I have just purchased a new 2001 KTM Adventure. Well l should start of by saying l do like this bike, but there were a few problems to begin with. Firstly, the shocks leaked oil on day 1, the engine was leaking oil, day 01. Within a week almost every fluid spilled onto the garage floor, including one of the fuel lines (my bike was 2 cm's from cermation!!!). At this point the bike had yet to see a dirt road, l got to be honest l wondered how the $#%& did they win the paris-dakar this year.
Anyway now l am at 2500km and everything seems to have "settled in". The one weird thing that no one has an answer to, is that the starter motor most of the time works but sometimes doesnt turn at all when the starter button is pressed???? The best solution is to walk away for 5 minutes and scream in a paper bag. Sounds like a classic KTM electric problem.
Well, l knew this was going to be a fiddly bike, especialy in Canada where l am the only guy with one. But in saying all this it really is a lot of fun up north on the logging roads.
Would l recomend this bike? Yes but only to people who love to tinker and get there hands a little dirty.
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