1998 KTM 125 SX
Cycle City Motorcycles
I'm a proud owner of a 1998 ktm 125 witch i think is an awesome bike, it's
my first 125 in about 6 years as i use to race ktm 250's for about 2 year's
and before that i raced kawasaki 250's . i would just like to hear what
people think of the brand ktm. the brand it self has really pick up in
new zealand since shayne king won the world 500cc motocross champs in 1996
plus the bike's have improved so much over the last 3 or 4 years . this
is the first ktm 125 i have owned as in the past years the 125 just hasn't
been up to a winning standard. i have only ever owned kawasaki's and ktm's.
THE KTM KID..
Stan Schweitzer
Cycle City Motorcycles wrote:
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> I'm a proud owner of a 1998 ktm 125 witch i think is an awesome bike,
One of the U.S. print mags just had an article on it. They prepped it
for Guy Cooper to race in AMA Supercross. Besides the usual porting and
pipe they put 98 250sx forks on it with after market trple clamps
(applied racing I think). That and a bar change was all they did. They
did not even revalve any of the suspension or change spring rates!
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Stan "Team Hankey" Schweitzer
schw...@usa.dupont.com
Kenneth Murphy
Stan Schweitzer (schw...@xxx.xxxxxx.com) wrote:
: (applied racing I think). That and a bar change was all they did. They
: did not even revalve any of the suspension or change spring rates!
That would tell me that it's pretty damned stiff outta the box. Ever
watch Coop on a SX track? Or on a MX track for that matter. The
boingers he needs would kill me... YMMV.
: Stan "Team Hankey" Schweitzer
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Stan Schweitzer
Kenneth Murphy wrote:
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> That would tell me that it's pretty damned stiff outta the box. Ever
> watch Coop on a SX track? Or on a MX track for that matter. The
> boingers he needs would kill me... YMMV.
I agree but, it is called 125SX with the emphasis on SX. The forks were
stock of the 250sx so the already had stiffer springs to support the
heavier 250.
Kenneth Murphy
Stan Schweitzer (schw...@xxx.xxxxxx.com) wrote:
: Kenneth Murphy wrote:
: snip
: > That would tell me that it's pretty damned stiff outta the box. Ever
: > watch Coop on a SX track? Or on a MX track for that matter. The
: > boingers he needs would kill me... YMMV.
: snip
: I agree but, it is called 125SX with the emphasis on SX. The forks were
: stock of the 250sx so the already had stiffer springs to support the
: heavier 250.
No argument with me. The original poster just made the comment about
how plush the boingers were in stock form, then made the "Coop" comment.
They just seemed to be diametrically opposed to me. Is all.
: Stan "Team Hankey" Schweitzer
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