each category. We are comparing 5 bikes, so last place gets 1 point, and first place gets 5 points. At the end, the bike that has most points wins. Pretty simple. Let's get the buyer's guide started with a retail price, which is pretty straightforward. In last place, as the most expensive, we have the Escuvarna 300TEI Jarvis Edition with a retail price of $11,500. In fourth place is the KTM 300EXE TPI 6 days edition with a retail price of $11,000. The TM 300FI ES costs $9,995 and comes third. In second comes the Shurko 300SE factory edition at a retail price of $9,900. And finally, with the lowest retail price and as the winner of this category, we have the Bita 300RR Race Edition at $9,500. I decided to use the average retail prices in the US because it's one of the most important markets for each of these brands, and each brand has to ship a great number of bikes across the same distance. In the Portuguese market, there were some discrepancies on the retail price that could be explained for the small yearly sales number for each brand. So the Bita gets 5 points, the Shurko 4, the TM gets 3 points, the KTM gets 2, and the ESC gets only 1 point. Now let's move to the equipment. Bottom in the list, we have the KTM 6 days and the Escuvarna Jarvis Edition, both equipped with WP suspensions, but Tieschi has a small advantage since it comes with a front discard as standard. In a real close fight for second, we have the TM and the Bita, both with XL rims and KYB front forks. The Bita takes the edge because it has a sash rear shock. Shurko gets the top step of the podium with KYB front forks, KYB rear shock, XL rims and the largest fuel tank of the bunch, with a capacity of 10.4 liters. To be clear about the score in this category, namely the suspensions, I think WP suspensions are good suspensions if you ride them on a hard enduro scenario, but when you ride them on a faster pace, they lack the bottoming resistance that in my opinion they should have. This usually implies that you have to spend an additional amount of money to customize and improve the suspensions on a broader setting in order to ride safely and comfortably in any scenario. The KYB suspensions, on the other hand, don't require any additional customization besides the one available on the suspension's clickers and have a great performance on a broad number of riding scenarios, including hard enduro. So if stock form suspensions have to undergo additional customization besides the one available, which means extra costs, do I consider them any good? Plain and simple, no. If you sell them as the best machines on the market, it doesn't make any sense that they only perform well on certain riding scenarios. These are the standings after this category. The Bita has 9 points, the Shuriko is tied with the Bita with 9 points as well. The TM has 6 points and the KTM and the Husqvarna are on the bottom with 3 points each. Let's move to innovation. In last place we have the Bita race edition equipped with only the Bita progressive valve system and the late counterbalancing shaft. In fourth place we have the Shuriko factory edition with the electronic valve system, which has been a real handful to KTM and Husqvarna in terms of performance. Shuriko has repeatedly shown that its 300 is right there next to the TPI performance on hard enduro grounds. The TM shows up in third, giving a good run for Pierre Armobility's money, being the second manufacturer to introduce the injection technology on the two stroke engine. But we'll give the Edge the KTM since they have the TPI's reliability more consolidated. The KTM wins the second place. In first place we have the Husqvarna, which is identical to the KTM, but has a composite carbon fiber subframe, which makes it the most innovation filled bike of the bunch. These are the current standings. The Shuriko leads with 11 points, followed by the Bita with 10 points. The TM fills the current third place with 9 points, the Husky gets in the fourth place with 8 points and the KTM is at the bottom with 7 points. The next category is after sale support. In this category the TM falls behind for having the smallest network of dealerships scattered around the globe, which will make any issue in the after sale harder to fix, whether it's warranty problems or having access to spare parts, since TM also suffers from lack of aftermarket parts. In fourth place we have the Bita network falling just a little bit behind Shuriko's network, which gets third place. The Shuriko network and presence has been growing in the last few years, mainly out of Europe, such as the US and Australia. Leading this category is the KTM Group, with KTM spearheading the list. The Skvarnah takes second, since it takes advantage of the KTM's network and presence. The after sales category has left the standings in quite an interesting standoff, where 4 bikes can still win the buyers guide. Shuriko still leads with 14 points, then we have Bita, KTM and Skvarnah tied in second with 12 points, and at the end TM with 10 points. Last but not least, let's go to maintenance costs. I checked how much would cost the same genuine parts across all brands and based myself according to that. In the bottom again is TM, which is the most expensive by far. In fourth place, for my surprise, we have the Bita. Between third and second places, we have the Skvarnah and KTM, while the Shuriko comes out on top with the lowest costs on genuine parts. With all categories discussed, the final standings are the following. Not surprisingly, the TM finishes in fifth place, with 11 points. The Bita didn't score many points in the last categories, which made the Italian Pony drop to fourth place with 14 points. Depending on the standings, thanks to KTM, the Skvarnah climbed to the bottom step of the podium with 15 points. KTM finishes as a runner up with 16 points. Our winner is the Shuriko SE 300 Factory Edition with 19 points. So guys, I tried to be as objective as I could possibly be, but don't forget that this is still my opinion. We can have completely different views on what's better or worse, depending on each category. Also, don't forget that there's nothing like test riding a bike. At the end, you might even love the bike that you were least expecting. Hope you liked the video and that it helped you made a thoughtful and well-informed purchase. Don't forget to like the video and subscribe to the channel.