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26-05-07, 06:27 PM

£1500! Out of interest, it wasn't M&S in Newcastle you got your bike from was it? I did hear that there's a new KTM dealer opening in the NW

26-05-07, 08:12 PM

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Originally Posted by gettin2dizzy

£1500! Out of interest, it wasn't M&S in Newcastle you got your bike from was it? I did hear that there's a new KTM dealer opening in the NW

Yes, it was M&S.

27-05-07, 10:42 AM

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Originally Posted by Ed

Yes, it was M&S.

Oh yes... Wouldn't buy a bike off them if they were the last bike dealer on the planet

27-05-07, 10:55 AM

I bought my bike from their sister shop Kens, Bummer

Luckily I've never had to deal with them other than purchase.
I looked around and it seems that this isn't a common problem with the bike. You were just unlucky

There's a dealer in Rochester now that does the entire KTM range

northwind · 28-05-07, 02:32 PM

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Originally Posted by gettin2dizzy

Do you reckon it would handle a few green lane trips? - not as its main purpose, I just fancy having the option

Approximately as well as an SV, I reckon

Only more expensive when you bend it.

28-05-07, 03:09 PM

I havent heard anyone offroading the SM. You need the SE for that and also be about 6 foot tall minmium. I havent hard anyone do wheel swapsies either, which surprises me as the HP2 comes with two sets of wheels. I reckon someone will have put SM wheels on an SE. But then I dont follow things on the orange side so well. The 950SE is a total offroad monster. The KTM rep is based on the singles and they rule there....well maybe not the 640s, but the 950s and 990s seem to have issues, i.e. the big twins. They are temperamental, although the known probs are easily addressed so it seems, they juts need addressing. I'd say based on numbers sold there's more probs with KTM big twins than BMs, but neither are jap bike reliable.
If you are really interested in a big twin KTM look around in Orange Crush on www.advrider.com.

northwind · 28-05-07, 04:34 PM

One of the bike mags stuck a set of track/dirt supermoto tyres on a 950 and went for a play on a motocross track... Apparently it did OK, rode like a really bad dirt bike, which is better than you'd expect... But bashed its exhaust pipes flat

28-05-07, 05:28 PM

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Originally Posted by northwind

One of the bike mags stuck a set of track/dirt supermoto tyres on a 950 and went for a play on a motocross track... Apparently it did OK, rode like a really bad dirt bike, which is better than you'd expect... But bashed its exhaust pipes flat

I've got an issue where they did that...I think it was either Two or Bike.

Supposedly handled alright, but as said before it smashed the can pretty good. I doubt it handles like a lightweight single on dirt because of the added weight, but I'm sure it would do alright on dirt roads and minor offroad excursions...just don't try to act like it's a trials bike

28-05-07, 06:03 PM

Yeah I'd like a bike i can do a little offroading on, - not 250 single cylinder territory, but dirt roads

Maybe a Ulysses is on the cards- not the most popular bike out there = mad depreciation

Although it seems like all the greenlanes in Britain are being closed down

northwind · 28-05-07, 06:09 PM

Yep, but then ask Randy O about going offroad on an SV

26-05-07, 06:27 PM	#11
gettin2dizzy Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Ktm 950 Sm £1500! Out of interest, it wasn't M&S in Newcastle you got your bike from was it? I did hear that there's a new KTM dealer opening in the NW

27-05-07, 10:55 AM	#14
gettin2dizzy Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Ktm 950 Sm I bought my bike from their sister shop Kens, Bummer Luckily I've never had to deal with them other than purchase. I looked around and it seems that this isn't a common problem with the bike. You were just unlucky There's a dealer in Rochester now that does the entire KTM range

28-05-07, 03:09 PM	#16
the white rabbit Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Ktm 950 Sm I havent heard anyone offroading the SM. You need the SE for that and also be about 6 foot tall minmium. I havent hard anyone do wheel swapsies either, which surprises me as the HP2 comes with two sets of wheels. I reckon someone will have put SM wheels on an SE. But then I dont follow things on the orange side so well. The 950SE is a total offroad monster. The KTM rep is based on the singles and they rule there....well maybe not the 640s, but the 950s and 990s seem to have issues, i.e. the big twins. They are temperamental, although the known probs are easily addressed so it seems, they juts need addressing. I'd say based on numbers sold there's more probs with KTM big twins than BMs, but neither are jap bike reliable. If you are really interested in a big twin KTM look around in Orange Crush on www.advrider.com.

28-05-07, 04:34 PM	#17
northwind Moderator Mega Poster Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: In the garage where I belong Posts: 17,083	Re: Ktm 950 Sm One of the bike mags stuck a set of track/dirt supermoto tyres on a 950 and went for a play on a motocross track... Apparently it did OK, rode like a really bad dirt bike, which is better than you'd expect... But bashed its exhaust pipes flat __________________ "We are the angry mob, we read the papers every day We like what we like, we hate what we hate But we're oh so easily swayed"

28-05-07, 06:03 PM	#19
gettin2dizzy Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Ktm 950 Sm Yeah I'd like a bike i can do a little offroading on, - not 250 single cylinder territory, but dirt roads Maybe a Ulysses is on the cards- not the most popular bike out there = mad depreciation Although it seems like all the greenlanes in Britain are being closed down

28-05-07, 06:09 PM	#20
northwind Moderator Mega Poster Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: In the garage where I belong Posts: 17,083	Re: Ktm 950 Sm Yep, but then ask Randy O about going offroad on an SV __________________ "We are the angry mob, we read the papers every day We like what we like, we hate what we hate But we're oh so easily swayed"