Sleeping with my new babe

[deanohit]

Thats a cool bike bro, please please please post heaps of pics once it's a motard!!!!

[Macstar]

queue *coughdecliningstandardsofliteracyatnzuniversities cough*

Alright alright, you got me.

Thats a cool bike bro, please please please post heaps of pics once it's a motard!!!!

Cheers mate - will do.

[klyong82]

Hey Macstar where were you today for the Pink Ribbon Ride? Surprise you did not turn up

[Macstar]

Yeah I had hoped to be there but buying the ktm took the whole of Saturday, so had to study today unfort. Heard you guys had fun though.

[2wheeljunkie]

cool bike issac..yall have heaps of fun ehh..yea make sure u put up those pics once yer ready..i know of a ktm dealer in east tamaki but im not sure if their expensive or not.. thought i swing rund that info on ya..happy wheeling on your new baby..!

[bomma]

just make sure you're spending quality time and riding all three girls in your life equally mate or you might end up in a spot of bother

[Squiggles]

i hereby volunteer to assist with said riding

[bomma]

^ i also volunteer, dont mind riding either one of your asian imports or the ktm

[Macstar]

Ok, ok, I may have 'asked for it' with my thread title, but let's keep this to bikes eh?

I like to treat all of my "babes" with respect.

[2wheeljunkie]

arent u a dirty little bugger bomma..naughty naughty..!

[motorbyclist]

Bike is a bit scratched up in places but I plan to repaint black.

just buy a set of black plastics, don't piss around with plastic primer. or better yet, just cover it with stickers!

we've gotta take her out some time and see how well she does offroad before you lose those knobblies!

[xwhatsit]

Forget about the bloody plastics, what does it sound like?

There's this black KTM SomethingOrOther single that I've seen a couple of times in Newmarket. It's got the darkest sound, this thumping crack like nothing else. I think it's intake noise mainly, but it's got a tasty 'zorst as well.

[bomma]

Ok, ok, I may have 'asked for it' with my thread title, but let's keep this to bikes eh?

I like to treat all of my "babes" with respect.

sorry still dont mind house-sittin for ya if u want

p.s. party at isaacs on fri :insert partying emoticon here:

[motorbyclist]

It's got the darkest sound, this thumping crack like nothing else. I think it's intake noise mainly, but it's got a tasty 'zorst as well.

it's probably the normal sound a big bore single cylinder 4 stroke dirtbike makes with a decent pipe

(dirtbike intake isn't very loud at all.... hell even my roadbike isn't too loud unless you've dismantled her and are looking at exposed carbies - damn things were louder than the exhaust!)

[Macstar]

just buy a set of black plastics, don't piss around with plastic primer. or better yet, just cover it with stickers!

we've gotta take her out some time and see how well she does offroad before you lose those knobblies!

Thanks, I had actually already added those to my watchlist. Mechanics are the priority at the mo, cosmetics later. I think I'll buy a metre of black vinyl and stick that on the bike at some stage...

I'd be keen for that mx ride, have to try and suss it when I get back.

Forget about the bloody plastics, what does it sound like? There's this black KTM SomethingOrOther single that I've seen a couple of times in Newmarket. It's got the darkest sound, this thumping crack like nothing else. I think it's intake noise mainly, but it's got a tasty 'zorst as well.

I've got a Yoshi pipe on the Rf which I thought was loud till I revved the KTM! It is damn loud (stock exhaust too) and throaty but a slightly higher tone than what my Yamaha SRX 400 (also single cylinder) was.

The thing that gets me though is how light it is (112kgs). Yesterday I lifted it on to a trailer without a ramp by myself and held the bike upright by the tail with one hand while I tightened the tiedowns on my own (it doesn't currently have a stand fitted). Whereas with the RF (208kgs dry) I struggle to push the thing around the garage floor!