Does your KTM's stablemate suck? - Page 14

ADVGUY · 05-29-2012, 06:10 AM

Neither suck!

dheimer · 05-29-2012, 06:55 AM

My 2003 Aprilia, Colin Edwards replica. 7K on the clock and babied for nearly a decade. Purchased in 05', with 50 miles
.http://i1164.photobucket.com/albums/...r/IMG_0296.jpg

ghostrider1964 · 05-30-2012, 02:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by KradmelderSA

My mistress shares a stable with my wife, a 1200 GS

I have a terrible confession. Im starting to love my mistress more than my wife

Both good bikes, just designed for different applications. Each has good and bad points.

We have somewhat similiar tastes

My 950 SE

Oh and a wee KLR 685

KradmelderSA · 05-31-2012, 02:34 AM

As they say, great minds think alike

Quote:

Originally Posted by ghostrider1964

We have somewhat similiar tastes

My 950 SE

Oh and a wee KLR 685

LC4nicator · 05-31-2012, 03:01 AM

Little Orange Bike:

Not so little Orange Bike:

I think I have room for a Big Orange Bike.......to be continued

dave6253 · 05-31-2012, 08:04 PM

One of these kinda sucks right now... It's requiring attention.

Stablemate

When it doesn't suck.

Ganjora · 06-01-2012, 03:04 AM

my 04 950

has a couple of stable mates:

a DR650SE

an XR400R

a B Wizz

a XLR250R

all together now

Rajin Cajun · 06-01-2012, 03:09 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dave6253

One of these kinda sucks right now... It's requiring attention.

Absolutely Love your shop!

joeysixdays · 06-15-2012, 06:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rajin Cajun

Absolutely Love your shop!

I was thinking the same thing. Nice job (and picture too)!!

Blackalac · 06-15-2012, 06:34 PM

I just sold it so my 2004 adv 950 is lonely

Goti · 06-17-2012, 06:26 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dave6253

My apartment is a little bit smaller than your garage. Should I insert a

or a

?

Dan950ser · 08-15-2012, 02:14 PM

Sadly sold my 2006 540 KTM but replaced it with something fun and a whole new direction. It doesn't suck at all. Just putting some finishing touches on it now.

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j.king · 08-15-2012, 03:21 PM

dave6253 · 08-15-2012, 06:22 PM

Yep! 998cc Austrian Twins always make a great pair!

GordoS · 08-15-2012, 06:43 PM

And a 450 XC-W is a light weight, nimble, rock climbing, tree dodging scalpel.

Yes, that is a bash guard strapped to the top of the pile on the back of the pig. And that was a GOOD, CHEAP day in the woods. The expensive day was when both Vario cases got broken off in separate wrecks (and I had to go BACK down the trail about 3 miles when the post-crash retaining strap burnt through, the case fell off, and I didn't notice). The same ride also cost me a winglet and a blinker, and then the zipper on my whale foreskin lined BMW jacket got crushed between a rock and the bike rendering it inop. Of course I wasn't wearing the jacket when I went down the second time resulting in some rock rash. And I still had a 2-hour ride home on the slab...

At the end of that trip I said "Self, there has got to be a better, cheaper, less likely to end up stranded miles away from civilization when I am too tired to lift 500lbs of motorcycle for the fifth time today -- maybe a teeny KTM bike..." And then the wife agreed...

So the GS is the "daily driver" and long haul specialist (since I fixed the luggage) and the 450 is strictly for off-road (until I can install a dual sport kit.) I am keeping the TKC-80s for the Beemer, just in case I need to carry my entire family to the hills to escape from the zombie apocalypse.

