Hey all,
I have a very low mile, low hour 2015 KTM 500 EXC that I bought this summer and rode a few times on single track trails before the bad weather hit.
I absolutely fell in love with this bike, its the best I've owned on single track and I've owned lots over my lifetime.
Last year, I bought a 2017 Camso DTS system in anticipation of converting to a snowbike one day.
Since I bought my KTM, I've been hanging out on the snowbiking pages of facebook and reading about all the carnage that occurs out in the back country with these bikes.
I guess ignorance WAS bliss, because I never realized how often folks needed bikes helicoptered and or towed out for break downs out in the hills.
Perhaps I didn't realize these conversions were so hard on machines??
Im 53, so I don't plan on doing any radical drop jumps, huge rev limiter pulls, or anything like that, but would sure like to combine my love for the snowy hills with my love for dirt bikes....been riding since I was 4 years old.
We have snowmobiles too that I ride with my wife all the time, but I get pretty bored with them pretty quick.
I guess maybe I'm looking for re-assurances that with proper prep and maintenance I'm not going to destroy my bike?
Am I over thinking this?
I have a very low mile, low hour 2015 KTM 500 EXC that I bought this summer and rode a few times on single track trails before the bad weather hit.
I absolutely fell in love with this bike, its the best I've owned on single track and I've owned lots over my lifetime.
Last year, I bought a 2017 Camso DTS system in anticipation of converting to a snowbike one day.
Since I bought my KTM, I've been hanging out on the snowbiking pages of facebook and reading about all the carnage that occurs out in the back country with these bikes.
I guess ignorance WAS bliss, because I never realized how often folks needed bikes helicoptered and or towed out for break downs out in the hills.
Perhaps I didn't realize these conversions were so hard on machines??
Im 53, so I don't plan on doing any radical drop jumps, huge rev limiter pulls, or anything like that, but would sure like to combine my love for the snowy hills with my love for dirt bikes....been riding since I was 4 years old.
We have snowmobiles too that I ride with my wife all the time, but I get pretty bored with them pretty quick.
I guess maybe I'm looking for re-assurances that with proper prep and maintenance I'm not going to destroy my bike?
Am I over thinking this?