This KTM photo is going viral…. Not good.

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Rickyisms 7/23/2023 4:54am
7/23/2023 4:54am

Hasn’t this been pretty common knowledge since the TBI bikes came out?

I remember seeing a 2-3 strange Cylinder failures online on the 250s when the TBI bikes first started rolling out, but it seems KTM stepped up to help the people and no telling if it was user error or a manufacturer issue. 
 

Aren’t/weren’t a bunch of their street bikes assembled in India?

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Jeremy A.K. 7/23/2023 6:06am
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Is it really that big of a deal? Dont they make cylinders for BMW ,kawasaki ,artic cat and probably some others? If they make a good cylinder it shouldn't be an issue.

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FGR01 7/23/2023 6:13am
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Ironically, on the 23 300 TBI bikes, the Elko cylinders were the ones cracking and the Kymco's seem fine.

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bens 152 7/23/2023 7:13am
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Keeping costs down without sacrificing quality/reliability?

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swedishfishmx 7/23/2023 7:57am
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If you don’t like it don’t buy it. 

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mxtech1 7/23/2023 8:06am
7/23/2023 8:06am

Not sure why this gets such a negative spin. 
 

Kymco has some of the best motorcycle-specific casting processes in the global supply chain. 

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Paul_Jacky 7/23/2023 8:10am
7/23/2023 8:10am

It must be a money saver, Like Mercedes has a engine build by Renault , Audi Lamborghini Volkswagen they all connect to stay alive 

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SmokinJoe439 7/23/2023 8:32am
7/23/2023 8:32am

Nothing new here my 21 250sx has a kymco cylinder. It actually looks a lot better than the elko cylinder my 21 150sx has. 

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Rickyisms 7/23/2023 8:35am
7/23/2023 8:35am
FGR01 wrote:

Ironically, on the 23 300 TBI bikes, the Elko cylinders were the ones cracking and the Kymco's seem fine.

My mistake. I knew one of them had problems!

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Pop Shmoke 7/23/2023 8:42am
7/23/2023 8:42am

KYMCO is a Taiwanese not Chinese company, and Taiwan are world renowned for their precision manufacturing and supply chain prowess. 

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Magoofan 7/23/2023 9:23am
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LOL.

 

This reminds me of the people who trash Toyota, Nissan etc while screaming "Buy American".    There is no 100% "American" made vehicle anymore.    It's a global economy now, companies outsource to other manufacturers.

 FWIW, I stopped buying "American" made vehicles because they are junk. 

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#434 7/23/2023 10:02am
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I just love when Yanks shit on stuff made in Asia, but have no motorcycle industry and produce cars that the rest of the world wouldn’t touch with a ten-foot pole… the only saving grace is Tesla. 

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JK BRO 7/23/2023 10:19am
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If it keeps my bike running.

gjgj

 

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RACING 7/23/2023 10:31am
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This is so dumb.

 

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BigRedMachine 7/23/2023 10:34am
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swedishfishmx wrote:

If you don’t like it don’t buy it. 

You're damn right I'm not going to buy it, I try to avoid Chinese shit as much as possible and if I knew KTM was using Cylinders made in China, that's a deal breaker for me.  Funny! China unleashed a plague upon the world that killed almost 7 million people that is looking more and more that it came from a lab experimenting to make virus's more infectious, then they closed Hubei Province where Wuhan was domestically, so Chinese people couldn't leave or go into that Hell Hole of disease, but! they allowed their people to travel internationally out of that province to infect the world with a biological bomb.   How quickly we forget, but that's Humans for you.  

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BigRedMachine wrote:
You're damn right I'm not going to buy it, I try to avoid Chinese shit as much as possible and if I knew KTM was using...

You're damn right I'm not going to buy it, I try to avoid Chinese shit as much as possible and if I knew KTM was using Cylinders made in China, that's a deal breaker for me.  Funny! China unleashed a plague upon the world that killed almost 7 million people that is looking more and more that it came from a lab experimenting to make virus's more infectious, then they closed Hubei Province where Wuhan was domestically, so Chinese people couldn't leave or go into that Hell Hole of disease, but! they allowed their people to travel internationally out of that province to infect the world with a biological bomb.   How quickly we forget, but that's Humans for you.  

Lol these are made in Taiwan... Thanks for the history lesson. 

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visser62 7/23/2023 10:41am
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swedishfishmx wrote:

If you don’t like it don’t buy it. 

BigRedMachine wrote:
You're damn right I'm not going to buy it, I try to avoid Chinese shit as much as possible and if I knew KTM was using...

You're damn right I'm not going to buy it, I try to avoid Chinese shit as much as possible and if I knew KTM was using Cylinders made in China, that's a deal breaker for me.  Funny! China unleashed a plague upon the world that killed almost 7 million people that is looking more and more that it came from a lab experimenting to make virus's more infectious, then they closed Hubei Province where Wuhan was domestically, so Chinese people couldn't leave or go into that Hell Hole of disease, but! they allowed their people to travel internationally out of that province to infect the world with a biological bomb.   How quickly we forget, but that's Humans for you.  

And in your xenophobic drivel you fail to realize that you're actually boycotting a company from Taiwan, who is one of the most important American assets in the Pacific and perhaps China's staunchest enemy.

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Magoofan 7/23/2023 10:58am
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BigRedMachine wrote:
You're damn right I'm not going to buy it, I try to avoid Chinese shit as much as possible and if I knew KTM was using...

