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The manual says 200 hours. Mine which is a 2001 FE501E, have more than that. Well, I'm not a pro and don't race, only some walks at weekends and some highway to go to Lisbon. Frequent oil changes, with a good one fully syntetic and thats it.
Hi,
yesterday I talked with a friend of mine about the same task.
He rides a KTM exc 525. Without racing he means this engine lasts
as long as a Yamaha XT 600 or Honda XR 600 or something else from this category.
I think under normal conditions 200 hours (about 10000 km) would be realistic without bigger damages.
Under race conditions 100 hours should be achieved easyily. My bike had 80 hours till a gearwheel cracked cos of my own fault. :cry:
But the remaining part of my engine was still in good condition. I only changed the piston rings.
You can believe me, I really don´t ride very cautiously, what means I take it seriously to do the maintenance regulary.
Which modelyear is your bike? If you have a 2001 or an early 2002 you have no double bearing counter balancer. That could be the only part
in the engine that blows too early.
best regards
hribman :rock:
yesterday I talked with a friend of mine about the same task.
He rides a KTM exc 525. Without racing he means this engine lasts
as long as a Yamaha XT 600 or Honda XR 600 or something else from this category.
I think under normal conditions 200 hours (about 10000 km) would be realistic without bigger damages.
Under race conditions 100 hours should be achieved easyily. My bike had 80 hours till a gearwheel cracked cos of my own fault. :cry:
But the remaining part of my engine was still in good condition. I only changed the piston rings.
You can believe me, I really don´t ride very cautiously, what means I take it seriously to do the maintenance regulary.
Which modelyear is your bike? If you have a 2001 or an early 2002 you have no double bearing counter balancer. That could be the only part
in the engine that blows too early.
best regards
hribman :rock:
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I don't think I would set an arbitrary hour number to get to a rebuild. I have a KTM 450 with 7000 miles on it, maybe 300 hours and it does not smoke and my mechanic did a compression and leakdown check recently. He indicated that it was at 95% of the maximum tolerences.
Hi baja_racer,
yes I totally agree with you. We cannot compare the life epectancy of an engine
to the counted hours. It more depends on how you use and maintain your bike.
The first precept is: do not race a cold engine! Changing oil, setting valve clearances and washing the air filter regulary is also the secret of success.
The one who follows these basic rules will have much fun over a long period with his bike. You have to keep in mind: it´s a sportmotorcycle (-engine) and you have to do something that it
keeps its good condition.
Here on the board are a few guys who have ridden their Bergs for 10000 miles and more.
Acyr, yes I know, till now you´re not a Husaberg owner. I already tried to convince you to buy the FS650 in another topic. I hope you will do it,
but I can´t force you to do that. Maybe the day will come you are a totally Husaberg fan like me.
Here in germany Husaberg has still a bad reputation, but today the Bergs
are much better than their reputation and that makes us strong!
This little nice exotic brand hasn´t deserved this kind of smear campaign.
best regards
hribman
yes I totally agree with you. We cannot compare the life epectancy of an engine
to the counted hours. It more depends on how you use and maintain your bike.
The first precept is: do not race a cold engine! Changing oil, setting valve clearances and washing the air filter regulary is also the secret of success.
The one who follows these basic rules will have much fun over a long period with his bike. You have to keep in mind: it´s a sportmotorcycle (-engine) and you have to do something that it
keeps its good condition.
Here on the board are a few guys who have ridden their Bergs for 10000 miles and more.
Acyr, yes I know, till now you´re not a Husaberg owner. I already tried to convince you to buy the FS650 in another topic. I hope you will do it,
but I can´t force you to do that. Maybe the day will come you are a totally Husaberg fan like me.
Here in germany Husaberg has still a bad reputation, but today the Bergs
are much better than their reputation and that makes us strong!
This little nice exotic brand hasn´t deserved this kind of smear campaign.
best regards
hribman
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there are a few bearings that need changing just to save the engine and those are well documented here but i feel in general the tolerances are generally very tight and a good running-in period is required and the best of the engines often isn't seen for months!
the jap bikes come ready to thrash from the box but when they say 20 hours on a TZ or summink they really mean it!
i think you can throw that hours stuff away for road use but for genuine racers i think it'd be a lot wiser to stick to a rebuiild every season with new rings and measure everything else up.
regards
Taffy
the jap bikes come ready to thrash from the box but when they say 20 hours on a TZ or summink they really mean it!
i think you can throw that hours stuff away for road use but for genuine racers i think it'd be a lot wiser to stick to a rebuiild every season with new rings and measure everything else up.
regards
Taffy
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