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New Guy - Stateside, Ohio

wacky_woodchuck

wacky_woodchuck

2013-08-05 15:30:00 UTC

Well, finally purchased a new SD. Picked it up on Friday and I'm waiting to get the paperwork in order, hopefully tomorrow. It's replacing my '08 Husky SM510R supermoto that I just sold.

It's an '08 that "was" white but all the white was sprayed with rattle can black. Luckily I purchased a set of white panels for cheap ($100) and I tossed them on already. It needs a good going-over. The stock cast aluminium parts need some polish as they have black marks all over them, especially the upper triple. It needs tyres as the Shinko's on there are shot (crap tyres BTW). I also probably need to rebuild the water pump as I pulled the radiator top cap and there was some grey sludge in there, but it was also a half gallon low.

It has 20k miles on it but it was used as a distance "tourer." I'll end up turning it into a scalpel and hitting some track days with it again.

It came with:

PCIII - but also the ECM was remapped with the KTM Akra map. It runs okay, just real rich as I'm not sure what map is on the PCIII (I haven't pulled it yet)
Leo Vince's - But the left one won't line up and is loose
Acebries Hand guards, CRG levers, KTM tank bag, bar risers and touring screen
The fella regeared it -1 up front and +2 out back. She's fun for sure.

I tossed on a set of Aprilia mirrors, removed the hand guards and tank bag. I'll be tossing on a set of Dunlop Q3's very soon. In the future I'll get the Rottweiler airbox and block-offs, remap it accordingly and ride the wheels off of it.

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Colonel_Klinck

Colonel_Klinck

2013-08-05 17:51:00 UTC

Welcome on board

websch

websch

2013-08-05 19:17:00 UTC

Welcome in....nice color choice

jmann

jmann

2013-08-06 00:36:00 UTC

Welcome aboard.

DribbleDuke

DribbleDuke

2013-08-06 02:19:00 UTC

Hi
You sound like you rescued an SD from a dreadful existence. Spray cans and Shank oh's can only lead down a road to certain demise. Good for you and KTM will be sending you a hero badge and flip flops for you dedicated deliverance.

Paulzilla

Paulzilla

2013-08-06 18:17:00 UTC

Welcome. All Super Dukes deserve good homes, so well done.

MADDOG53

MADDOG53

2013-08-06 19:46:00 UTC

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