Picked me up this steed yesterday, with much appreciated help from my buddy DZ.
Its an 06 and street legal! Yay :motonoises:
It’s been ridden pretty hard and the PO (Who did not ride it hard) appears to be a hack at wrenching, and not well skilled mechanically. It was however cheap, @ $2,200 :great:
He sold it advertising on CL it as follows:
This is a 2006 KTM 450 R. It needs a motor rebuild. Should have the clutch rebuilt also. The suspension should be looked at as well. Needs a new battery. I bought it from a Boeing engineer who used it in local club races. It has a high output trailtech stator- for a hugh front light. It has a trailtech computer. It is now street legal: with turn signals, horn, brake light, mirrors, and DOT tires. The clutch is a slipper Recluse clutch. It has new brakes, new front rim, wider foot pegs, larger gas tank plus oringinal, new chain and sprokets, tires are 70%. This is a rare 450 EXC. I am selling it as is.
Hence:
His spelling is worse than mine (hard to believe I know), and he has no idea how to maximize the price!
Selling it without putting an new battery on so you can show it working is pretty erh “silly”. Oh Well his loss.
It had been sitting in his garage for 2 years un-used as he was pissed off with it, as it was overheating, the clutch was not working and the front wheel bearings still seemed loose after replacing them, he blamed it on being sold the wrong bearings.
I put her up on the bike–lift and within a couple of hours had:
Bought a new battery, fired her up (after taking a while to figure out the light switch turned the power one)
On a quick ride, the clutch was pretty horrid, and there was excessive backfiring on overrun.
She sounds pretty tight, perhaps a little valve rattle so the tappets need adj.
I pulled the front wheel, and found the bearings are fine but the spindle and collars are worn hence the excessive wheel play.
Looks like the bearings spun (sign of bad maintenance)
Likely the clutch just needs to be properly bled, did that and will try again today to see if that’s cured it.
The radiator was not topped off correctly, and I wonder if the cooling system was properly bled. The PO bought a top-end rebuild kit and was thinking that was going to be the cure. Can’t see that myself. I noticed the air filter was not oiled, so it’s possible/likely the backfire and overheat are due to it running to lean, I’ll want to check the jetting and clean the carb.
Quite a bit more to do, like change all the fluids etc. But so far I’m pretty happy it was a good deal.
Its an 06 and street legal! Yay :motonoises:
It’s been ridden pretty hard and the PO (Who did not ride it hard) appears to be a hack at wrenching, and not well skilled mechanically. It was however cheap, @ $2,200 :great:
He sold it advertising on CL it as follows:
This is a 2006 KTM 450 R. It needs a motor rebuild. Should have the clutch rebuilt also. The suspension should be looked at as well. Needs a new battery. I bought it from a Boeing engineer who used it in local club races. It has a high output trailtech stator- for a hugh front light. It has a trailtech computer. It is now street legal: with turn signals, horn, brake light, mirrors, and DOT tires. The clutch is a slipper Recluse clutch. It has new brakes, new front rim, wider foot pegs, larger gas tank plus oringinal, new chain and sprokets, tires are 70%. This is a rare 450 EXC. I am selling it as is.
Hence:
His spelling is worse than mine (hard to believe I know), and he has no idea how to maximize the price!
Selling it without putting an new battery on so you can show it working is pretty erh “silly”. Oh Well his loss.
It had been sitting in his garage for 2 years un-used as he was pissed off with it, as it was overheating, the clutch was not working and the front wheel bearings still seemed loose after replacing them, he blamed it on being sold the wrong bearings.
I put her up on the bike–lift and within a couple of hours had:
Bought a new battery, fired her up (after taking a while to figure out the light switch turned the power one)
On a quick ride, the clutch was pretty horrid, and there was excessive backfiring on overrun.
She sounds pretty tight, perhaps a little valve rattle so the tappets need adj.
I pulled the front wheel, and found the bearings are fine but the spindle and collars are worn hence the excessive wheel play.
Looks like the bearings spun (sign of bad maintenance)
Likely the clutch just needs to be properly bled, did that and will try again today to see if that’s cured it.
The radiator was not topped off correctly, and I wonder if the cooling system was properly bled. The PO bought a top-end rebuild kit and was thinking that was going to be the cure. Can’t see that myself. I noticed the air filter was not oiled, so it’s possible/likely the backfire and overheat are due to it running to lean, I’ll want to check the jetting and clean the carb.
Quite a bit more to do, like change all the fluids etc. But so far I’m pretty happy it was a good deal.
