'16 KTM Footpeg springs

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Edited Date/Time 12/10/2015 9:31am
Has anyone else had trouble with them breaking? I still havent taken it apart but they got that limp dick syndrome right now and was wondering if anyone has advice for an easier way to install them. When myself and the team at Houston Motorsports assembled the bike it took 2 of us to slide that pin in there.

Appreciate the help...
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macz400 12/9/2015 11:04am
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They are tough but I watched a video on you tube of a certain way to install them when I did mine and it was fairly easy after that.
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Madmax31 12/9/2015 11:05am
12/9/2015 11:05am
The new MXA has pics showing the way they should be installed.
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IceMan446 12/9/2015 11:10am
12/9/2015 11:10am
Madmax31 wrote:
The new MXA has pics showing the way they should be installed.
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newmann 12/9/2015 11:14am
12/9/2015 11:14am
Different than 13 models? Long nose Vice Grips made it oh so easy after getting my ass kicked for an hour...Laughing

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woodsracer667 12/9/2015 11:28am
12/9/2015 11:28am
You can also use the old style spring, takes a bit of effort to get them in but they dont break
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Dtat720 12/9/2015 11:36am
12/9/2015 11:36am
Lightest bike..... Shit breaks
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gpracer36 12/9/2015 11:41am
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again, MXA has pics. Has nothing to do with light weight. Some bike came with springs installed wrong. Easy fix
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Beast666 12/9/2015 12:27pm
12/9/2015 12:27pm
newmann wrote:
Yep they are different than previous models. Someone please step in with the MXA add a tooth rhetoric... Funny how people bash MXA every chance they...
Yep they are different than previous models. Someone please step in with the MXA add a tooth rhetoric...

Funny how people bash MXA every chance they get yet the factory certified dealer techs are putting them together wrong for $500.00.LaughingLaughingLaughing
Bash the factory trained techs that the dealers pay $10/hr to build the bikes and charge you $500 to uncrate it.
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dcg141 12/9/2015 2:45pm
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First one I put together I had to look at it awhile to figure our the way it goes. There is a left and right spring also.
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Ryan598 12/9/2015 4:04pm
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I had both spring break twice in the first 3 hours on my 2016 Ktm 450. Switched to the Older spring and hasn't happened again.

That may be because my seat got broken in a crash and it has been back ordered since the first week of October. These "light" bikes havent held up well for me so far. Thinking of trading it in on a 16 kx450f.
bartziokas123 12/9/2015 4:58pm
12/9/2015 4:58pm
Ryan598 wrote:
I had both spring break twice in the first 3 hours on my 2016 Ktm 450. Switched to the Older spring and hasn't happened again. That...
I had both spring break twice in the first 3 hours on my 2016 Ktm 450. Switched to the Older spring and hasn't happened again.

That may be because my seat got broken in a crash and it has been back ordered since the first week of October. These "light" bikes havent held up well for me so far. Thinking of trading it in on a 16 kx450f.
I dont understand how you made the older springs fit? They are a different design
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Ryan598 12/9/2015 6:15pm
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You have to clamp the spring shut with a pair of vice grips. I didn't think it would work either until someone put a picture of the old style spring in their bike. It took two people for us to do it.
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Ktm240 12/9/2015 7:03pm
12/9/2015 7:03pm
Here are the 15 springs on my 16 350xcf. They fit just fine, my 16 spring lasted 5 hrs before it broke.

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RPM68 12/10/2015 7:14am
12/10/2015 7:14am
Thanks guys. I will attack it tonight...glad I bought some new springs! Now where did I put them....

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mtl 12/10/2015 7:56am
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newmann wrote:
Yep they are different than previous models. Someone please step in with the MXA add a tooth rhetoric... Funny how people bash MXA every chance they...
Yep they are different than previous models. Someone please step in with the MXA add a tooth rhetoric...

Funny how people bash MXA every chance they get yet the factory certified dealer techs are putting them together wrong for $500.00.LaughingLaughingLaughing
Beast666 wrote:
Bash the factory trained techs that the dealers pay $10/hr to build the bikes and charge you $500 to uncrate it.
Anyone paying $500 to have a bike setup is mentally deficient or just a terrible negotiator...
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newmann 12/10/2015 8:12am
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newmann wrote:
Yep they are different than previous models. Someone please step in with the MXA add a tooth rhetoric... Funny how people bash MXA every chance they...
Yep they are different than previous models. Someone please step in with the MXA add a tooth rhetoric...

Funny how people bash MXA every chance they get yet the factory certified dealer techs are putting them together wrong for $500.00.LaughingLaughingLaughing
Beast666 wrote:
Bash the factory trained techs that the dealers pay $10/hr to build the bikes and charge you $500 to uncrate it.
mtl wrote:
Anyone paying $500 to have a bike setup is mentally deficient or just a terrible negotiator...
Hey man, the dealer has to make a living and he can't do it without charging $500.00 to install the bars, footpegs and checking the oil. Hater's gonna hate.



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RPM68 12/10/2015 9:22am
12/10/2015 9:22am
Beast666 wrote:
Bash the factory trained techs that the dealers pay $10/hr to build the bikes and charge you $500 to uncrate it.
mtl wrote:
Anyone paying $500 to have a bike setup is mentally deficient or just a terrible negotiator...
newmann wrote:
Hey man, the dealer has to make a living and he can't do it without charging $500.00 to install the bars, footpegs and checking the oil...
Hey man, the dealer has to make a living and he can't do it without charging $500.00 to install the bars, footpegs and checking the oil. Hater's gonna hate.



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I got the bike at cost and didnt pay any of that shit, but I also built 98% of the bike.
adamcr151515 12/10/2015 9:31am
12/10/2015 9:31am
At the shop I work at, you can put the '15 springs in easy, but with the '16's you have to have 2 people do it.
fullysicmate 2/15/2017 10:18pm
2/15/2017 10:18pm
I just noticed both footpeg springs broken on my 2017 ktm450 as well, 10hrs. hope the next set lasts longer, I have never had that happen before.
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urbanlift707 2/15/2017 10:37pm
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My footpegs have held up but I keep breaking my rear brake pedal spring. I've gone through three in 18 hours on my 17 250sx. Anyone else have this issue?
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mx216 2/16/2017 10:15am
2/16/2017 10:15am Edited Date/Time 2/16/2017 10:17am
urbanlift707 wrote:
My footpegs have held up but I keep breaking my rear brake pedal spring. I've gone through three in 18 hours on my 17 250sx. Anyone...
My footpegs have held up but I keep breaking my rear brake pedal spring. I've gone through three in 18 hours on my 17 250sx. Anyone else have this issue?
You need the older spring, from i believe 2015 and older. Its a round spring and holds up better than the oval shape one. Also, it helps if you put the lower spring tab in from the outside. If you put it in from the inside of the brake pedal, your boot can hit it and push it out or break it.
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slipdog 2/16/2017 10:20am
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urbanlift707 wrote:
My footpegs have held up but I keep breaking my rear brake pedal spring. I've gone through three in 18 hours on my 17 250sx. Anyone...
My footpegs have held up but I keep breaking my rear brake pedal spring. I've gone through three in 18 hours on my 17 250sx. Anyone else have this issue?
3 in 10hrs so far.
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slipdog 2/16/2017 10:21am
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I take that back, 4 in 10 because my dealer sent me a pack of 3 after the first broke and I have none left.
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mx216 2/16/2017 10:24am
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Here is the best picture I have of the round spring. This picture shows it installed backwards
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SweetDaddy 2/16/2017 11:03am
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My buddy has broken 2 so far on his 16 450SX and now carries spares.

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