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I Need a Tard...Maybe a KTM 690 SMC?
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jimboecv
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Re: I Need a Tard...Maybe a KTM 690 SMC?
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May 21, 2012, 05:42:56 AM »
If you're willing to buy new spend some time calling dealerships, specificly the big ones (Del Amo in socal usually has a glut of non-current bikes, Berts, Malcom Smith, etc). Used ones are becoming much more difficult to find. The new (euro only) 690 SMC is a legit 690, tubeless spoke rims. I have checked with a buddy at a KTM dealer and the SMC won't be a 2012 and likely not a 2013 for US.
That platform is amazing. Big drawbacks are fuel tank and the butt wedge they call a seat, but thats easily fixed. If you're not going off road consider a SM or a Duke, Duke's can be easier to find.
I would buy a 690 SMC in a minute.
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Re: I Need a Tard...Maybe a KTM 690 SMC?
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Quote from: jimboecv on May 21, 2012, 05:42:56 AM
If you're willing to buy new spend some time calling dealerships, specificly the big ones (Del Amo in socal usually has a glut of non-current bikes, Berts, Malcom Smith, etc). Used ones are becoming much more difficult to find. The new (euro only) 690 SMC is a legit 690, tubeless spoke rims. I have checked with a buddy at a KTM dealer and the SMC won't be a 2012 and likely not a 2013 for US.
That platform is amazing. Big drawbacks are fuel tank and the butt wedge they call a seat, but thats easily fixed. If you're not going off road consider a SM or a Duke, Duke's can be easier to find.
I would buy a 690 SMC in a minute.
Thanks! I'm hot on the trail of a private party sale of one now...may drive to the desert this weekend to get it. If not, Del Amo may be a good lay: Scuderia actually suggested I get the MX version (for $10k) and spend another $2k converting it...
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Re: I Need a Tard...Maybe a KTM 690 SMC?
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Love my Duke II (not exactly the same, but close enough)
Certain bikes I've owned have been far better in certain categories, but the Duke is the best all-around bike I've ever owned.
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Quote from: Drunken Monkey on May 21, 2012, 01:51:54 PM
Love my Duke II (not exactly the same, but close enough)
Certain bikes I've owned have been far better in certain categories, but the Duke is the best all-around bike I've ever owned.
Thanks man. I hear the same thing about *any* KTM 690, but my heart is set on the SMC...I don't do things halfway
I've got two possibles, and I'm ready to pull the trigger.
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My Vices
'09 1198s,
red
, (
Il Diavolo Rosso
)
'09
KTM
690 SMC (Thumpy)
'04 Yamaha FZ1, The
Blue
Cockroach
'01 900SS,
custom yellow
, (The Bumblebee)
'05 MS4R,
blue
desmoquattro
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It puts the billet aluminum on the motorcycle...
Re: I Need a Tard...Maybe a KTM 690 SMC?
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Reply #19 on:
May 25, 2012, 10:41:07 PM »
http://www.ducatimonsterforum.org/index.php?topic=57421
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My Vices
'09 1198s,
red
, (
Il Diavolo Rosso
)
'09
KTM
690 SMC (Thumpy)
'04 Yamaha FZ1, The
Blue
Cockroach
'01 900SS,
custom yellow
, (The Bumblebee)
'05 MS4R,
blue
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