ktm 450-525 exc....

[truckit]

hi guys whats youre opinion on the ktm 450-525 exc range?(05-06 range)

will be doin mostly trails but would like to do a bit of touring on back roads etc mostly around the marlborough region and maybe the odd bit aound the west coast.

so do these bikes go ok on the road,im aware knobblies arnt the best on seal...

please guys and tips or advise would be appreciated




thanks in advance guys

[laRIKin]

I had a 00 520EXC and it was a good bike.
You just have to keep changing the oil a lot more than most other Adventure type bikes and keep an eye on the tappets.

I would get the 450 if I was manly doing off road work, but if I was going to do road work I would go for the 525.
I'm a bit out of touch with the new 520-525 but are still sure that it applies.
The main down side to the bikes that you are talking about is that they do not have a lot of oil in their motors and they have no rubber damping in the rear wheel, which is not as nice to the gear box and chain.

Read this thread and it may answer your questions.
http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=96926

They are a great bike and I would buy one again.
But I wanted to do a lot of road work and have longer and cheaper services so I changed to the LC4 motor.
The down side on that was I got about 30 extra Kg's to control.
I can live with that.