THE KTM XC DUALSPORT THREAD

[Pom17]

Sold my bike for R12000.
Repair bill was just under R20000. Conrod had alot of play. Valves piston and cylinder was shot. Bike already had hotcams conrod. Previous owner assured me engine was never opened with 150 hours on it


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Sorry to hear man.
Which bike was that?

[LDV]

2007 ktm 525 xcw on the road


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[espresso]

Well, for a total cost of R 32 000 it's still worth it.

[sidetrack]

Well, for a total cost of R 32 000 it's still worth it.

True a good 2007 can easily go for 35k plus but if a bike has been modified (hotcams, non oem parts etc.) and not done well I guess one would loose confidence in it  Never understand why one would need extra power on a 525 ! Must say a big bore, hotcam plus FCR made a nice difference on a DRZ.

[LDV]

Lost all my confidence.3months ago did clutch and before that chain sprockets and tyres so seemed like a money pit. If i did spend 20k on rebuild with all the other cost im close to 60k. And thats the price of 2012 500 with 100hours on it or less


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[spokie]

Julle praat my bang..!

[LDV]

Het vir my n drz 400 gekry wat beter sal werk opi plaas maar mis alklaar die krag en suspension. Drz voel soos n donkey teen die 525.


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[wolf skaap]

Hierdie tiepe ding kan met enige bike gebeur.
Kyk maar na Ganjora se DR650..

Moenie dat vrees jou beet pak nie Spokie.

If in doubt, check the oil and twist the throttle

[wolf skaap]

trying out some rear fender and side cover designs..still need a little bit of black on the rear fender

[spokie]

trying out some rear fender and side cover designs..still need a little bit of black on the rear fender

NICE! Pimp my Ride... tipe vibes. Is dit 'n ander mudguard of het jy vinyl oor getręk?

[wolf skaap]

Wit plastic vanaf RAD moto
 

[steveindar]

 

You can tell it's a Friday!

[Vance]

 

[wolf skaap]

Im finally happy with the look

[MaxThePanda]

Over here: http://www.wilddog.za.net/forum/index.php?topic=162917.240 I cheekily chirped Andrew about his all singing, all conquering Amageza-do-anything bike with some lofty claims of my own!



This is honestly the best bike I've ever owned. I love it much more than my 690, which I loved a lot! It's just so much more fun to ride off road, and that's all I'm interested in. it can carry enough for a decent length touring trip, and it's perfectly comfortable on the highway too.

Just did 2000km, a month after Amageza, with only an oil and filter change, and the bike was just brilliant!




.... However.... Having said that, I had to ride 1000km home in a day from Namibia (almost all dirt) and it used about 300ml oil (on a fresh change the day before), which came as a bit of a shock. The bike has never used a drop of oil, now has about 80hrs/6000km on it and has been 100% reliable. I wasn't hammering it home, either. around 110kph cursing speed, with a bit at 120, and have quite long gearing - 14/48. Haven't had time to look into it any further, but will do a change and monitor it... maybe time for some rings, but that's a lot earlier than I was expecting it, based on overseas reports.

Still LOVE this bike!

[Kamanya]

Hey!

You are now two ride reports behind!

What are you doing faffing about in here?

Get writing!

[wolf skaap]

.... However.... Having said that, I had to ride 1000km home in a day from Namibia (almost all dirt) and it used about 300ml oil (on a fresh change the day before), which came as a bit of a shock. The bike has never used a drop of oil, now has about 80hrs/6000km on it and has been 100% reliable. I wasn't hammering it home, either. around 110kph cursing speed, with a bit at 120, and have quite long gearing - 14/48. Haven't had time to look into it any further, but will do a change and monitor it... maybe time for some rings, but that's a lot earlier than I was expecting it, based on overseas reports.

Still LOVE this bike!

Just keep checking and adding oil. If it eventually becomes too much of a hassle, redo the top end.

Changing to 15-48 will only drop the revs by 250rmp so there's nothing else that can be done to make it cruize "happier".
1000km in one day tells me you were sitting between 5500 and 6000RPM for extended periods of time and I've heard of 2008-2011 KTM's using oil that way.
RFS motors seem to cope fine under those conditions and I expected the issue addressed with the newer gen  

Edit.
I have done 750km in one day on my 2009 450. It was an ex-KTM race bike (had a hard life) with a top end refresh 50hrs ago. It used no oil.
Might be a matter of tolerances differing between bikes?

[espresso]

The 2008 to 2011 XC4 engines came with really crap rings. Particularly the oil ring.  Not the normal 3 piece ring, but a one piece cast iron ring.
Widely regarded as rubbish.
That's besides the problems of the dual  sumps,  and oil transferring from one sump to the other.

[wolf skaap]

The 2008 to 2011 XC4 engines came with really crap rings. Particularly the oil ring.  Not the normal 3 piece ring, but a one piece cast iron ring.
Widely regarded as rubbish.
That's besides the problems of the single dual sumps,  and oil transferring from one sump to the other.

which is why I'm puzzled by his new generation KTM's oil usage

[sidetrack]

Even XR-L's, KLR's and other singles will use oil on constant fast open sections. Prod on your kick start lever and feel how much compression that 450 has ! At those revs some oil will eventually make it's way past valve guides and piston rings what have you. Stay of the main roads ans do the back country  Top end on these bikes should last at leat 200 - 220 hours at dual sporting pace before you need to change rings.