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This guy did this trip on a KTM.....

African Enduro - ADVrider

No real prolems and tedious off the normal route riding,eg.at one stage 45 mins in 1st gear rough sand riding....moto held up OK

Makes a great read over a coffee!!

African Enduro - Page 10 - ADVrider

He done about 20,000kms....scrollto post number 150 on the above page abd read a synopsis of moto upkeep. (Its after where he attends Alfie Cox`s ride out)

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Originally Posted by Land Rover (Post 212484)

He done about 20,000kms....

It’s funny how differently the term ” high millage” is defined from one brand to the next :wink3:

As an aside,he did state that he did his valves quite often,maybe too much,and found that they had been a boit tight by teh time he finished his whole ride. Agreed ref.chain...weird...still,on a trip like that the fist thing I`d think of taking is a spare chain/sproket kit....stash it way somewhere and live with how heavy it is....its is the weakest link in a high dirt environment.

Anyhow speaking of high mileages...`Antware` on `Orange Crush``on adrider has about 80,000miles on his 950 Adv.

As far as servicing for the Orange beasts, I,ve visited dealers in Panama city,Bogota,Medellin,Cali,Quito,Cuenca and Lima.As for the rest of the Continent goes I cant imagine they don,t have dealers in Chile,Argentina and Brasil.
I,d happily take mine anywhere.
Al theturtleshead

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Originally Posted by mollydog (Post 212587)

I would never carry a spare chain, just no need .... and here is why:

1. Modern X-Ring chains (if installed correctly!) nearly double life over a standard O ring chain.

2. On my Vstrom I travelled 25,000 miles on a DID X ring Gold VM-2 and 22K on another. Both had plenty of life left. I only changed them due to big rides coming up where I'd be doing 10,000 miles or more.

Granted, big singles ridden in dirt are harder on chains but the guy only went about 8000 miles on his whole trip. The broken chain is a mystery.
If a hundred-thirty HP Ducati can't break a DID X ring, how does a 50 HP KTM? The Rivet link came out, I'd bet on it.

What wears out a chain more than anything else is a worn (hooked) countershaft sprocket. Once that sprocket begins to hook it is eating the chain up ... and pretty fast.

One only need carry a spare counter shaft sprocket along and change it out at about 10K miles (make that 7000 miles on a single in dirt) and the chain should easily make 15,000 miles (24,000 kms) or more. :clap:

NOTE: On my Vstroms I never did change out Counter Shaft sprockets because I had not learned of this little trick. Even so, 25,000 miles were done, with lots of dirt in Baja and the California Sierra Nevada.

I never oil chains when riding in dirt. To do so creates a nice grinding paste which will shorten chain/sprocket life significantly. Run your chain dry and clean daily with WD-40 only. No oil needed.

On paved roads I lightly oil my chains with either 90 wt. gear oil or ATF. I clean my chain every day or two. A clean chain will run smooth and quiet and last a LONG time.

Patrick :mchappy:

Interesting tip on the CS sprocket. Don't want to test it out this time but would like to some other time. We carried 1 set of sprockets and chain on our last trip. Didn't really take care of it at all, and it lasted us from Dublin to Almaty (should have had more on it as well though). This time we're not bringing anything except links and the small section you have left over. I'll take properly care of it this time, and wonder how long we'll get out of it. The whole trip should be around 35-40k km so it should wear our on this distance. I lube it with ATF at night and just let it run off. Might wipe it during the day with a cloth if it's really gritty.

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Originally Posted by Bill Shockley (Post 203398)

It is the PhD of motorcycles. The ignorant ride lesser machines.
Power and handling equal saftey.
That is a KTM.
bill.

Awesome post there Bill!

Moderators, you can close this thread now.

Thanks

As you were

NO, it's not exciting... but never. will breakdown, at least not in my lifetime. :clap: