DT125R ARCHIVE

Wow that is a deal! I've been looking at a few online and like you said they're 4k upwards. Whats it like in comparison to your old husky?

Have you got any pics?

Yea the left kickers are faster than the electric start ones
. Here is the ktm

Yeah mate was a supermoto! My god was a beast!

yea the left kickers are not known to be an easy starters :) i think 4k is too much, just about 2 weeks ago there was 2012 enduro R ( R model actuallly has 690ccc and few other gadgets like abs in some of them et) and that was the same stolen at one point but fixed up and it was 3500.here is a link
www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2012-KTM-690-ENDURO-R-12-BLACK-/271859077440%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.co.uk%2Fsch%2Fi.html%3FLH_Complete%3D1%26_from%3DR40%26_sacat%3D0%26_nkw%3D271859077440%26_rdc%3D1&nma=true&si=OM%252FDOuXLEdXp82e%252BT58ZPzvrSe0%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557

How about the Beakster, the 690 supermoto not the smc , my mate bought one after i bought my smc and he aint complaining :D

whats your budget on the new bike than? I would say dont bother keeping the MX i know they are nice bikes i still miss mine but once you move up there is no need for the mx if you need a spare emargency bike just get a bandit or something for 500 quid, and sell the aprilia and put the money towards a thumper.

I had a ktm 625 for a week before the 690 . and it was a nice bike at first i didnt like it but than it started growing on me, But now with the summer prices everything is up for such silly prices
i bought the 690 for 2900
my mates 690 sm was 2480
and looking a the prices people are putting up the old 640 for that money madness

that could be a good idea but than at the end of summer when they start going down the MX will start going down in price too. right now i see they are on a good selling prices so if you can get 1800 for it now dont think twice. the 690 is a good mix as its got plenty of power to keep you entertained while its mostly reliable, a 450 or 525 would be nice too but than they would require rebuilds fairly often, i have heard of a guy put 100k miles on a 690 with only few faults along the way but nothing major. as for the 690 go for the smc i had the 625 and after getting the 690 i could see a massive difference. the handling its just mad on it , you can jump on it and feel soo confident in the corners its unbelievable.

Good point. Still need to do my theory and my mods as well beforehand so I can scrap the loser plates. Most of the local young riders, close to where I live ride all year around, so fingers crossed slling the mx to one of them for a good price shouldnt be too much of a problem.

100k miles is pretty impressive.....would you be looking at a full rebuilt once they reach to those sorts of miles.

Man, I wish I hadnt asked you about the smc now....the more you talk about it, the more I want one lol. Where do they usually tend to come up for those sort of prices like 3-4k?
So far I've only seen the one on bike trader for 4k...the rest are all like 5k upwards...even on ebay

Better yet find the 380 :) . You tend to find them on ebay. Mine was on ebay for good 4 weeks before I grabbed but it was up for 3.650 if it was up for 2900 I doubt it wouldhave stayed there long. But the one on autotrader looks alright as long it's not recorded on the hpi but it doesn't say in the ad. But an akra can that's 300 quid or more in your pocket alredy. I have throwed one on from a 450 but would rather the proper thing. And it's got some extras and spare parts. And low milage too. I'm sure you would be able to get it for 3.8 at least . It's not a minter but it looks good. I was worried with mine as I bought it on 21k and it was just too mint I think I have checked the numbers over like 10 times once I bought it

Would the 300 or 380 be really quicker than the 690? I love 2ts, but ideally i need something that i can do motorway trips on from time to time. 2ts do t like constant revs do they?

So tje akra can on the 450 is different to the one on the 690?

Was the seller in a rush to sell or did you just do some major bullying on the price? Lol

Yes and no. You can happily commute on a two stroke. But it's more maintenance. I agree, if you want a bike to just depend on to get to a from work on maybe they're not great. But I use mine for that exact purpose. DT is only used to go to work on.

He just wants a weekend toy. I was only joking djaniero. For serious hassle free just ride on the weekend grab a 4T. I like all the faff of the two stroke. At least you had a two stroke since they are dead in the water now.

I just hope you don't feel like you've wasted you time with getting it and fixing it. If you've kept the receipts mate then it'll be worth what you payed all day long.

If you were 17 mate, and you had the choice of a CBR 125 or a DTR 125 etc, you will understand the dilemma I was faced with. Limited displacement forced my hand into having a two stroke, for which I doubt I'll change from. Plan is an RD350/500 and a KTM300 supermoto are the dream bikes.

I think the akra are different as the other one was especially designed for the 690. As for the price he came down to 3200 but I still wasn't too sure because of the issue with the engine he had. And than he was going to sell it to a company that sends bikes to china to copy parts of them. And they offered 2900 for it. Probably even less but that's what he told me so I grabbed it for 2900. And yes you are better off with a 4t for commuting and weekend toy. The smc service is every 3k but if yoy save up a little and get the smcR they have a bit more power and the servicing is every 6k

Yeah but realistically, how often as a weekend toy will uou hit 600 miles lmao. I'm sure if you use decent oil and filters you could stretch that out to 1000+ don't see why it would have to be 600. Sh!t design if thats the case.

they are priced the same or you can find them even cheeper for some reason this year all aprilias went up in price, they never used to be this expensive maybe around 3.5+ for a 550 now they are asking close to 5k. I bought my ktm about a month and a bit back middle of april . but than you know 2900 for the bike but with all the little things i have added on im around 3400 or so in it, so even if you get the one for 4k and negotiate for a better deal you are still getting more than half of mines mileage. altho mine had a good history it was imported from Jersey island first owner guy in his 60s and the second owner was a ktm dealer. Did you look into converted EXCs or a husky 510 or a 450? they might be a bit more maintenance but than its only a weekend bike

Had a good look at the 550 yesterday...sounds like an animal and looks like a real handful....shame you have ro drop the engine out to do valve asjustments. But then its a full on race bike after all. I looked into the husky 610, but not the 510. I really like the nuda r. But again but cash.
I ll keep an eye out on the ktm forum as well to see what crops up. Think i ve deffo got my heart set on the 690 now though.