Dear Aunty BCF - Just had a huge barny with the wife

[silky666]

Just had a monster barny with the missus .... all over a pathetic thing such as the remote control.
I was watching tv in bed.... i then get up to lock back door ... and she sneaks in and changed channel.
Pretty sharpish this descended into a full blown argument.

Anyway, I reacted in exactly the same way I always do when we argue.
I spent some money on the spot .. then watched her face as I told her
































I am now the proud daddy of this baby boy:

https://www.leguidevert.com/_V5/mon_image.php?fichier_source=../ktm/ktm400exc2007.jpg
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[silky666]

oh! and the story about the barny with the wife.
100 % true.

Its exactly the same way I bought the R6 5 years ago.
Works a treat ... we wont have another big argument (or more to the point, she wont mess with me again) for years

I highly recommend this approach
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There's nothing that shouts "Poor Workmanship" more than wrinkles in the Gaffa tape.

Gaffa tape is like "the force" - it has a light side, a dark side, and it holds the universe together.

[boundy]

That expantion chamber looks a bit small

[silky666]

[Imonster]

I like your style sir!
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[boundy]

Its very nice but its no 2 stroke


https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/80/Gas_Gas_EC_300.jpg


MMMmmmmmmmmm................... smelly

[tatters]

Hahaha, very nice what year did you get?

Was it the magic button that won you over?
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[silky666]

[tatters]

good price, very easy bikes to ride compaired to the WR its a world apart.


change the oil every 300-400 miles (1.1-1.2 liters) filters every other, valves every 1000 miles (screw lock nut type).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWS9RuEQzc8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6KFE5dO34Sc
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Past:NRG50,AF1125(x2),NSR125RR,ZZR250,CX500,VFR400,KR1S,ZZR600(x2),CB400N,YZF1000(x2),KH125,Z200,FX400R,CBR954RR(x2)GPZ500S,GT550,VFR750F(x2),RD350N,XR650R,CBR600F,CB250,KDX250,YZF750R,CRM250,400EXC,KLR650,TTR600RE,DR350S,R100GSPD,RGV250,VMAX1200,DL650,KZ750 Present:G650XC,C12,CRF450X,1190ADV

[Howling TerrorOutOfOffice]

Might aswell post that tatty old WR to me. I have stamps.

Lovely looking machine..a real rambler scarer.

Pat
jealous as fuck
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[silky666]

[Tonka]

Very nice!!

I'm having a go on the KTM's in May and I can see me being tempted
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[silky666]

[.....]

Nice bike old bean

Hours on the display mean nothing - it's probably been disconnected for most of its life and in reality much higher.

I'll give you £20 and a packet of caramel wafers to take it off your hands.

[ben_wheely]

[Will87]

[tatters]

[silky666]

Its an 07 bike with 230 hours on it

He says it has been serviced reguarly, but has no evidence of the work, as the bike has spent most of its life in Spain.

Whats the BCF opinion ? should i walk or chance it ?
If it were a Yamaha (like my trusty WR) then no problem... but this is a fickle KTM.
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There's nothing that shouts "Poor Workmanship" more than wrinkles in the Gaffa tape.

Gaffa tape is like "the force" - it has a light side, a dark side, and it holds the universe together.

[.....]

Hmmmm tricky one. Those Spanish are a bit lazy

Have you ridden it or heard it run?

I say walk away and redeem yourself with a manly stroker. For that money you could get a nice 300EXC and stop being ghey.

[boundy]

[Howling TerrorOutOfOffice]

£2800 is not an insignifcant amount for a bike that has no service history and had its plastics replaced (£160)
210 hours on average is +5000 miles.

This advert shows a similar bike with 150 hours and service history.https://www.pistonheads.com/sales/1546680.htm

Think i'd be walking. Unless i was with someone who knew 100% (as dammit) it was a gud 'un. Or i was good at mechanicing.

Thats my 2p.
Maybe get on a KTM forum and do some homework.

Pat
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[silky666]

[Blue_SV650S]

Surely £2800 for an 07 bike is about as good as you can get (before dropping into the complete nail for the age price range)?

Your a big boy, you know what to look for, C&S, tyres, seals, bearings etc etc. From this you should get a good idea if he would have been bothered to keep on top of basic/fundamental things like oil changes!!

Hours/millage aren't necessarily a good indicator of 'condition' ... and it is condition you are after.

I say go for it

But in all seriousness, it is still a hoofing great 400cc 4-stroke, what are you gaining over the WR? I thought the idea was a total change, not just modernisation???
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[tatters]

[Blue_SV650S]