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KTM Overhaul...

DAMN maintenance and repair thread; including Farkle Fests! :boohoo:
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hondahawkrider
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KTM Overhaul...

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I posted some of this on ADV rider... I sold my DR350 last year cause I got tired of always towing to rides and wanted something to ride to the dirt... A friend was selling this for the same $$ as I could get for my dr350 - so I snagged it... It has less than 6k miles - runs good - but needs some tlc as it spent sime time outdoors..
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It's a KTM Adventure 620 (609cc) low pipe model... Which now looks like this ..
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except the lower dual exhaust section is off the bike now... The thing that is killing me is that I am having a hard time getting the header off the bike as it appears to be rusted on.. you can see my problem here - Image.

I need to get it off to clean up the mouting bracket and to swap and put the EU style exhaust I got of Adv rider - Image.. I have a welder friend who is going to put an extension and bend in the pipes so the duals will angle the exhaust up more like a rallye bike...

Stuck inside with a head cold I spend painstaking hours chipping off the decal off the old tank today.. Talk about a PITA... There is still that sticky gooey residue... My plan is take it to a car wash - along with the rear faded bit to to a car wash and blast em to get em as clean as possible.. Then I will scrub the tank and paint the rear tail pieces as they are super faded (figure I will do em grey - the new seat it grey, orange, and black). It's slow going and it won't be totally complete with bags and such - but it should be ready for the DAMN ride in the end of april... I can't wait to flog this thing...
1997/8 KTM 620 EGS-E Adventure
2013 Honda CB1100
2003 Harley Davidson Wide Glide
1999 Suzuki DR350Se
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