Hi MarkC,

first of all, a little trick when elettric starter fails: you must depress kick starter until it gets tough, then decompressor and depress K.S. more or less 10 cm.... release everything, take a big breath an KIIIIICKKK screaming :-D ! Nothing will happend, but if you kick hard and scream loud maybe your E.S. will be frightened enough tu run smootly your bike on! (It seems a joke, but it works! believe me! ;-) ).

Ah! Almost forgot it!

Wellcome to this list!

You'll see that half of the AdventurerS users travelled the world with their bikes without changing a tear of cheap oil... The other half... well, I've just changed the second connecting rod and other minor detailes like the bearing of the engine axis... :-(

In 30.000 Km my '00 model has 2/3 of the engine replaced, and a '01 cylinder... I turned a ace kicking my bike on (but it's really cool kickin it on when I exit from my office in the city! ;-) ).

Tomorrow I'll give back my Y2K model to KTM an on friday a brand new Y2K+1 model will take it's place...

I'm really fool is'nt it? ;-)

By

Pietro

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Pietro Tosetti (KTM EGS 640 Adventure R 2000 "Drago") &
Patrizia Coari (Honda Dominator 650 "Brontolo")
Milano - GFC 23 & 24 - EChM 499 <A HREF="http://www.pitpat.it
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A</A> volte un atteggiamento rigido e' conseguenza di una paralisi.

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Pietro Tosetti (KTM EGS 640 Adventure R 2001 \"PRIS\") &
Patrizia Coari (Honda Dominator 650 \"Brontolo\")
Milano - GFC 23 & 24 - EChM 499 <A HREF=\"http://www.pitpat.it
A\" TARGET=_blank>http://www.pitpat.it
A</A> volte un atteggiamento rigido e\' conseguenza di una paralisi.