TM motorcycles

[cr125nz]

what a laugh went to a ride during the week with a mate and saw one of these bikes and have to say what a laugh it wasnt going to well for the poor guy who was riding it.

i bet he wished he had a ktm or honda or yamaha after all the dramas he had.
i wonder if he put it on trade me $1 reserve lol

[honda_power]

id trade my crf for a tm any day lol... they are bad ass

[CookMySock]

what problems was he having ?

DB

[noobi]

yea, anything euro is probably awesome(this is a completely unbiased view)
but if you treat any bike badly it wont work properly
so i would think it not running properly was down to user error and carelessness opposed to mechanical or design fault

[FlangMasterJ]

Shit I'd take a TM over a stinking Honda any day.

[tri boy]

Would back a well sorted TM against almost anything available out of the box.
The 300 EN is a man eater, and the 144 will stomp damn near anything close to it's capacity. Get him to call the guy's who really know the brand.
But then again, standard parts like excel/ohlins/reikon, and euro winning internal design mean nothing aye

[cr125nz]

was having gearbox problems and he had the bike only 2 weeks but he did say he was going to take it back to the shop sumwhere in akld and get them to sort it was a laugh but also a ratshit day for the bloke and and i have to say if anything i wood stick with a ktm awd or a christini awd if i wanted a serious bike but im only a casual rider so i dont need to spend the big bucks

[tri boy]

If it's the shop in Akld that advertisers as a "TM pro shop", then maybe he should avoid it, (unless the work is done under warranty). MHO

[Paulus]

A guy is advertising them on trademe.

He makes this statement:

To all TM Racing customers:

All unauthorised parallel imports have been ceased, TM Racing New Zealand is the single New Zealand source for all TM Racing products, technical information and warranty.

NZ customers who have paid deposits or full payment to Paffoni NZ Ltd (Danilo Olla) will NOT be receiving supply of 09 models and spares. TM New Zealand will supply these customers direct with full support inclusive.



This is their website: http://www.tm-racing.co.nz/ - there seems to be a review of the 300 enduro on their forum which gives it a right slagging.

[dammad1]

I'm hopefully getting a turn on a tm300 on sunday, will be interesting to see how it compares to the KTM.

[Rupe]

I'm hopefully getting a turn on a tm300 on sunday, will be interesting to see how it compares to the KTM.

let us all know then

[Danger]

Theres some pratt on a TM who seems to delight in roaring up and down the road where everyone is parked a half dozen times at most trailrides in the Auckland area for some reason. Wonder if the bike fouls up if he doesn't do this or he just enjoys being a pratt?

[theblacksmith]

Theres some pratt on a TM who seems to delight in roaring up and down the road where everyone is parked a half dozen times at most trailrides in the Auckland area for some reason. Wonder if the bike fouls up if he doesn't do this or he just enjoys being a pratt?

He'd probably do the same with a Honda,Kawasaki.KTM,
Yamaha,Suzuki,Bummer hummer or Massey Ferguson for that matter!
I often wonder at trail rides why a lot of guys start their cold engines and revv and revv the bollocks off them straight away.It certainly doesnt do their motors any good whatsoever.The bike will warm up just as quick letting it idle.

[Danger]

Your quite right! I guess alot of them have poor jetting and foul plugs.
I start my bike and let it idle while I put the top part of my riding gear on. Another thing, I never ever start my bike and run it after washing it and never had a problem from not doing so. In fact I suspect the reason I get such good mileage out of my motors is the reduced cold starts I perform. Most of the wear on an engine is during the cold start.
I notice a lot of four stroke riders have to ride through the pit area blipping their throttle on and off. Not sure if they have no throttle control of just like the sound it makes. I suspect both actually.
Anyway,

[cr125nz]

so is tm a good bike ? was the 1st time i had seen 1 at a ride it looked nice but it failed on going great wonder if he got a bad ride the dealer should sort it out esp if only 2 weeks old