Adventure 950 Repsol edit.

Greetings all riders
Im a 51 yr old Norwegian car mechanic but enough about me.
After having one of Norways finest Honda Transalp 600 my son made me buy KTM
After i did , i dont regret it at all. Now since winter is approaching i will spend most of it making my 05 950 into a Repsol Dakar racer with many awesome upgrades and new parts.

Stay tuned for more info and pictures .

here is a little taste of how its going to look like

Congrats and Welcome to the OC.

Good Luck!

https://s3.amazonaws.com/advrider-p...M%20950%20Repsol%20%202012_3a_zpsea72dff5.jpg

Hello again , its been a while. I have had trouble learning how to upload and post pictures.
I am neither very good with English so i have to use google translate, so please bare with me on this( i will mostly let my pictures speak for them self instead of me making fool of my self with language )
The winter has started with full force and so have I with this project.
Here are some pictures, Enjoy and stay tuned for more

How bike looked like when i bought it








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Project :

good plan...looking forward to seeing the finished project....

wow...talking about going into details. Your writing is great.

and your country makes me sick....so damn good looking.

thank you

I'm very impressed with your project, thanks so much for the support

Excellent, I'm in

All in!

Nice example bike but needs knobblies to be a true Dakar racer

What's the scoring on the tip of the cam lobes from?

Hi there, The bike will have knobbies but its just example of the color look

can you please explain closer what you mean about the cam?

The marks on the end of the cams. Any cause for concern?

Looks like your cam lobes surfaces are pitted. IMO I would replace the cam but see what the other members have to say.

I know that must change it, I already ordered a new

Did you order SMR cams :)

these are some pictures that show how much pleasure is traveling through Norway for one I started my project.enjoy




























more to come later

no, order the original 950 LC8

Awesome !!! :eek1

IMPORTANT:
I would warn anyone with 950-990 adventure with coolant leak, especially if unable to find leak.
when the water pump shaft is worn, coolant leaking inside the engine, but can not see any difference in oil,
so my opinion, as a car mechanic, oil filter will become clogged,because the engine has poor lubricating
and going to get a cam shaft damage same like my did.That is why I recommend replacing the water pump
every 20 to 30 000 km, do not wait for the engine damage.Replace the water pump is no problem, and costs no more than 50-60 usd