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I want a SAAB so bad it hurts. White Saab 90 with maroon plush + leather interior like my grandparents used to drive. I WILL have one.
Who owns a KTM or Husqvarna motorcycle?
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Yup!
I want a SAAB so bad it hurts. White Saab 90 with maroon plush + leather interior like my grandparents used to drive. I WILL have one.
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After KTM made Husabergs and then Huskys into KTM copies, I just bought a KTM again, even though I will always have my Husaberg.
And this is another KTM that is about as near and dear to me as my Husaberg, KTM Adventure 950 bought new in 2006.
And this is another KTM that is about as near and dear to me as my Husaberg, KTM Adventure 950 bought new in 2006.
Nothing like 1,000cc and a 150/80 knobby:greenjumpers:
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What did KTM do to Husqvarna? Maybe a Swede or afficianado can tell us if any original Husqvarna engineers made it through Husaberg and came out at KTM. Husaberg would have folded if KTM had not come in I know.
Like a few others here I also have a KTM 950 that I bought new in 04. It was my first new bike and I put a lot of miles on it (relatively speaking) and after 75,000 I blew up the engine and decided to put a 990 engine in from an SMR and that lead to the bike being apart for a few years.
The engine ended up with 41mm FCR's and a full custom stainless exhaust but the real work was the conversion to all wheel drive heavily adapting a Christini system to run within the rails. Unless you know what you're looking at you'd never know the bike is anything different but on dirt the difference is obvious.
If you like build threads there's an epically long one for this bike over on ADV and I doubt the bike is finished yet. I honed my stainless welding on the exhaust and I'm now working on my aluminum tig welding so the thought of custom tanks has crossed my mind but for now I'm trying to resist any more projects and just finish some of the many that I have going.
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The engine ended up with 41mm FCR's and a full custom stainless exhaust but the real work was the conversion to all wheel drive heavily adapting a Christini system to run within the rails. Unless you know what you're looking at you'd never know the bike is anything different but on dirt the difference is obvious.
If you like build threads there's an epically long one for this bike over on ADV and I doubt the bike is finished yet. I honed my stainless welding on the exhaust and I'm now working on my aluminum tig welding so the thought of custom tanks has crossed my mind but for now I'm trying to resist any more projects and just finish some of the many that I have going.
Gregor
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So... I just finished reading that thread. First page to the last. Thank you for sharing!!
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There will now be Blue and Orange in the same garage as I have just bought a 2016 KTM 500 EXC. It needed to be brand new, street legal with fuel injection or nothing. And the choice was between KTM, Husqvarna or Beta. Happy with my choice 
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