Recent content by jakeslouw

spares availability

Buy the KTM 300.

Gasket paper is cheap. Trace the general outline and cut your own using a craft knife. It's what we all did back in the 70s and 80s when the stealer-dealers were milking us for a piece of paper.

Probably discontinued.

Holding thumbs that the debris was irrelevant.............

If you buy a KTM, buy the last of the CARB models (pre-2017). TPI models are picking up issues with con-rod and crank failures due to inadequate lubrication from the transfer port injection system. TPI was an interim design before they could get TBI in production. Also, the pre-2012 e-starters...

@Azlam denis : not sure where you live, but a new KTM300 XC-W TBi will cost you around USD$12k regardless of where you live in the world. You've already invested in a decent exhaust system, reeds, and a new carb and the rest. You'll NEVER get all your money back for that on a sale. A quick...

That could be the chewed up washer or spacer that is now causing the output shaft play?

Is that debris magnetic or not?

Bit of a necro thread, but I'm due to become a 2004 GG300 owner soon. Name: Jakes Location: De Wildt, North West Bike: 2004 GG300 email: jakeslouw@gmail.com Cell: 076 922 0709 General: On the edge of the De Wildt enduro route, and I own Binary Brew Worx. All the Gauteng guys park here and...

I'll be picking up a bike-in-boxes in a month. Maybe the Saffers can help me with sources for spares, both local and international.