05-29-2012, 06:10 AM	#196
ADVGUY Learning Joined: Dec 2006 Location: KS Oddometer: 48	Neither suck! __________________ 06 DRZ400SM, 06 KX450F, 2012 Harley Street Glide

05-29-2012, 06:55 AM	#197
dheimer Burnin' fossil fuels Joined: Mar 2010 Location: PNW, Idaho Oddometer: 188	Heck no! My 2003 Aprilia, Colin Edwards replica. 7K on the clock and babied for nearly a decade. Purchased in 05', with 50 miles .http://i1164.photobucket.com/albums/...r/IMG_0296.jpg __________________ "AMATEURS PRACTICE UNTIL THEY GET IT RIGHT, PROFESSIONALS PRACTICE UNTIL THEY CANT GET IT WRONG" Glacier ride report-http://advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=812193

05-31-2012, 03:01 AM	#200
LC4nicator Certified Wino Joined: Jun 2007 Location: Adelaide, South Australia Oddometer: 416	Little Orange Bike: Not so little Orange Bike: I think I have room for a Big Orange Bike.......to be continued __________________ Conman62 in the "other world"......dirtbikeworld.net The beatings will continue untill morale improves! 2006 KTM 525 EXC

05-31-2012, 08:04 PM	#201
dave6253 ad-ven-cher-uhs Joined: May 2006 Location: Phoenix, Arizona Oddometer: 2,538	One of these kinda sucks right now... It's requiring attention. Stablemate When it doesn't suck. __________________ My 25 Ride Reports! dave6253.smugmug.com

08-15-2012, 02:14 PM	#207
Dan950ser NW Shredder Joined: Sep 2010 Location: Olympia, WA Oddometer: 199	Sadly sold my 2006 540 KTM but replaced it with something fun and a whole new direction. It doesn't suck at all. Just putting some finishing touches on it now. [IMG][/IMG] [IMG][/IMG] __________________ 2007 KTM 950 Super Enduro R: titanium Q's, CJ Rack, H2W Jetting, Scott's triples and dampner and more to come. 2005 CR 500AFC: Need more be said BEAST!!!

06-01-2012, 03:04 AM	#202
Ganjora class A bollockser Joined: Jul 2006 Location: Johannesburg, South Africa Oddometer: 144	my 04 950 has a couple of stable mates: a DR650SE an XR400R a B Wizz a XLR250R all together now

06-15-2012, 06:34 PM	#205
Blackalac Adventurer Joined: Jul 2010 Location: Rochester NY Oddometer: 52	I just sold it so my 2004 adv 950 is lonely

08-15-2012, 03:21 PM	#208
j.king Adventurer Joined: Jun 2011 Location: South Bay, CA Oddometer: 31	990r and Futura seems to be a good combo __________________ although I rarely say what I mean I almost always mean what I say

08-15-2012, 06:22 PM	#209
dave6253 ad-ven-cher-uhs Joined: May 2006 Location: Phoenix, Arizona Oddometer: 2,538	Yep! 998cc Austrian Twins always make a great pair! __________________ My 25 Ride Reports! dave6253.smugmug.com

08-15-2012, 06:43 PM	#210
GordoS Pawn in game of life Joined: Mar 2009 Location: NoVa Oddometer: 91	Try riding a 1200GS through the woods... And a 450 XC-W is a light weight, nimble, rock climbing, tree dodging scalpel. Yes, that is a bash guard strapped to the top of the pile on the back of the pig. And that was a GOOD, CHEAP day in the woods. The expensive day was when both Vario cases got broken off in separate wrecks (and I had to go BACK down the trail about 3 miles when the post-crash retaining strap burnt through, the case fell off, and I didn't notice). The same ride also cost me a winglet and a blinker, and then the zipper on my whale foreskin lined BMW jacket got crushed between a rock and the bike rendering it inop. Of course I wasn't wearing the jacket when I went down the second time resulting in some rock rash. And I still had a 2-hour ride home on the slab... At the end of that trip I said "Self, there has got to be a better, cheaper, less likely to end up stranded miles away from civilization when I am too tired to lift 500lbs of motorcycle for the fifth time today -- maybe a teeny KTM bike..." And then the wife agreed... So the GS is the "daily driver" and long haul specialist (since I fixed the luggage) and the 450 is strictly for off-road (until I can install a dual sport kit.) I am keeping the TKC-80s for the Beemer, just in case I need to carry my entire family to the hills to escape from the zombie apocalypse. __________________ World traveler on Uncle Sam's dime... At home I travel on a 2008 BMW R1200GS or 2007 KTM 450 XC-W

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