Well, after selling my 2015 R1200gs LC last Monday to buy a smaller bike, I posted under the Ktm 500 section and alot of you guys gave me some good advise... so Wednesday came after 2 nights of no sleep, because I was REALLY missing my bike, I saw an ad about a 2014 R1200gs Adventure and long...
I just sold my Bmw R1200 GS (sad I know). I would like to buy a Ktm 500 EXC.
Is the bike fit to do long distances, like say Pta to Cape and back, I know it will never be as comfortable as the GS was.
Is paying R90k for a 500 Exc with 60hrs on too expensive?
The bike is licenced for the road.
The...
I did this section of road called the "poort" in December '23
It has been resurfaced and in excellent condition.
The gravel pass through Avotuur to Plett was a bit rough in some places but not all that bad.
I did do the route in a bakkie though and not on the bike, but it is very doable with a bike
Private seller. Its too late to chat. Life goes on, Im happy with the bike now, rides really well. When on cruise control at 140kph I can take both hands off the bars and bike rides true, no shudder what so ever ( dpnt try this at home)😂😂😂
I made a turn at Bmw Motorad Centurion and asked one of the machies there about the collars.
Apparently the collars where fitted as part of the recall the R1200gs LC had (2013-2017) afaik.
The new forks I now fitted are from a later model 2017 and were not part of the recall and didnt need that...