All Right!! I may be there in 3 years. :-(
Good Luck! I can't hardly wait to see what the bike looks like now! If you want to just text me the pictures I can probably post them here.I put this in my introduction post, but thought some who are interested might miss it.
Just checking in with everyone- I'll snap a picture in the morning to show it in the new home.
So far about 400 miles on it since bought it. Rode from Knoxville through the Dragon to Topton NC on day one. Then back to Huntsville later in the week. Did a 120 mile ride Saturday morning, making sure things are sorted out.
Looks like the intermittent start was due to a broken GPS cable that was shorting out when it touched the frame. It was tapped to a hot wire and seems to have lead to the problems. Since removing the wire, I haven't had the problem. Who knows, we will see.
Haven't seen the drop in power since removing the wire either. It may still be there, but once I pass 90 mph, Im good. I haven't pushed it to the red line yet, mostly because it's a 700. If I really wanted speed, I'd ride something larger..... Oh, wait, I do!
Overall, great bike, really like it. handles well, light, short seat height and love the seat and windshield. Very comfortable bike. Kind of surprised they didn't sell more of them.
She's all cleaned up now- took it down to the frame and motor and went through everything, cleaned up some wire splices for the heated grips and gps, then cleaned it. Decarboned the top end with sea foam, plugs looked new, caps were fine, air filter was new or at least very clean, oils look good. next service will be at 160k which will include full fork service and maybe a shock rebuild.
Just ordering a few odds and ends- new foot peg rubber, new side case latches, nothing special, but will make the bike good as new.
Overall, great bike and Will was very honest in his descriptions and assessment of the bike. As far as I am concerned, Mrs KTM loves it, so I'm happy.
Nice good luck! It's probably going to be 2 or more months before I'm able to ride again.i'll be at 150K in 2 weeks!!
There's that hondamatic in Maryville for $900, that might get you through this tough time.I have 2nd degree burns on all of my fingers & some of my palm on my left hand. So I can't use the clutch and I am just taking a guess at a 2 month recovery time. P.S. I don't want to explain how it happened just know it's a long story.
Wow! That doesn't even hardly look like my NT any more except for the white marks on the side case from when I dropped the bike in the Yukon.
I use Flikr so there may be some differences... To embed a photo I upload it to Flikr and post it in my Public, as in anyone can view, Album / folder. Then I select the photo and click on the Share Photo icon. Next I select "Use BBCode" for the posting format and select the display size of the photo. Note: If you pick a "supersize" the software here will resize it to our max site limit. I then copy the BBcode displayed on Flikr and just paste / insert it in my text.Ok- so how do you embed photos? I have a smug mug account and used the picture thing in the tool bar to no avail.
Pointers?
That's the one!Phil I think I saw that bike posted on ebay today. Was it this bike you are talking about? http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/142158371623
Since the bike's in the UK, I'm guessing it's miles.That mileage may be kilometers.