Loretta Lynn’s broke wheels

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Edited Date/Time 8/5/2022 7:18pm
We counted 8 ktm wheels and spokes breaking today. Anyone know what is going on.
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JMR1976 8/2/2022 4:39pm
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Only wheel I heard about was on a Yamaha.
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Hi Side 8/2/2022 4:54pm
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Are you sure it was a wheel failure or were they flats? I saw several flats but I only saw one grenaded rear wheel.
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I’ve seen three posts on Facebook and IG about broken wheels at Loretta’s. I wouldn’t be surprised if at least one or two is due to lack of maintenance.
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sandman768 8/2/2022 6:01pm
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Loose spokes= broken wheels
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soggy 8/2/2022 7:22pm
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Also 800 riders or whatever you’re bound to break some
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Yamamoto Son 8/2/2022 9:15pm
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Ktm spoke nipple is nowhere near as solid as Jap bikes
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Roczoff 8/2/2022 10:00pm
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The wheels have no money?
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Cayden Thompson 8/2/2022 10:00pm
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I bet 9/10 times it's because there is contact with another bike...
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Mr. Afterbar 8/3/2022 4:15am
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It’s from everyone flat landing the big jump before the finish line. Not sure about Deegan. That one may have been contact with Ferry.
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Mr. Afterbar 8/3/2022 4:23am
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This is the wheel of Jordan Biese’s KTM. Amazing he was able to finish.
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ShipLap 8/3/2022 4:28am
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Mr. Afterbar wrote:
It’s from everyone flat landing the big jump before the finish line. Not sure about Deegan. That one may have been contact with Ferry.
It was his contact with Ferry that broke Deegan's rear wheel.
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We are at Loretta's. Deegan's was with contact from Ferry's foot peg. With most of the other riders its from sending it off the step down into the big right sand sweeper before the last turn. Its a huck.
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Timo 8/3/2022 6:10am
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sandman768 wrote:
Loose spokes= broken wheels
Overtightened spokes= broken wheels
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Melicar 8/3/2022 6:32am
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Not for nothing but on the podium Ferry even said he put his foot in Deegan's wheel when they fell and almost got it stuck.
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Skerby 8/3/2022 8:48am
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Several of the ladies were sending that jump, almost the last moto of the day, one of them came up short first try and it looked gnarly
Shawn_Smith 8/3/2022 9:04am
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Not one Cobra forged wheel issue. Make mag wheels great again.
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vanillaice782 8/3/2022 9:13am
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Timo wrote:
Overtightened spokes= broken wheels
Be a man, use three fingers.....for spoke tightening.
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Moto520 8/3/2022 9:23am
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I'm breaking spokes and i have a good maintenance program for prevention. I think the material is getting cheaper. I'm dealing with this on 2 of my bikes and i can't make sense of it.
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Rickyisms 8/3/2022 9:27am
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Moto520 wrote:
I'm breaking spokes and i have a good maintenance program for prevention. I think the material is getting cheaper. I'm dealing with this on 2 of...
I'm breaking spokes and i have a good maintenance program for prevention. I think the material is getting cheaper. I'm dealing with this on 2 of my bikes and i can't make sense of it.
What bikes? I always had problems with my stock KTM wheels. Got a DID/Talon set from Dubya and they’ve been a “set it and forget it” for 6 years now. I worked in a moto shop before and during peak COVID time and I saw more failures on brand new bikes and parts way quicker than before. Wasn’t it outdoors of 2020 when a bunch of RK chains broke? I think a lot of companies are forging metal certificates.
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Shawn_Smith wrote:
Not one Cobra forged wheel issue. Make mag wheels great again.
That's pretty funny.

Off-topic and 100% legit question, why is the availability of the 65 so scarce? I inquired after Mammoth and was told I may be able to get one in February-ish.
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kb228 8/3/2022 10:44am
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I mean when you got 1000 dirtbikes racing in 1 place youre bound to have problems. Its part of racing
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Sandusky26 8/3/2022 12:07pm
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kb228 wrote:
I mean when you got 1000 dirtbikes racing in 1 place youre bound to have problems. Its part of racing
All of the bikes are the same brand. KTM makes you pay extra for shitty wheels and air forks.
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Timo wrote:
Overtightened spokes= broken wheels
vanillaice782 wrote:
Be a man, use three fingers.....for spoke tightening.
Haahaaahaaaahaaa

Dude, that's so wrong!

(Still laughing)
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kb228 wrote:
I mean when you got 1000 dirtbikes racing in 1 place youre bound to have problems. Its part of racing
Sandusky26 wrote:
All of the bikes are the same brand. KTM makes you pay extra for shitty wheels and air forks.
One of our friends on a KX450 sent it over the sand roller and flat landed. That was the end of his moto. Was running 11th in 450B.
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jaun 8/3/2022 1:02pm
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Shawn_Smith wrote:
Not one Cobra forged wheel issue. Make mag wheels great again.
What would the extra cost be of magnesium wheels?
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SmokinJoe439 8/3/2022 1:10pm
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On vital only Austrian brands break
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Sandusky26 8/3/2022 1:15pm
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Where’s GT80rider when I need him.
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Moto520 8/3/2022 1:27pm
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Moto520 wrote:
I'm breaking spokes and i have a good maintenance program for prevention. I think the material is getting cheaper. I'm dealing with this on 2 of...
I'm breaking spokes and i have a good maintenance program for prevention. I think the material is getting cheaper. I'm dealing with this on 2 of my bikes and i can't make sense of it.
Rickyisms wrote:
What bikes? I always had problems with my stock KTM wheels. Got a DID/Talon set from Dubya and they’ve been a “set it and forget it”...
What bikes? I always had problems with my stock KTM wheels. Got a DID/Talon set from Dubya and they’ve been a “set it and forget it” for 6 years now. I worked in a moto shop before and during peak COVID time and I saw more failures on brand new bikes and parts way quicker than before. Wasn’t it outdoors of 2020 when a bunch of RK chains broke? I think a lot of companies are forging metal certificates.
2022 KTM 350 stock wheels are light and everything but don't hold up that well. I replaced them with Faster USA wheels but have recently started breaking a spoke here and there (not the fault of Faster USA).

2022 KX450 stock wheels. The spoke nipples strip way to easily. It's next to impossible to torque the spokes to the correct tension all around the wheel.

Yamaha wheels stock are fine.
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MX558 8/3/2022 1:40pm
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Knock on wood but I have never had a problem with any of my bikes Yamaha, KTM, Kawasaki or Hondas . That said KTM wheels are junk
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SmokinJoe439 8/3/2022 1:49pm
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The Japanese brands don't come with real excel rims. Well they are excel's but cheaper lighter 6000 series not the 7000 series if you bought them directly. The giveaway is the cheaper ones only have one excel logo not two.

Managed to taco the front on my yz250 and flat spot the rear. Just depends on where you ride how you ride.
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