The power of orange compels you!

[DRKWNG]

That one is a demo at the local dealership.  Took it out for about an hour or so today.

[Monsterlover]

What did you think of it?

[Slide Panda]

Mmmmorange. Which dealer did you say?

[DRKWNG]

What did you think of it?

It was...  Comfy.  The ergos were nice, and it didn't exhibit much of the legacy KTM FI trait of being all herky jerky.  But with its smoothness came a sense of...  meh.  It had lots of power, but did nothing to really light the fire so to speak.

[zooom]

Mmmmorange. Which dealer did you say?

if I had to guess...MRP...


I think Dolci has talked me into going up to BobsBMW to go look at the used SMT they have today....

[lethe]

I very well may buy one of those when funds allow.

I never though all that much of them until I sat on one. I fit on it so well!

It lit up the impulse buy portion of my brain big time.

I was pleasantly surprised too.
That'd be my pic among that class of bike.


Dan, how the hell did you get a sprocket to last that long? Mine looked like redneck teeth (just sharp pegs) already before I recently got a new chain and sprockets

[Monsterlover]

He doesn't bury it in earth from its home land to store it

[lethe]

He doesn't bury it in earth from its home land to store it

saying my shit is dirty? How dare you! 

[Monsterlover]

[DRKWNG]

This thing chewed up, and spat out, an orange superbike that was ridden recently. 



Just saying...

[Barney]

how about this? (found on another thread in this forum, but it should be displayed here) 

i'm fairly sure i would trade my monster for this paticular naked - but im with drkwng on that aprilia

[kopfjäger]

how about this? (found on another thread in this forum, but it should be displayed here)  

i'm fairly sure i would trade my monster for this paticular naked - but im with drkwng on that aprilia

That's a 125 and not available in the US.

[DanTheMan]

Slave takes a #20 o-ring as I understand it. Have it off and pop out the piston, pop on a new ring.

Yeah, it's coming apart to a decent level over the winter... in theory I'm going to EVO 2 it. So that will mean bye-bye to those hoses

mmm i want to do the cam, but that would also mean Power commander and dyno tuning yada yada yada ~1000$

[DanTheMan]

I'll just leave this here....

http://www.asphaltandrubber.com/bikes/details-drop-2013-ktm-1190-adventure-r/

You know, my take on these, yeah its nice to have more power , rawr..rawr...rawr..., but for a long distance touring rig, simplicity would be the key. If you break down in BFE it would be nice to be able to make some roadside repairs and back on the road, not have to find the nearest dealer who might just happen to have the 10,000$ machine to diagnose an electrical problem. Simple and reliable.

Also the weight of these monsters 507 LBS!?!? The bimmers are 450+, Multi 450+..now add you luggage and shit you dont need cause you always overpack talking a 600 lb machine. My 690 with full pack and gas, only 450lb.

And gas milage, more motor more gas. Traveling, you want your money to go as far as possible. 150 HP is really unnecessary. Well if your pushing 600lbs, maybe it is.

WANTED: a smooth twin around 800cc, 80HP and under 400lbs wet. Simple FI and electronics.

[DanTheMan]

I was pleasantly surprised too.
That'd be my pic among that class of bike.


Dan, how the hell did you get a sprocket to last that long? Mine looked like redneck teeth (just sharp pegs) already before I recently got a new chain and sprockets

Steel sprockets?

Also out of the 29,000 miles, 22,000 are commuting/touring, so not a lot of abuse. This is assuming once your on the road steady speed,  doesn't wear it much at all. Still on original brake pads.