Photos of your bike on location

[Gary856]

My fuel injected KTM with 12.7:1 pistons has averaged over 57 mpg in the 14,000 miles that I've owned it. Fuel injection and higher compression equals better mileage.

57 mpg is astonishingly good. When I rented a 790 Adventure R I averaged 46 mpg over 294 miles, on Motoz Tractionators, 35 psi front and rear. Rode between SF to Skaggs Springs Rd, all pavement.


The south end of Santa Teresa Rd in Gilroy

 

[Gary856]

Rode 66 miles to get to Hollister Hills, and then rode over 30 miles in 3 hrs inside the park. The place was practically deserted.

Lower Field

This is scary to look at. I don't know how people do this, especially when the surface is a little loose.

Ridge Rd

 

[Gary856]

Still in Hollister Hills

High Rd

Tule Lake, Olive Orchard Rd

 

[Gary856]

San Benito Bridge work, Union Rd, Hollister

 

[kpke]

Saturday evening

Livermore Altamont Cruisers

Livermore Asphalt Social Club

 

[berth]

Whats the story with that pickup and that bug? Is there something in the bed (or beneath it) of that truck? What's the stuff in the front of the bug? I assume all the plumbing and what not in the back is all "motor". Supercharger or something.

 

[CDONA]

The orange truck has been tubbed, wheel wells to the top bed rail, sez it lowers to the ground. There may be more in it.

I can't figure out if the bug is right hand drive, gauge placement.
Big turbo sucking thru a 4 bbl carb. Engine looks larger than stock, physically.
Not sure about the fuel cell or water cooled intercooler tank, needs a radiator for it, inside?

 

[berth]

The orange truck has been tubbed, wheel wells to the top bed rail, sez it lowers to the ground. There may be more in it.

Ah, so that thing "in the bed" is likely the transaxle? The rear differential?

 

[stratslingr77]

Bethel Island

Byron

 

[kpke]

The bug is right hand drive. Having had many hot rod bugs in my early life I would say the engine is an air cooled VW variant. I had one with a Holley "bug spray" carb but never turbo'd with a giant real car carb. The aluminum box is the fuel cell.

 

[N4teTheGreat]

Caught the sunset / full moon tonight on the way home. No bad, also the KTM is a hoot.

 

[ScottRNelson]

Headed to somewhere up above Crouch

We had planned to head somewhere new, way up north, taking back roads wherever possible. Before coming down out of the hills to one of the paved highways, the KTM 500 EXC started misfiring, so we cut it short and headed back rather than taking a chance of having to rescue in the middle of nowhere. Still a good ride, even without the final destination.

First rest stop about half-way up the road to the ski resort, off on a short dirt road.

Up along the north half of Boise Ridge Rd, looking east.

Rest stop number two, Boise is behind the bike and to the left a bit.

Alder Creek Rd headed northbound.

 

[tuxumino]

somewhere in the East Bay hills. Not as pretty as a sunset but if you need to go . . .

 

[N4teTheGreat]

Idaho sure is pretty, bathrooms are also pretty when things get urgent...

CSSF Moto-93 - SO much easier to get to the airbox on this thing than on my Hyper. Also, that Monster next to me is dead sexy.

 

[Lonster]

Is that Ducati Monster a "Record Holder"?

 

[N4teTheGreat]

I didn't inquire as to what 33 1/2 meant. I assumed it was a track thing as the riders tires clearly had been to the track recently.

 

[ScottRNelson]

They're clean!

Okay, it's not up in the hills or anywhere else interesting, it's my driveway. But I've been telling my riding buddies that I was going to wash the KTM for at least a couple of months and finally got around to it. Did both of them, in fact. The XR still had mud on it from back in May. Neither of them are exactly sparkling clean, but there is no longer a quarter inch of dust on the rear wheel of the KTM anymore. Both chains cleaned and lubricated too. They'll be dirty again within a week.

 

[Gary856]

Del Puerto Canyon

Corral Hollow

Darcie Kent Estate Winery

 

[Gary856]

Next to Safeway Tracy Distribution Center

Next to Grant Line

Dyer Rd

 

[kpke]

Julian's house

Skyline at 92 and 35

Alice's Restaurant

Boulder Creek pit stop

Santa Cruz lunch at Schooners

Soup of the Day = Daytona Special

Minus the Gamma

Pescadero

Alice's Restaurant

Skyline at 92 and 35