2011fe390

bkbergfe390 · Oct 14, 2010

Hey all, I'm new to this post, I'm looking at buying a new 2011 fe390. I have only road one once but totally loved it I have been racing and riding ktm's for a long time, I like what I see on the berg's but dont know anything about them. I'm up in Michigan and don't even have a dealer in this state, so is this something that I should be wearyed about?. My ktm four strocks have been bullit proof, no vavle problems at all. I see on here that some people are haveing fuel pump problems, and ajusting vavles after 3-5hrs!! this makes me a littile nervous. I know that all bikes can have problems. I'm just asking what are some of the more common one's, do they over heat in slow riding, does the fuel get to hot, how offten do the vavles need ajusting, or any other help on this. just trying to get up to speed before I drop that much $$$$.

CodeMonkey · Oct 14, 2010

The valve clearance check at 3 hours is the first 3 hours of the life of the bike. Thereafter every 15 hours. Some people who don't race (like me) go longer.

Many of the parts on the new Husabergs are KTM parts so you should be okay if you have a KTM dealer nearby.

My bike is in the shop for various mods (fan, subframe tank, low fuel light, rad guards, suspension resprung/revalved for my weight, wrapping the exhaust, heat shield for tank) right now at about 55 hours and the valves will be checked. IIRC I think the last time they were checked was at about 30 hours and they were fine (no adjustment needed).

Fuel pump issues (if that is indeed the issue) are some small minority of bikes.

There are some design issues - like the exhaust pipe being above the engine between the tank and that heating the tank. I don't think it has caused any reliability issues, but most people are wrapping their exhaust and some are using a heat shield for the tank.

The bike can get hot during slow riding in difficult sections - I have seen steam and so on. This is not uncommon for water cooled bikes - indeed, it is better to know this than with an air cooled bike where you don't know you are running too hot unless you have a temp gauge or the bike quits. I had a Suzuki DR350 and I knew it was getting hot when the clutch would fade and I would get a lot of play in the clutch lever - which came back when the bike cooled down.

A fan kit helps and there are some other things you can do (different coolant, etc.) - but the bike doesn't seem to overheat any more than any other bike.

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