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Stupid KTM !!!!!

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I'm planning to get a new Husky and yesterday my pal said he'd been planning to get the new KTM300TPI until he discovered that they are reverting to premix on new bikes. I assume Husqvarna will be the same.

He's refusing to have a premix bike. Me too. It's a stupid idea.

WTF ?????
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Or you could be in the middle of nowhere when the mixer pump shits itself and you seize up
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Scud wrote: ↑Sun Oct 30, 2022 2:05 pm Or you could be in the middle of nowhere when the mixer pump shits itself and you seize up
Maybe, but I've never heard of it happening.
Or we could run out of fuel and can't just cadge some fuel.
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The bike will be a few grams lighter without the oil pump gubbins. :thumbup:
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Skub wrote: ↑Sun Oct 30, 2022 2:15 pm The bike will be a few grams lighter without the oil pump gubbins. :thumbup:
Then plonk on 15 stones of Yorkshireman :obscene-birdiedoublered:
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Yorick wrote: ↑Sun Oct 30, 2022 2:17 pm Then plonk on 15 stones of Yorkshireman :obscene-birdiedoublered:
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Hardly surprising considering the number of issues with TPI pumps and the requirement for changing them every 80 hours. Then needing the official dongle to prime them.
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crust wrote: ↑Sun Oct 30, 2022 2:49 pm Hardly surprising considering the number of issues with TPI pumps and the requirement for changing them every 80 hours. Then needing the official dongle to prime them.
I've never heard of anyone changing them ???
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Back in the day I just carried around half a litre of 2t oil for emergencies. I think the bike had an oil feed, it just didn't work any more.
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Yorick wrote: ↑Sun Oct 30, 2022 2:50 pm
crust wrote: ↑Sun Oct 30, 2022 2:49 pm Hardly surprising considering the number of issues with TPI pumps and the requirement for changing them every 80 hours. Then needing the official dongle to prime them.
I've never heard of anyone changing them ???
A quick google shows 36,000 results for KTM TPI oil pump failure. Its been all over the forums since it was introduced.

Its in the maintenance schedule - 80 hours, some last forever, some fail. Obviously enough have failed and given the TPI bikes a reputation for it, so KTM to have decided to ditch it. Probably because they weren't being changed at the recommended schedule like lots of other parts.

They were sold as premix bikes for years so it's not a deal breaker for most, there'll be people who welcome the change. It's not hard to stuff a small bottle of oil in your bag. I rode two stroke enduro bikes for years, pull into petrol station, stick in fuel, splosh of two stroke and off you go.
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crust wrote: ↑Sun Oct 30, 2022 3:57 pm I rode two stroke enduro bikes for years, pull into petrol station, stick in fuel, splosh of two stroke and off you go.
Do petrol stations still have 2T oil pumps? I remember them from being a petrol pump attendant in the mid '70s, but have never needed to look for one since.
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Scootabout wrote: ↑Sun Oct 30, 2022 8:59 pm
crust wrote: ↑Sun Oct 30, 2022 3:57 pm I rode two stroke enduro bikes for years, pull into petrol station, stick in fuel, splosh of two stroke and off you go.
Do petrol stations still have 2T oil pumps? I remember them from being a petrol pump attendant in the mid '70s, but have never needed to look for one since.
Funnily enough, I did see one in deepest darkest Wales a year or two back.
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Scootabout wrote: ↑Sun Oct 30, 2022 8:59 pm
crust wrote: ↑Sun Oct 30, 2022 3:57 pm I rode two stroke enduro bikes for years, pull into petrol station, stick in fuel, splosh of two stroke and off you go.
Do petrol stations still have 2T oil pumps? I remember them from being a petrol pump attendant in the mid '70s, but have never needed to look for one since.
I did the same and remember the adjuster for ratio and then a full pump of the plunger with those into the tank. Used to fill a Wartburg up regularly! Also had a Redex gun! :thumbup:


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Taipan wrote: ↑Mon Oct 31, 2022 10:26 pm
Scootabout wrote: ↑Sun Oct 30, 2022 8:59 pm
crust wrote: ↑Sun Oct 30, 2022 3:57 pm I rode two stroke enduro bikes for years, pull into petrol station, stick in fuel, splosh of two stroke and off you go.
Do petrol stations still have 2T oil pumps? I remember them from being a petrol pump attendant in the mid '70s, but have never needed to look for one since.
I did the same and remember the adjuster for ratio and then a full pump of the plunger with those into the tank. Used to fill a Wartburg up regularly! Also had a Redex gun! :thumbup:


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DefTrap wrote: ↑Sun Oct 30, 2022 3:20 pm Back in the day I just carried around half a litre of 2t oil for emergencies. I think the bike had an oil feed, it just didn't work any more.
So did i but i would never want to revert back. Once i bought my DT with a pump that was my mixing days over thank fuck. Cant be arsed mixing it for my power tools what reminds me i need to order 2T,
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