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 KTM RC 200, should buy?

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jaycee1
post Jan 7 2023, 10:47 AM

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QUOTE(lol~ @ Jan 5 2023, 06:21 PM)
Wow that expensive?? How about parts availability and the reliability of the bike itself?
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QUOTE(alexei @ Jan 6 2023, 09:30 AM)
The RC200 is a good bike that requires high maintenance than most people can afford.

high comp engine, 14.5 - almost need RON97 fuel
WP suspension and ByBre (Brembo) brakes - expensive to service

weak electronics - wiring harness, dash quality/reliability
easily overheat - it can cut while your halfway riding, no joke
fuel pump issues when using dirty fuel

if you can maintain it, corner lean with elbow down also no problem
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Quite a lot of parts from the Dominar and Pulsar would fit the RC/Duke. They all share common components. Makes maintenance much much more palatable when you get bajaj parts instead of KTM, you'd roughly pay less than half compared to KTM parts. For the Bybre brakes (caliper and disc), they are the same as the UG Dominar....as with the brake pads and service/rebuild kits....with the exception of KTM's front master cyclinder. WP syspension service components are same for the non branded Bajaj items (may have long suspected the Dominar uses unbranded WP OEM stuff). Chain/Sprockets, regular maintenance items like oil filters, fuel filters are cross compatible, along with other things like the stator/generator, fork components, etc. Stuff like air filters can be found from online shopping for cheap.


The RC is a good fun bike. But typical KTM foibles apply. Electronics have been a bug bear and build quality and reliability has also a concern. If you can find one cheap, it might be worth it. That high compression engine runs hot. recommended to run only 97.

Find a good service centre that does Bajaj bikes and they will know which parts are interchangeable between those 2 marques.

This post has been edited by jaycee1: Jan 7 2023, 10:49 AM
jaycee1
post Jan 9 2023, 04:16 PM

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QUOTE(alexei @ Jan 9 2023, 03:59 PM)
thanks for the info

How about the fork internals? Do the Dominar/Pulsar have same fork internals as the RC?
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The UG Dominar maybe. Because all KTMs use USD forks. Pulsars and the old V1 Dominar use RSU forks.

Ray@Vi Motorwerks probably can confirm.


Cheap fag like me dont even use Dominar specific parts. I find compatible Pulsar parts, which inexplicably is sometimes cheaper than then already cheap Dominar parts.

This post has been edited by jaycee1: Jan 9 2023, 04:20 PM

 

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