KTM 125 Goes Boom!

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Edited Date/Time 1/27/2012 8:09pm
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Not sure who's bike this was, but it was posted on Facebook by one of our State racers...


WOW. How the F*** do you get your bike to do this???


Not picking on KTM here, but that is just CRAZY!



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Predator 1/23/2012 6:13am
1/23/2012 6:13am
Either a defect or poor maintenance.... wow that's ugly.
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eeazye 1/23/2012 6:19am
1/23/2012 6:19am
Charles Bronson wrote:
hydrolock will do that.
I agree. That engine looks pretty clean, like it was submerged....

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Charles Bronson 1/23/2012 6:21am
1/23/2012 6:21am Edited Date/Time 1/23/2012 6:22am
Charles Bronson wrote:
hydrolock will do that.
eeazye wrote:
I agree. That engine looks pretty clean, like it was submerged....
bingo. my first thought. its squeaky clean like some 14 yr old kid rode it though a puddle and sucked a gallon of water thru the airbox... also, the cold water hitting a hot cylinder will distort and even crack it without even sucking the water thru the airbox. Hot metal + cold water = no maam.
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wardy 1/23/2012 6:21am
1/23/2012 6:21am
beats suckin a valve.

thinking it is a submarine will do that for sure.
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newmann 1/23/2012 6:24am
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I still see most of the rod intact, looks like it broke around the piston pin. The Katoom went kaboom. Never seen a smoker scatter like that.

Those parts would go on my wall of shame.Smile
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Derpin' DJ 1/23/2012 6:48am
1/23/2012 6:48am
This thread will either lead to:

a) 2-stroke vs 4-stroke

b) Carlosmacho vs KTM

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reded 1/23/2012 7:00am
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Wow, that's the worst I've ever seen. Tops my '92 CR250 when the skirt broke off of the cylinder and decided to wedge itself between the piston and crank at BDC while turning 9,000rpm. Bad shit bros!
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Faceaz 1/23/2012 7:05am
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My guess a sieze while @ top speed. After the siezure, you would have all the force of the rear wheel jackhammering against the top-end.
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Matt Fisher 1/23/2012 7:12am
1/23/2012 7:12am Edited Date/Time 1/23/2012 7:13am
Meh, a little polish and elbow grease; that'll buff right out.
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pete24 1/23/2012 7:22am
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ha ha that would be a motor that got lent to Ryann Stacy for lorettas, she went down and rode it all week came home rode it a little more then it broke i have never seen anything like it, her dad is a face book guy im sure he put it on there
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TannerMxer 1/23/2012 7:24am
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The sad thing is... you could have that happen 2-3 times and still afford it over 1 4-stroke blowing up. Tongue
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jndmx 1/23/2012 7:35am
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pete24 wrote:
ha ha that would be a motor that got lent to Ryann Stacy for lorettas, she went down and rode it all week came home rode...
ha ha that would be a motor that got lent to Ryann Stacy for lorettas, she went down and rode it all week came home rode it a little more then it broke i have never seen anything like it, her dad is a face book guy im sure he put it on there
I was wondering if there were 441 or 557 number plates on that bike too.
Carleton blew one up the same way.
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TerryK 1/23/2012 7:39am
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Squeeky clean? Well maintained? Look at the grool coming out of the power valve. That thing hasn't been touched in a while. It looks like hydro lock to me as well. It even split the head apart. NEVER saw that before.
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Roscoe33 1/23/2012 7:40am
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Faceaz wrote:
My guess a sieze while @ top speed. After the siezure, you would have all the force of the rear wheel jackhammering against the top-end.
I agee ^^
I have seen this before on 2 stroke hydroplanes boats @ 100 MPH,

least when they grenade the motor parts are behind you not underneath you.
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ML512 1/23/2012 7:42am
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My guess is detonation considering it blew the sparkplug out the top.

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pete24 1/23/2012 8:01am
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pete24 wrote:
ha ha that would be a motor that got lent to Ryann Stacy for lorettas, she went down and rode it all week came home rode...
ha ha that would be a motor that got lent to Ryann Stacy for lorettas, she went down and rode it all week came home rode it a little more then it broke i have never seen anything like it, her dad is a face book guy im sure he put it on there
jndmx wrote:
I was wondering if there were 441 or 557 number plates on that bike too.
Carleton blew one up the same way.
it was Mikeys motor in Rys bike
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BK 1/23/2012 8:04am
1/23/2012 8:04am
I'm guessing an overheated motor then a detonation due to the head being cracked too.
BornA'Lil2Slow 1/23/2012 8:24am
1/23/2012 8:24am Edited Date/Time 1/23/2012 8:26am
but....but....but..... two strokes dont break! get newman on this ASAP! This has to be photoshop propaganda by honda. That is really a four stroke motor, only those break. They just had a team of asian hackers and photoshop wizards working around the clock to put a two stroke cylinder, intake, and head in the pic to deceive everyone!
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T-Fish 1/23/2012 8:41am
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Derpin' DJ wrote:
This thread will either lead to:

a) 2-stroke vs 4-stroke

b) Carlosmacho vs KTM

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c) R-acer vs KTM
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bangmyhead 1/23/2012 8:42am
1/23/2012 8:42am
im guessing the turn signal fluid was low...


yea that'll do it
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jndmx 1/23/2012 8:43am
1/23/2012 8:43am Edited Date/Time 1/23/2012 8:43am
pete24 wrote:
ha ha that would be a motor that got lent to Ryann Stacy for lorettas, she went down and rode it all week came home rode...
ha ha that would be a motor that got lent to Ryann Stacy for lorettas, she went down and rode it all week came home rode it a little more then it broke i have never seen anything like it, her dad is a face book guy im sure he put it on there
jndmx wrote:
I was wondering if there were 441 or 557 number plates on that bike too.
Carleton blew one up the same way.
pete24 wrote:
it was Mikeys motor in Rys bike
Yeah but I thought Carleton already had one of these explosions before that as well.

Maybe I'm remembering wrong.....I am old after all.
Charles Bronson 1/23/2012 8:45am
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BornA'Lil2Slow wrote:
but....but....but..... two strokes dont break! get newman on this ASAP! This has to be photoshop propaganda by honda. That is really a four stroke motor, only...
but....but....but..... two strokes dont break! get newman on this ASAP! This has to be photoshop propaganda by honda. That is really a four stroke motor, only those break. They just had a team of asian hackers and photoshop wizards working around the clock to put a two stroke cylinder, intake, and head in the pic to deceive everyone!
what will cost more to fix?
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jasonv43 1/23/2012 8:46am
1/23/2012 8:46am
Either fell off the stand or he kicked it over too hard is my guess.
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danman 1/23/2012 8:50am
1/23/2012 8:50am
A couple of tubes of JB Weld should take care of it!
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moto288 1/23/2012 8:53am
1/23/2012 8:53am
ouch somebody tell me how this happened so i can avoid doing this to my new KTM 150.

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