jb.junior
New Member
My name is JB, and I'm new to the forum. I'm under the same moniker (jb.junior) on the Triumph675.net forum and have a lot of "cred" on there. I race in the CMRA and am located in Houston, Texas.
I raced D675's for the past few years and won a novice HWT title. After a bad wreck in the 2017 season, I've decided to come back and give lightweight bikes a shot for 2018. I really don't like Japanese bikes and have always loved the KTM styling in general and thought that the RC 390 was the bike to have for lightweight racing. I'm thinking about buying a new one right now, and if it goes well, getting another as a back up shortly after.
I'm here to learn about the bike and see what peoples' experiences have been like. I've heard that these things can be fickle / unreliable mechanically, but I'm willing to put up with some crap by having a second bike as a back up. I'm willing to sacrafice reliability, or whatever, to not ride a Japanese bike. I should have the budget to have top end work done, or whatever else is necessary on a regular basis to keep these things punching consistently.
Oh, the plan is to get 390 Cups. I like the idea of it being turnkey. But I'm exploring if the stuff that it comes with is good enough or if I should build one from scratch (non Cup).
Hopefully I'll get good feedback and "join the family."
- JB
I raced D675's for the past few years and won a novice HWT title. After a bad wreck in the 2017 season, I've decided to come back and give lightweight bikes a shot for 2018. I really don't like Japanese bikes and have always loved the KTM styling in general and thought that the RC 390 was the bike to have for lightweight racing. I'm thinking about buying a new one right now, and if it goes well, getting another as a back up shortly after.
I'm here to learn about the bike and see what peoples' experiences have been like. I've heard that these things can be fickle / unreliable mechanically, but I'm willing to put up with some crap by having a second bike as a back up. I'm willing to sacrafice reliability, or whatever, to not ride a Japanese bike. I should have the budget to have top end work done, or whatever else is necessary on a regular basis to keep these things punching consistently.
Oh, the plan is to get 390 Cups. I like the idea of it being turnkey. But I'm exploring if the stuff that it comes with is good enough or if I should build one from scratch (non Cup).
Hopefully I'll get good feedback and "join the family."
- JB