KTM 200 EXC

[Davvf93]

what are peoples views on the ktm 200 exc's with reliabilty etc ? And are they premix or do they have seperate oil tanks?

[MaybeGuy]

the GS has its own oil tank, the rest are premix.

Run it on whatever mix you want. I ran all my KTM 2 strokes on 40:1, but you can do 60:1 which is suggested by a lot of people.

Reliability, depends how you set it up. They're easily tunable in plenty of ways, ranging from setting the squish gap, to jetting, exhausts, power valve settings... You can set it for low maintenance reliability, or high strung rebuild every few hours.

By the sounds of it, they're not for you. get an XR400
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[Davvf93]

Hmm never been a fan of a ktm since the one i had kept breaking all the time but the 200 exc seems the only one to be a decent price

[MaybeGuy]

[Davvf93]

Must of been haha keep my bikes running mint as i can

[P.]

Just bought one...

Has auto lube, power valve is an odd one, never seen one like that before, only bought for SM conversion and green lanes, using a 144 for offroad purposes atm and to be honest, its only as reliable as the owner.

[Enduro Numpty]

My son races a 200exc. Most of the newer ones are pre-mix. I think the autolube version was dropped some time ago. Great bikes offroad but I wouldn't fancy riding on the road for any length of time. They are fairly highly strung race bikes, as such they are never happy on a constant throttle. The mid range can be fairly brutal and it takes a good rider to get the best from them but in the right hands they are race winners. I don't like riding my sons 200exc, I find it way to fiery compared to my 250exc.

Like a 125 on steroids about sums them up

[P.]

Marvellous

[Dischord]

Where did you find your EXC Paddy? ebay ain't showing up many
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[G]

My EXC certainly seemed 'fiery' - great fun when you were on it, less so when tired.
They only made the autolube for a few years and they're fairly rare.

[MaybeGuy]

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[_Iain_]

[P.]

Need to find the parts first.

[Boxing]

[P.]

It's just finding them... people want £500+ for round bits of metal.

TBH I'll just put more road based enduro tyres on but I would like the option to pop down to 17 inch sticky tyres.

[Fizzer Thou]

https://i666.photobucket.com/albums/vv23/WiNot_Rhencullen/Workshop/2013-02-01_142907_zpse611d6d0.jpg
https://i666.photobucket.com/albums/vv23/WiNot_Rhencullen/Workshop/2013-02-01_142900_zps671f3035.jpg

My brother still has these for sale.Includes caliper bracket and spacers.The tyres are Pirelli Diablos with about 10 road miles on them from new earlier this year.

PM me if you need to find out more

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I paid £200 for my 17" wheels,which have Talon hubs and black Morad rims with heavy duty stainless spokes.That was without the bits that I needed before I could fit them to the XR.The front disc was £150,the rear £50 and the tyres were £150.The blingy gold valve caps were £2 from Halfrauds
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Just talk bikes.What else is there?

Always have a 'Plan B'

[G]

KTM wheels tend to keep their value well.
Not only are KTMs generally popular, but it's very easy to swap them on to other KTMs with no messing - even if you have a different set (they changed across the range between 02/03) it's not much hassle to go either way. Husaberg wheels are also the same as they're owned by KTM - the <02 Husaberg rims I had would work on all the KTMs I've had, including the 690 (had to use some 690 bits like the sprocket carrier.
So, they may be expensive to buy, but generally won't lose value.

[P.]

Husaberg rims seem to be scarce

[Davvf93]

What would be recommended then 2 stroke wise for road use and green laning with relaibilty?

[G]

If it's just lanes and you want loads of road work, I'd be considering 4 stroke and something like a XR400 or DRZ400.
CRM250 is a good mix of road and off road without being quite so highly strung.

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