They did a full tear down. Sent it out for head testing and machining- $270 , results came back head was good.
Sparkplug, oil seal output shaft, oil seal, gasket clutch cover, oil seal ringx2, balancer shaft, sleeve balancer driven, gasket cylinder block, piston rings cpl, ring snap, o-ring...
Lightweight and quick bike, with some light upgrades Just got it back from the shop on a full engine overhaul. $$$ Bike Features: Box of Stock parts/new parts: Rear shock, brake handles, oem tailight assembly, brake pads, oem seat, oem rearsets, oem windshield, etc KTM power parts: seat...
Got my bike finally back. Shop manager tried to help me out a bit and the bill ended up being around 2800$. I've posted the bike up for sale. Not too sure if KTM would do anything for me if I mailed them the invoice.
I guess it's time to move forward. Parts are getting extremely bad for...
Yeah. Diagnostic, tear down, pressure test, and parts and rebuild. I was thinking maybe 1500 tops, going to be interesting to see the detailed invoice. I'm going to mail it straight to KTM. Bikes been in the shop since the summer.
It is not going to well. The head had to go out for testing and it tested good and they re planed the head to make sure their were no imperfections. It has been determined a head gasket failure. The bill is going to be close to 3000$.
Bit bummed they couldn't figure out before when they...
Kind of feeling lost here folks. Bikes in the shop. Might cost me 2 grand in repairs, low km head gasket gone.
What happened to modern high quality in bikes? I always thought KTM was the pinnacle of the motorcycling world but it appears not. Heck my kawasaki ninja you could give a good...
Welp this is what I got back from KTM.
Good morning,
We've been in contact with Action.
They will probably works on your unit in August, no specific date provided for the moment. It will depends of their appointment's schedule alreay planned in the last weeks.
If delaer think something...
Thanks for the advice. i'll reach out to the service manager again. I've been talking with KTM customer service and they are looking into it for me too.
Bike has a stock tune power commander on it too though, which I know doesn't void warranty but it would have to be mentioned. It's not even the parts that are expensive, it's just all the labour sadly.
I have my motorcycle in the shop right now getting a head gasket replaced and full service ($2000 plus) and I'm looking to get some feelers of potential buyers in the British Columbia area. I live in Victoria, so if you are from the states you could technically come over the ferry from Seattle...