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It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of light, it was the season of darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair.

Most ‘dropped valves’ in bikes I have had the pleasure of repairing or just stripping to quite, have actually been conrod big end bearing failures and the extra movement caused the piston and some of the valves to meet. Although anything is potentially repairable, I will not personally pay for...

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I’ve recently had a 350 in with a failed oil pump. The oil jets were not supplied any pressurised oil, only lubrication to the head was splash lubrication from the cam chain. They realised there was a problem as the bike would die after idling for a while. Turns out that it would size, as the...

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With a bakkie, there’s basically no other opsion than diesel. For a car, petrol

TuneECU cable and software for 690/990 and Triumph I believe. Software support for the KTMs has stopped, so getting tricky to get a download. This comes with the software on a CD. I used it on a couple if 990s, a 690 and a very early 1190. As I see as many 1290s as 990s, I needed to go a...

Its the BEE component

Sorted. Only R900 at KTM. Who could have thought

There is sadly no local dealer in Upington.

Anybody have any of these available? They are required to insert the split bearings into the case. Not sure its doable without them, unless anybody has other experiences? #34 and 35

Bought a 990 countershaft today. Good experience

That must be a slow courier. Cobwebs over the carb location