Why are KTM's such a POS?

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screwin over all their riders.
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Kan't take Motocross.



Killer trail machine .
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Scotty 8/17/2008 1:47pm
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To answer your question MXrider26x, They are actually really good desert bikes.. Mx? Not so much.

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Ing 8/17/2008 2:24pm
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Your title doesn't seem to go with you subject very well. One refers to the bike, the other the company/rider relationship.
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motogrady 8/17/2008 2:24pm
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Kick Till Monday...................................
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TerryK 8/17/2008 2:26pm
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Ing wrote:
Your title doesn't seem to go with you subject very well. One refers to the bike, the other the company/rider relationship.
I was thinking the same thing.
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TerryK 8/17/2008 2:27pm
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motogrady wrote:


Kick Till Monday...................................
pffft, just push the red button silly.
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In the big boy class they had just as many bikes in the top 10 as any other brand, but I know that can't be, they are a POS.
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motogrady wrote:


Kick Till Monday...................................
TerryK wrote:
pffft, just push the red button silly.
That only works on the 450.
brakkeman_ 8/17/2008 4:41pm
8/17/2008 4:41pm Edited Date/Time 8/18/2008 1:22am
put bubba on it and he wins, the bikes have proven here in europe to be good enough, ktm just isn't willing to pay big bucks for a title in usa...
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brakkeman_ wrote:
put bubba on it and he wins, the bikes have proven here in europe to be good enough, ktm just isn't willing to pay big bucks...
put bubba on it and he wins, the bikes have proven here in europe to be good enough, ktm just isn't willing to pay big bucks for a title in usa...
Yep
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brakkeman_ wrote:
put bubba on it and he wins, the bikes have proven here in europe to be good enough, ktm just isn't willing to pay big bucks...
put bubba on it and he wins, the bikes have proven here in europe to be good enough, ktm just isn't willing to pay big bucks for a title in usa...
The bikes don't seem to perform on the tracks here regardless of the rider you put on them.
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brakkeman_ wrote:
put bubba on it and he wins, the bikes have proven here in europe to be good enough, ktm just isn't willing to pay big bucks...
put bubba on it and he wins, the bikes have proven here in europe to be good enough, ktm just isn't willing to pay big bucks for a title in usa...
Sinbad wrote:
The bikes don't seem to perform on the tracks here regardless of the rider you put on them.
Spoken like a trendy hardcore moto dude.

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jmar wrote:
Spoken like a trendy hardcore moto dude.

Someone told me their best friend's cousin's step dad had bad luck with a KTM.

They must be junk.....
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jmar 8/17/2008 5:07pm
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jmar wrote:
Spoken like a trendy hardcore moto dude.

Racer92 wrote:
Someone told me their best friend's cousin's step dad had bad luck with a KTM. They [i]must[/i] be junk..... [img]http://www.gifshare.com/uploads/images/20060911/thumb/6751_rolleyes.gif[/img]
Someone told me their best friend's cousin's step dad had bad luck with a KTM.

They must be junk.....
Come on now, if you want to be a real hardcore guy you need to belittle the KTM.

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There good in motocross just not supercross.
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jmar 8/17/2008 5:19pm
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mxpimp wrote:
There good in motocross just not supercross.
And you know this because?
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jmar wrote:
And you know this because?
He heard it from some guy who knew a fella's mechanic who said it.

True story!
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jmar 8/17/2008 5:29pm
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jmar wrote:
And you know this because?
Racer92 wrote:
He heard it from some guy who knew a fella's mechanic who said it.

True story!
That’s some real concrete insiders info there.
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Scotty wrote:
To answer your question MXrider26x, They are actually really good desert bikes.. Mx? Not so much.
LOL!!!
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Seems like about 50% of the people on here know MX and the other 50% don't know their ass from a hole in the ground. My guess is the later read too many MX magazines and do too little riding.
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jmar 8/17/2008 5:48pm
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Scotty wrote:
To answer your question MXrider26x, They are actually really good desert bikes.. Mx? Not so much.
flarider wrote:
LOL!!!
Really,

I heard that they were great in the high desert region but not so much in the lower regions.
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jmar 8/17/2008 5:51pm
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Ing wrote:
Seems like about 50% of the people on here know MX and the other 50% don't know their ass from a hole in the ground. My...
Seems like about 50% of the people on here know MX and the other 50% don't know their ass from a hole in the ground. My guess is the later read too many MX magazines and do too little riding.
It may be more like 30% 70%.
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motogrady wrote:


Kick Till Monday...................................
TerryK wrote:
pffft, just push the red button silly.
Sinbad wrote:
That only works on the 450.
They have 300s with the E button too along with dual mapped ignition. Very very nice woods bike.
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Well, The 65's,85's, 125's all held up well for us and seemed to perform well. Suspension was not an issue on the 125's it worked very well. The 250F seemed wide but seemed fast and was also reliable. The suspension was a bit more difficult to tune on that particular bike. I couldn't tell you on the 450's.
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The KTM's were flat out haulin' ass today!!!


I'll post pictures soon.
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mxpimp 8/17/2008 7:26pm
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mxpimp wrote:
There good in motocross just not supercross.
jmar wrote:
And you know this because?
They have trouble in stadium whoops. The ass end just doesn't react the same as a linkage bike. Great bikes other then that. I have two in my garage.

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