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What The Heck!! That is the Cadillac Escalade of the dual sport bikes!! I'm still rolling on my carbed 2012 Beta 498 and will run it into the ground. Still, that KTM is a dream bike that most of us mortals won't ever have a chance to enjoy. While I really like your builds, they are for the rich folks with a lot of disposable income.
While that may be true for the bike overall, there are individual parts, components, tricks and set up ideas anyone can adapt to any bike. Even our old carbed 2002 DRZ 400 has some of these on it. Long live the budget bikes 🤘🏽🤘🏽
All very good points!! I did 60mile of slab while in Baja to get back to San Diego and it was very doable! My 501 ultimate build has the cush drive which helps a ton. The Michelin Mousses held up nicely but we kept the speeds under 60mph. The rear brake option is something RTWPaul suggested and wish I would have done it!
I have a very nicely modded '23 500 of which most of the goodies on it were purchased from you. It's my dedicated BDR bike and it sees some local dual sport use as well. I still have a GSA and I honestly wouldn't mind another middle weight ADV bike just to fill the void. A properly setup 500 can honestly do it all but it's always best to have the proper tool for the job instead of a swiss army knife that's ok at everything but a master of none. A 500 built into a ULW ADV bike is the ultimate BDR weapon IMHO and that's why I put so much into mine to get it setup properly for that task and I absolutely love it.
Hey Mike, I have a 2017 KTM 450 XC. I have been able to get a tag to make this thing street legal here in Ga, I have raced this thing in MX and Harescrambles but now I'm about to buy the 6th gear kit a make it a little more dual sport capable " now that I have the new 300 2T for my racing needs" I'm looking for a switch that I could run lights and start stop switch to save bar space. Thanks for all the great informative Videos 📹
I injoy your informative vidios and builds. Always great for ideas for upping our bikes. What are long distance riders using to dampen vibration from the pegs? On the 500s
I wish you guys would do this to a Beta 500-RRS or RR and compare the two. I like the beta has a split oil case, one oil reservoir for crankcase and one reservoir for the clutch and the transmission. It comes stock with a gps already on it with the dash that is readable. It is also lighter than the KTM and it can be customized mostly the same way with US available parts. The parts I have gotten from my 2-stroke BETA from you guys are fantastic. Looking at a street legal from factory to BDR, but looking between BETA and KTM.
You seem to really favor the Motoz Enduro ST for many of your builds. Do you know how the Motoz Enduro ST front compares to the Motoz Xtreme Hybrid front tire? I got the Xtreme Hybrid on the front of my KTM 500 EXC-F and I'm happy with it but wondering if I should get the Enduro ST next when I wear it out. Thanks
Another bitchin build! How are the lights compared to Baja Designs Squadrons? Also curious if the tower pod gets in the way when riding singletrack. Such a rad looking bike and such an amazing build!
I have the 2023 ktm exc-f 6-days, i do not use it in a dual sport capacity (road riding) because i feel the service schedules are too frequent for on road riding. Wouldn't a dual cylinder bike have much less frequent servicing, specifically top & bottom ends?
Pretty much and it's a damn good bike too. I've owned both and I still think the 500 takes the cake overall but the 450L/RL is a very, very close runner up.