You're damn right I'm not going to buy it, I try to avoid Chinese shit as much as possible and if I knew KTM was using Cylinders made in China, that's a deal breaker for me.  Funny! China unleashed a plague upon the world that killed almost 7 million people that is looking more and more that it came from a lab experimenting to make virus's more infectious, then they closed Hubei Province where Wuhan was domestically, so Chinese people couldn't leave or go into that Hell Hole of disease, but! they allowed their people to travel internationally out of that province to infect the world with a biological bomb.   How quickly we forget, but that's Humans for you.  

Winner of "weapons-grade stupidity" award of the year. 

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INeedaNewUsername 7/23/2023 11:02am
7/23/2023 11:02am

Grrrr, less China....as most of these people love cheap shit from WalMart and Amazon. Draw the line at motorsickles by golly 

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jjavaman 7/23/2023 11:03am
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swedishfishmx wrote:

If you don’t like it don’t buy it. 

BigRedMachine wrote:
You're damn right I'm not going to buy it, I try to avoid Chinese shit as much as possible and if I knew KTM was using...

You're damn right I'm not going to buy it, I try to avoid Chinese shit as much as possible and if I knew KTM was using Cylinders made in China, that's a deal breaker for me.  Funny! China unleashed a plague upon the world that killed almost 7 million people that is looking more and more that it came from a lab experimenting to make virus's more infectious, then they closed Hubei Province where Wuhan was domestically, so Chinese people couldn't leave or go into that Hell Hole of disease, but! they allowed their people to travel internationally out of that province to infect the world with a biological bomb.   How quickly we forget, but that's Humans for you.  

There’s stupid and then there’s you🤦‍♂️

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BigRedMachine 7/23/2023 11:08am
7/23/2023 11:08am Edited Date/Time 7/23/2023 11:11am
Pop Shmoke wrote:

KYMCO is a Taiwanese not Chinese company, and Taiwan are world renowned for their precision manufacturing and supply chain prowess. 

My bad, I confused them with Kayo bikes that look like KTM's, but are made in China.  I guess it's my turn to be dragged behind a horse through a field of thistles naked and screaming, but it says the KTM 790's are made in China.

KTM's 2023 790 Adventure to be Built in China by CFMoto - webBikeWorld

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ando 7/23/2023 11:21am
7/23/2023 11:21am
swedishfishmx wrote:

If you don’t like it don’t buy it. 

BigRedMachine wrote:
You're damn right I'm not going to buy it, I try to avoid Chinese shit as much as possible and if I knew KTM was using...

You're damn right I'm not going to buy it, I try to avoid Chinese shit as much as possible and if I knew KTM was using Cylinders made in China, that's a deal breaker for me.  Funny! China unleashed a plague upon the world that killed almost 7 million people that is looking more and more that it came from a lab experimenting to make virus's more infectious, then they closed Hubei Province where Wuhan was domestically, so Chinese people couldn't leave or go into that Hell Hole of disease, but! they allowed their people to travel internationally out of that province to infect the world with a biological bomb.   How quickly we forget, but that's Humans for you.  

Ha!  It was only a few generations ago that a certain country unleashed the worst human atrocity of all time and another attacked US soil.  Are you boycotting them too?

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slowgti 7/23/2023 11:30am
7/23/2023 11:30am

I’ve machined and welded some kymco parts before, better quality and consistency than the EU sourced parts for the same application.  

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Magoofan 7/23/2023 11:33am
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Blaming all Chinese for COVID is idiocy.      The problem is with their government.    Bad citizens and bad government players are worldwide and every country has em.

This crap reminds me of the people who still hate Japanese and Germans because of WWII....Or those blaming todays generation of white folks for the slave trade. 

 

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inthebadboycorner 7/23/2023 11:46am
7/23/2023 11:46am
swedishfishmx wrote:

If you don’t like it don’t buy it. 

BigRedMachine wrote:
You're damn right I'm not going to buy it, I try to avoid Chinese shit as much as possible and if I knew KTM was using...

You're damn right I'm not going to buy it, I try to avoid Chinese shit as much as possible and if I knew KTM was using Cylinders made in China, that's a deal breaker for me.  Funny! China unleashed a plague upon the world that killed almost 7 million people that is looking more and more that it came from a lab experimenting to make virus's more infectious, then they closed Hubei Province where Wuhan was domestically, so Chinese people couldn't leave or go into that Hell Hole of disease, but! they allowed their people to travel internationally out of that province to infect the world with a biological bomb.   How quickly we forget, but that's Humans for you.  

So the device you are using to post your comment is made in China, bye!

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VRR7 7/23/2023 12:16pm
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Chinese version - Copy made in China - That is how china operate - When you use them to manufacture your stuff they own the rights - I is how they operate - Now all they do is put it all together under another name -  Sell for much cheaper 

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Rickyisms 7/23/2023 12:47pm
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Source Lextra 2022 Mountain Cross Offroad Motorcycles 300cc 2 Stroke Enduro Off Road Dirt Bikes on m.alibaba.com

Front brake line is routed wrong bro. 

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Jeremy A.K. 7/23/2023 4:42pm
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VRR7 wrote:
Chinese version - Copy made in China - That is how china operate - When you use them to manufacture your stuff they own the rights...

Chinese version - Copy made in China - That is how china operate - When you use them to manufacture your stuff they own the rights - I is how they operate - Now all they do is put it all together under another name -  Sell for much cheaper 

Being a mold builder I have heard some horrible stories about them stealing people's designs. Guys losing everything trying to recoup their loses from the Chinese stealing designs.

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