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Hey Tom, I think you have identified a true trend amongst Rocket owners and I think it is all to do with the high performance nature of these Euro bikes. This might explain why we were attracted to the Rocket in the first place which is probably the same reason as we were attracted to our better halves ie, we like high performance. (oops, better be careful otherwise could be a case of "not happy Jan")
Renton, the reason I sold the 950 Adventure was that I got jacked off with it when it came to doing basic work like changing oil and filters. Like it's almost a total strip down. One day I was looking at all the parts that had been removed off the bike just to do this job and thought, stuff this, what if I have to check the valve clearances!!! TOTAL strip down. So I sold it!
I suppose it's OK if you take it to a dealer and dont mind paying big bills OR if it's your only bike and you share the task with a case of beer over an entire weekend to turn it into a fun exercise but when it's just one of a stack of bikes that I have to service and maintain... no thanks.
The KTM trail bike version above wont be half as bad in this regard as the motor is exposed enabling much much easier servicing. It still wont beat the Beemer for ease of servicing though. (thats why BMW design their bikes with the barrels pointed outwards... so adjusting tappets is easy! just kidding)
Davo
PS Imagine the KTM 950 trail with the 990 Super Duke motor in place, how would you keep the knobs on the back tyre???? :-D
[ This message was edited by: Aussiebikerdave on 2005-08-28 22:36 ]
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