Got it back form shop, This happend on the way home. ..... Round 2...
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@chrisdigital: Sorry for your experiences. It appears that you also have a problem with your dealer. I'm not an attorney, but I suspect that you're going to be unable to go either to arbitration or a "lemon law" avenue without getting a better "paper trail" of your downtime and efforts to solve the problem. It's cold comfort, but you have a warranty, and you have both the right and responsibility to follow those avenues first. Unfortunately, you may need to enlist the help of a different dealer to a) fix the issue, and b) intercede with KTM corporate. Good luck.
Thank you sir!.Glad you are now enjoying your bike... with out the green feet! I hope she gives you many days of riding fun.
I've just read this whole thread! Thanks for providing us with your experience, it definitely makes me feel safer and more knowledgeable about what things can go wrong.. Sometimes twice.
Hey Chris, when the bike stalled, was it still cold? i had a couple issues of mine doing so when it was street able, and there was a thread about it.NO prob!, Unfortunately, Its going back to the dealer today for the cooling issue and It now has a "strange" idle and it has stalled a few times while sitting in traffic. Bike is 100% stock. I just cant win.
Hey Chris, when the bike stalled, was it still cold? i had a couple issues of mine doing so when it was street able, and there was a thread about it.
Seems these dealers, who are the first line of defense for KTM, really don't do a very good job of repairs, I have taken it upon myself to take over any repairs, even though i have 4 years warranty. If the head gasket goes, I will just take them the engine, not the bike. Im a former bike mechanic and a auto tech so :I know my way around the RC pretty good after all my changes to convert it to a race bike, Hopefully the can get it sorted Chris, if not seek out another dealer, Calling KTM gets zero results, its like the rc is the red-headed stepchild they want to ignore. Well all :I have to say is maybe next time they should actually have trained "quality control" technicians installed in the factory and have them trained in Austria to a higher degree than what seems to be coming out of india now, I can imagine they have sorted many of the issues that have occurred prior, on the 2017. After taking to Matt at Formula 390 he told me what they figured was going on with the head gaskets was a factory issue, He figured that they milled the heads without enough coolant causing a 0.004" warp near the center of the head. Repeated heating and cooling while running the bike eventually caused a failure. Mine was thankfully measured and milled properly during the last repair, so hopefully eliminating the thermostat and the better rad cap will keep the head gasket intact. Anyways good luck
There is always someone who is someone's boss if you know what I mean. Sometimes stepping over the head of the problem and expressing that to "the boss" makes a difference. I ended up talking to the dealer principal aka the owner and things suddenly fell into line quickly. I have known the ones for several years and he was absent during the delivery after repair. The issues were brought to his attention and handled accordingly.
Purchasing of said exhaust guarantees the head gasket work done under warranty I hope?
I had the Akra map flashed prior to delivery, so never experienced stock map but even it seemed lean on the highway at partial throttle. From everything I've read, the longer Akrapovic pipe is one of the best for power
Why do you anticipate that the dealer will take "a few weeks" to perform a relatively small and straightforward repair such as changing the head gasket? That does not sound like very customer-friendly service. Perhaps you could talk to the owner about this, and he could get the service shop "motivated".