KTM 640 Enduro

[Sparrowhawk]

Originally Posted by hupjoy

here's a link to the thread about the Ruckus lights mod...

http://www.advrider.com/forums/showt...kus+headlights

Here is another option that should work on the LC4E. I'd skip the amber and go for more light but everybody has thier preferences. Upgrade to HID and wire it so both are on with when on high and you'd be projecting some serious photons. http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=604409

[hupjoy]

Hey dudes,

So my bike is at ESP in La Crescenta, having the carb rebuilt, as it was stuck upon purchase. The seller agreed to pay for the fix!
The problem is KTM has the gasket rebuild set on back order 'till Feb 3!!!
Is this a common issue? Are older parts super hard to find or on back order often?
Ugghhh. Just feeling a bit impatient...
Also, anyone in Knoxville Tennessee wanna see the Blue Man Group touring production with yours truly? I'm here till Wed, then over to Newport News, VA, if anybody up around those parts isi interested, please let me know. I'm looking to do somebody a good turn! Bring the kids!

[clintnz]

Originally Posted by hupjoy

Hey dudes,

So my bike is at ESP in La Crescenta, having the carb rebuilt, as it was stuck upon purchase. The seller agreed to pay for the fix!
The problem is KTM has the gasket rebuild set on back order 'till Feb 3!!!
Is this a common issue? Are older parts super hard to find or on back order often?
Ugghhh. Just feeling a bit impatient...
Also, anyone in Knoxville Tennessee wanna see the Blue Man Group touring production with yours truly? I'm here till Wed, then over to Newport News, VA, if anybody up around those parts isi interested, please let me know. I'm looking to do somebody a good turn! Bring the kids!

Look up motolab in the vendors forum, he stocks & sells most parts for the BST40 carb in the 640.

Cheers
Clint

[Tempo]

To the OP, I sent you a PM RE: my 640 which will be listed for sale very shortly.

[NitroAcres]

Originally Posted by Tempo

To the OP, I sent you a PM RE: my 640 which will be listed for sale very shortly.

Did you notice the date of the OP??

03-25-2006, 07:16 PM

[hupjoy]

Originally Posted by clintnz

Look up motolab in the vendors forum, he stocks & sells most parts for the BST40 carb in the 640.

Cheers
Clint

Bless you, man! This forum just simply fucking rules.

[Tempo]

Originally Posted by NitroAcres

Did you notice the date of the OP??

03-25-2006, 07:16 PM

[meat popsicle]

Originally Posted by hupjoy

Bless you, man! This forum just simply fucking rules.

we hit you up at the door on the way out...

[Michelangelo]

hope u all don't mind me reviving this thread!

I was looking for input or threads with owners who have used their Duke II's for adventure touring. Looking for ideas as I'm considering a brother deal that would have me have one. I'm selling my tricked out Translp as it's just too big and bulky to do the adventure stuff I like.

If you got any links to good Duke II threads or owners or ideas such as luggage racks or tanks for them I'm all ears. I know it's essentially an LC4 with diff suspension and such.

[Michelangelo]

Hellooo....anyone?

How about heated undergrip elements? I want to install some foam grips and hoping the add-on under grip heated elements would still be hot enough to heat up through the foam grip.

[HydroDog]

I have theses installed on my bike:
http://www.dual-star.com/index2/Ride..._grip_kit1.htm
They are packaged under other names also. Normally I installed some heavy shrink tubing on the left side to insulate the heater from the aluminum bar and installed throttle grips on both sides. This time I did not and the left seams to work pretty good, not quite as hot as the throttle side but workable.

[Michelangelo]

Originally Posted by HydroDog

I have theses installed on my bike:
http://www.dual-star.com/index2/Ride..._grip_kit1.htm
They are packaged under other names also. Normally I installed some heavy shrink tubing on the left side to insulate the heater from the aluminum bar and installed throttle grips on both sides. This time I did not and the left seams to work pretty good, not quite as hot as the throttle side but workable.

Yeah I bought some cheap Trackside brand ones from Cycle Gear. Just don't get hot enough for me, even after I trade my Pro Grip (thick rubber grips) for some less thick ones.

I'm curious though if the heat would transfer through foam grips?
http://www.grabongrips.com/?gclid=CL...FRWbnAod8CLK1A

[hupjoy]

Rode up to Sylmar CA today and up the May Canyon Truck Trail. Absolutely incredible and flawless and justfuckingunreal. Here are some pics and a map of how to get to the trail head from the I-210...

Here's the map with my crude mouse-drawn guide line in red.


After hopping the curb to get around the gate, I sat for a moment at the trailhead and thought "geez, I hope this doesn't suck..."


Then I stopped here


and here


and here


Then at the top, after it turned into the Santa Clara Truck Trail, I found a fire station with a killer view.




Running outta daylight, I decided to chalk this one up to pure recon and newbie practice riding, and come back another day and turn onto the dirt road I passed at the Santa Clara fork.
The LC4E performed admirably. Just hummed. The guy I had bought it from let it sit for a while, so I shoulda checked all the bolts and such before the ride as I dropped a radiator guard and the rear half of the handlebar clamp on my left bark buster. Hilarious. I found the radiator guard on the trail, the bark buster clamp is somewhere on the 210, I imagine. But what a ride. Any of youse guys in SoCal gotta come with me. I'm gonna do it again this week or weekend. Maybe Friday? Being unemployed has its merits!

Thanks to my wife for the SoCal Motorcycle maps from Butler! Greatest xmas gift I have ever received.

[slackmeyer]

Originally Posted by hupjoy

Rode up to Sylmar CA today and up the May Canyon Truck Trail. Absolutely incredible and flawless and justfuckingunreal. Here are some pics and a map of how to get to the trail head from the I-210...

Here's the map with my crude mouse-drawn guide line in red.


After hopping the curb to get around the gate, I sat for a moment at the trailhead and thought "geez, I hope this doesn't suck..."


Then I stopped here


and here


and here


Then at the top, after it turned into the Santa Clara Truck Trail, I found a fire station with a killer view.




Running outta daylight, I decided to chalk this one up to pure recon and newbie practice riding, and come back another day and turn onto the dirt road I passed at the Santa Clara fork.
The LC4E performed admirably. Just hummed. The guy I had bought it from let it sit for a while, so I shoulda checked all the bolts and such before the ride as I dropped a radiator guard and the rear half of the handlebar clamp on my left bark buster. Hilarious. I found the radiator guard on the trail, the bark buster clamp is somewhere on the 210, I imagine. But what a ride. Any of youse guys in SoCal gotta come with me. I'm gonna do it again this week or weekend. Maybe Friday? Being unemployed has its merits!

Thanks to my wife for the SoCal Motorcycle maps from Butler! Greatest xmas gift I have ever received.

If you have a LC4, you need to pony up for the industrial size bottle of blue loctite. Sounds like a great ride.

[HydroDog]

Originally Posted by Michelangelo

Yeah I bought some cheap Trackside brand ones from Cycle Gear. Just don't get hot enough for me, even after I trade my Pro Grip (thick rubber grips) for some less thick ones.

I'm curious though if the heat would transfer through foam grips?
http://www.grabongrips.com/?gclid=CL...FRWbnAod8CLK1A

I would not think the heat would transfer through those grips very well even with the better grip heaters.