[Bruce CurtisMember]

Dan reckon they’re not as smart as us?, no they just like shiny bright things more. Tm owners are pretty cool as blue is good

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menace wrote:

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then i found god. he is orange:P

wrong god is Black and she’s pissed at ktm riders.

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micknmeld wrote:

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When you ride a KTM,expensive shit happens!!

I see a lot of photos of that type of damage to KTMs floating around the net, wonder if it is a problem, cause when the old KXs did it the magazines bagged them out completely.

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I would rely on it. It says the top speed of my bike with the gearing I’m running (14/52) is 139Km/h. When in fact it will exceed this speed in 5th gear. It out at 163Km/h. Even with some speedo error it’s miles out…..

Knob size & tyre profile difference?

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[Bruce CurtisMember]

When you ride a KTM it means you’ve left the good bike at home.

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When you ride a KTM you’d better be on health care.

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LC4skin wrote:

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when you ride a ktm you ride a ktm

And every so often it decides to ride you.

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[Bruce CurtisMember]

yep KTM riders “alternative” activities right here on display.

God love ’em at least we can see them coming from a mile away.

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[Bruce CurtisMember]

when you ride a KTM you are always wondering about the oil it uses.

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[Bruce CurtisMember]

So relatively you two jokers orta be charge $350 p/litre of oil to be commeresate with your hourly charges?.

while the rest of us should be buying at $3.50 a litre :laugh:.

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What Steve said X2, I rused to run two vehicles simultaneously at the drags in the late 80s/ early 90s.
1 was a 380 hp all bells and whistles 12a turbo in my $45k corolla, used exclusively penrite mineral oil changed every meeting or 2000 klicks on the road, never had a failure until I went to a more expensive turbo oil becuase of all the advertising hype and twice the $$$, then for some reason at 10k revs it thinned and seized, lesson learnt, I too have sent a bit of time around both Chassis and engine dynos and as TB stated heat is a huge factor in mechanical failure watched a just run in new duke 951 have a massive coronary due to oil breakdown on a dyno run one day was heartbraking to see, so yes TB is right but price is not the only determining factor in oil quality two main things besides are.

1-origin of the base
2-the QA process the manufacturer utilises

2nd vehicle my ’92 gsxr1100 with dailed cams, tuned carbs, handbuilt pipe and dynoed at 140+ on a well respected tuners dyno on a warm day, (won the old streetbike horsepower shootouts up here back in the 90s) ran exclusively on yes you guessed it Penrite, again a middle of the road oil price but with a highly respected name, that bike hasd only had 2 valve adjustments is still in the family and still pumps out 140+ with 80k on the clock and they are a very hard 80k, believe me it saw 250+ kph everyday for 3 years.

Now with Mobil I have been arounfd heavy machinery all my life including some hotass stationery stuff, and machinery thats cooling systems are completely clogged by days end and I have never heard of a properly maintained machine failing on mobil oil. In fact I have spoken to the mobil oil tech guy on the east coast a few times and he has given me some excellent recommendations and ideas over the past year, so I stick with their stuff now, not bagging the others but I have seen a crf fail on moto-rex and a KTm as well and a suzuki 4t on the fullhouse shell stuff make some interesting noises as well.

A good oil, that doesn’t have to be overpriced changed frequently.

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micknmeld wrote:

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Husky610 wrote:

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When you ride a KTM you get spotted easily form the air.

And getting spotted from the air is bad when………………???

When you are carrying 10kg of dynamic lifter, 20 liters of water, a shovel and some seedlings.:woohoo: :blink:

And this is how many finance their ongoing orange dillusion.

All in fun my laddies in in good fun

BTW if anyone has ever picked I am really honestly not impressed with PDS for real, even after all the big $$$$ mods but that’s just me I probably ride like a girl anyway.

BC
now seen wearing a sports bra

[Bruce CurtisMember]

When you ride a KTM in Australia you are safe ‘n snug in the knowledge that thieves will target you and your bike.
When you ride a KTM in Australia you will have an annoying niggling feeling the bike is overheating too often
When you ride a KTM in Australia your fellow Aussies will pull the piss outa ya in a good natured way and say stuff like “kick til morning” Keep throwing Money” “kill the mother” and other nicesties.
When you ride a KTm in Australia chances are you will try a trials tyre at some stage.

When you ride a ktm eventually you will ride another brand and initially you will resist then you will admit you were owned.

[Bruce CurtisMember]

When you ride a KTM you are a “poetic” soul
When you ride a KTM you obviously “know” stuff
When you ride a KTM you are more likely to try “alternative” experiences

[Bruce CurtisMember]

When you ride a KTM you can be content in the fact that your catelog is called “hardparts”

When you ride a KTM you are on first name basis with the staff at your local Emergency ward

When you ride a KTM you buy your children matching KTMs (I know this for I did it too)

When you ride a KTM you have a wide selection of models to choose from, unfortunately apart from the adventure bikes they are still running a newer version of Mono-X

When you ride a KTM you get used to excruating pain.

BC still TIG:silly:

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