Recent content by Tom

Hello all, this will be my final post on this forum. Mountain Motorsports came through for me. They gave me nearly 2 hours of labor for free to repair the bike. If I stuck with repairing the bike, I would have only been out around $260 which is very reasonable for the amount of work they did to...

This is turning into a nightmare, the dealership is saying the titanium retainers were destroyed so I'll need a new set of those. Still no word on what KTM will say, but they still wanna take the motor apart which leads me to suspect they think the valves are destroyed as well. I can only...

It was them that brought it up to me about the install. They saw in their records that I had them do it during the first service interval. They had to get at the shims anyways, so I thought I would save a few bucks and have them do the install on top of the labor charge for checking the valve...

I got a call from the dealership, they said the bike threw a shim. They want to tear apart the motor to see the extent of the damage. I highly doubt KTM will warranty anything. At this point, I'm thinking it would be better to just part the bike out and get a more reliable brand. Spending $2k -...

The bike has been at the dealer for a week now, but they haven’t started on it yet. I keep getting the same “It’s on our priority as the next bike”. It’s too hot for my fat arse to ride anyways, so I’ll give them the benefit of the doubt that they have staffing issues with the 4th of July...

ItÂ’s funny you mention that, Matt. I have a feeling itÂ’s a rod bearing, and even brought up the possibility when dropping the bike off. That may be one of the reasons why me doing my own oil change was such a big deal to them. It started as a ticking, evolved into what sounded like two...

Running through my head, there are tons ow ways in which they can deem the issue as due to aftermarket parts. They could blame the power commander for pretty much anything in the cylinder. The K&N filter with open lid mod for damage to the valves (less restriction makes it easier for...

Dropped the bike off at Mountain Motorsports yesterday. The service guy said that if it’s determined that the problem was caused by an after market accessory, the I would be responsible for the labor and the parts... Which I under stand, but just the fact he made a point to really drive that...

Looks like my woes continue. After a hard ride on the way to work yesterday, I noticed a the sound of baseball cards on a bicycle spoke coming from my motor. I have a full Yoshi exhaust, so for the noise to be loud enough to be heard over the exhaust, I knew there was an issue. Took the...

70 mile ride today, no further slips. I'm thinking I can chalk the high RPM clutch slips as actually being the chain somehow skipping teeth from being way too loose. That being said, I'm going to go ahead with getting a new chain. I'm piecing together a marchesini setup, so I wanted to get a...

So I went and tightened (over tightened) my chain yesterday, and so far I havent experienced any further instances of this happening. I need to loosen the chain back up a little bit, but I;m not really worried about its life. If it was skipping teeth enough to bounce off redline, I can only...

I think a lot of people are really excited about this, and the fact that Chad has finally decided to put his expertise behind such a project. I think with a 43T sprocket and a high comp build, you would already be able to hit 120+. I have a feeling that this kit would produce roughly 2 to 3...

Ok, definitely happened again on the way home. 4th gear at about 8K bounced off the rev limiter and threw me forward with the sudden loss of power. My chain looks like it's really loose, I can touch the bottom of the swingarm with the chain with zero resistance. Could it be possible it's the...

LoL streetfighter is just as stoked as I am to get one of these builds. I'm curious to see the gains vs the high comp. standard bore kit. I know it's not going to be astronomical (there's only about a 10 hp and ft-lbs of torque difference between the ninja 300 and 400), but I still would enjoy...

On the way to work today, I had a bit of an issue that has me running through possible culprits in my head: The bike was at about 5 bars on the temp gauge. Going down a hill in 4th. RPM was about 9K. I had the gas pinned, and the bike was still accelerating, then randomly it bounced off the rev...