I owned a Duke II for nearly 2 years. I didn't have any issues with mine, but mine was brand new. I swapped it for a 625SMC and whilst the SMC was more SM I think in hindsight I should of stuck with the Duke. It was more fun, with more torque lower down. For a while I lived in St Albans and had to ride under the arches of St Albans old Goal and it sounded glorious through there, bet the neighbours loved it. Mine had G Force cans and the performance Y piece and it was mighty loud.
Other people had loads of issues with LC4s but my Duke and SMC were great
Seriously, that is the original cement mixer engine. Vibey enough to blur your vision at certain revs. Everyone mocked my rotax engined CCM and convinced me I needed one of them, so I changed to an LC4. Worse decision ever. Horrible, horrible bike with rust forming on the spokes and every bit of chrome and fastner. The vibes even broke wires from their connectors. Made my CCM seem as smooth as silk too. For the life of me I never understood what people liked about KTMs of that era!
Never buy a bike with ohlins stickers on it, when it clearly doesn't sport said product.
Says a lot about the mindset of the owner.
Iirc thats the jackhammer motor.
Left foot kicker, weak sprag, dubious clutch bearing, 21 years of being ham-fistedly wheelied everywhere! Doubt the headstock is still round.
Whats not to like!
KungFooBob wrote: ↑Sat Jul 20, 2024 10:07 am
Yeah, I think I'll go back to looking at R30's. The later ones have nice reliable Suzuki air cooled motors.
Also got this 0n my watch list. There's a stolen recovered one with no locks and bits missing along with hefty panel damage for £1550 making this one a bargain.
Might also be worth looking at XT660Xs?