It was a VERY nice DS bike with a wide ratio 6 speed and just enough power (after some mods) to "cruse" at 70 and still be able to do tight trails with no gearing changes. I added a Revlock autoclutch, LHRB, FMH Power Bomb pipe and muffler, Power Comander V and Autotune FI mods, Scotts steering damper, heated grips and power for a heated jacket, Tubliss, Rick Mayer custom seat, bark busters, headlight modulator and GREAT suspension - after rework by the top suspension tuners in the US.
After 3K miles (including Skinny Jay's FABULOUS 6 Day BRT adventure) and several DS rides, etc. it was STOLEN from in front of my garage.
About 2 years later (after I'd replaced it with my KTM 525 and bought a KTM 200) someone turned it in to the Sheriff and I got it back! They had removed all the plastic and done MAJOR damage to the ignition, etc. trying to get it started BUT never did - AND all the parts were with the bike. (someone had given it to a guy in settlement of a debt - and that is the guy that turned it in).
Then I left it out in the rain with no seat or plastic for about 5 years
Bucho saw it in my yard a couple of months ago and offered to put it in HIS garage - which basically SHAMED me into trying to revive it.
SO I spent MAJOR time and $ replacing the ignition switch and wiring, fuel pump, throttle cables, battery, rear tire, steering bearings and cleaning and lubing every one of the around 50 electrical connectors and flushing the brakes, etc., etc., etc. Finally , last week, after MANY MANY failed tries, it started and SORT OF ran!
So I finally got it to running good enough to test it and took it with me to the Cove last Sat.
Although the FI still needs a little tuning - I was able to make a couple a laps of the Green Trail and it did GREAT!
The suspension is as good as I'd remembered and the bike felt GREAT in the Blue/Green trail rocks!
NOT sure what I'm going to do with it - since I have 3 tagged KTMs that more than cover every kind of riding it's capable of - BUT it's NICE to have it back. THANKS BUCHO!
