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Hope you've got a good tire budget standing by.
I hope your experience is different than theirs.
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here he is with our 2 and 10 month old english staffy and 7 month old Dogo
In all honesty they did have a little on me down the straights, but they had to be very long straights to overcome the four strokes advantage during acceleration.
I'm sure you'll have a blast on it. It's a gorgeous machine! Just be wary of the high-sides on corner exits. I get the feeling that you're more comfortable than most are when your sideways on pavement though.
that would be rad to have as a Cafe Racer around town, how big of a bitch would it be to put lights on it? i know the KTM XC versions come wired and ready, just need to install. or is this just for fun on the SM course? either way thanks for sharing
Unless your state has a specific opposition to two stroke engines, you can definitely get one registered. It can vary by quite a bit on how many different hoops you'll have to jump through. Registration and insurance up here went from easy to hard (in BC at least). Now you have to register each bike as a custom build no different than building a chopper.
Check out baja designs. They sold me the kit I used to get my bike registered and they seem to know quite a bit about each state's different requirements for registration.
They are the wildest and most fun things on the road, until you hit a highway. Then the limitations of a big displacement single become more apparent. A KX500 engine would be a better bet for a street going supermoto IMO as I believe their later engines had a wider ratio transmission than the Honda's ever did. If you went the four stroke route a CRF450X or a WR450 are better suited for the same reason. You can gear the regular MX versions to the moon and get decent highway/top speeds, but first gear gets awfully tall.
i have my KTM300 registered and street-legal with the Baja Designs headlight and the Sicass Racing tail-light and blinkers kit... that light is so damn bright though that i feel bad riding at night because i don't have a dimmer. i've had no problem running that light in the dark doing speeds of 25-50 offroad and 60 on the road. i didn't have any issues getting the green light on the 2-stroke for street legal reasons, only problem is my registration jumped from $60 to $150.
most of my riding is single track and i can easily spend the day on the trail. i love having my trail bike street-legal because i can leave the truck at home, go ride all day and stop and have some dinner and a beer on my way home without issue.
Looks like a Wheelie Machine.
Nice looking dawgs too.
I have always liked the look of those TM's!
That TM would sound mean. Need a vid of it lapping a track
Did you have to cut the frame and raise the "Y" in the downtube to clear the exhaust?
Any photos of the bike without the plastic installed? Build pics, etc?
Sweet bike dude.
Pit Row
I think what you gain in outright HP , you will have to give up in rideability over a tuned 300, but even so, great tool.
Has Mettet written all over it
swinarm pivot was fine just had to machine up some spacers to position the engine so the chain ran true
test fitting the engine
engine counted in position
exhaust and silencer fitted up brackets needed cutting off and re welding
magura hydraulic clutch conversion fitted up
the 300 was good and fun to ride it was pretty close to the 450 lap time wise. i have always wanted a 500 in a real chassis , i looked at buy a new service honda but by the time i converted it to supermoto ,suspension, triples, wheels ,brakes ,swingarm etc etc it would have cost way to much and still be a converted MX bike . i had the TM 300 there already as factory built supermoto so i thought it was a lot better way to go . i brought the rebuilt 500 engine and electrics for around the same as i sold the 300 tm engine for so it has not really cost me that much :-}}}}
Sick ride.
Supermoto IS moto.
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