# KTM 690 **URL:** \ **Category:** Shift518 Automotive\ **Created:** [April 4, 2008, 5:25pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ktm-690/236306 "2008-04-04T17:25:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![94Gt5.0](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/94gt5.0/32/6377_2.png) [@94Gt5.0](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/94Gt5.0)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2008, 5:40pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ktm-690/236306/21 "2008-05-27T17:40:15Z")
Is the 1190 RC8 a good bike? Looks pretty sick, idk shit bout bikes and dont pretend to lol ---
**Author:** ![NaN20Neon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/779978/32.png) [@NaN20Neon](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/NaN20Neon)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2008, 5:41pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ktm-690/236306/22 "2008-05-27T17:41:43Z")
y theres tons of people that pretend they do so y not :banana remember the 50s adam? ---
**Author:** ![88slowmarro](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/88slowmarro/32/6339_2.png) [@88slowmarro](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/88slowmarro)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2008, 5:42pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ktm-690/236306/23 "2008-05-27T17:42:16Z")
> [@NaN20Neon](#): > > Maybe there four strokes last longer but there two strokes grenade like everyone elses out there. if ya run em lean they do if done right they last a season or 2 ---
**Author:** ![94Gt5.0](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/94gt5.0/32/6377_2.png) [@94Gt5.0](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/94Gt5.0)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2008, 5:42pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ktm-690/236306/24 "2008-05-27T17:42:55Z")
Hell yea, how could i forget, and that old bitch across the street always callin the fuzz on us lmao, those were the days ---
**Author:** ![mcflurry](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/mcflurry/32/6468_2.png) [@mcflurry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/mcflurry)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2008, 5:46pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ktm-690/236306/25 "2008-05-27T17:46:23Z")
i like 2 strokes a lot better ---
**Author:** ![94Gt5.0](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/94gt5.0/32/6377_2.png) [@94Gt5.0](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/94Gt5.0)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2008, 5:48pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ktm-690/236306/26 "2008-05-27T17:48:03Z")
My boss had a Honda 250R 2 stroke and just got the Honda 450R 4 stroke, he loves the thing. ---
**Author:** ![NaN20Neon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/779978/32.png) [@NaN20Neon](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/NaN20Neon)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2008, 5:49pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ktm-690/236306/27 "2008-05-27T17:49:58Z")
idk ive have alot of bikes 2 strokes mostly weather it being a kx 125 or my older vintage ossas and bultacos and i feel two strokes are about as reliable as a darkie showing up to work every day :banana ---
**Author:** ![94Gt5.0](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/94gt5.0/32/6377_2.png) [@94Gt5.0](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/94Gt5.0)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2008, 6:18pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ktm-690/236306/28 "2008-05-27T18:18:00Z")
Haha, i remember that old bultaco… ---
**Author:** ![SSmokinn\_SS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@SSmokinn\_SS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SSmokinn_SS)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2008, 6:21pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ktm-690/236306/29 "2008-05-27T18:21:03Z")
KTM is very expensive…but you pay for what you get… their dirt bikes are sick. ---
**Author:** ![mcflurry](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/mcflurry/32/6468_2.png) [@mcflurry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/mcflurry)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2008, 6:24pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ktm-690/236306/30 "2008-05-27T18:24:22Z")
shit polaris’s quads have ktm motors now ---
**Author:** ![88slowmarro](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/88slowmarro/32/6339_2.png) [@88slowmarro](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/88slowmarro)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2008, 6:43pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ktm-690/236306/31 "2008-05-27T18:43:20Z")
fuji heavy industries makes em not ktm steve ---
**Author:** ![mcflurry](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/mcflurry/32/6468_2.png) [@mcflurry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/mcflurry)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2008, 6:44pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ktm-690/236306/32 "2008-05-27T18:44:29Z")
na dude ktm on the sport quads its all over there website ---
**Author:** ![88slowmarro](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/88slowmarro/32/6339_2.png) [@88slowmarro](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/88slowmarro)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2008, 6:47pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ktm-690/236306/33 "2008-05-27T18:47:22Z")
must be new … ---
**Author:** ![mcflurry](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/mcflurry/32/6468_2.png) [@mcflurry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/mcflurry)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2008, 6:48pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ktm-690/236306/34 "2008-05-27T18:48:47Z")
yea i saw that and shit lol ---
**Author:** ![94Gt5.0](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/94gt5.0/32/6377_2.png) [@94Gt5.0](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/94Gt5.0)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2008, 6:51pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ktm-690/236306/35 "2008-05-27T18:51:38Z")
Yea my buddy had the Polaris Outlaw 525 with the Ktm motor, IRS, thing was sick. Then he goes and trades it for a Can-Am 450R :confused I think it scared him lol ---
**Author:** ![88slowmarro](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/88slowmarro/32/6339_2.png) [@88slowmarro](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/88slowmarro)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2008, 6:52pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ktm-690/236306/36 "2008-05-27T18:52:29Z")
did ya shoot em? ---
**Author:** ![mcflurry](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/mcflurry/32/6468_2.png) [@mcflurry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/mcflurry)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2008, 6:52pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ktm-690/236306/37 "2008-05-27T18:52:44Z")
i woulda for sure ---
**Author:** ![94Gt5.0](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/94gt5.0/32/6377_2.png) [@94Gt5.0](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/94Gt5.0)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2008, 6:54pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ktm-690/236306/38 "2008-05-27T18:54:00Z")
Should have, he took a hit of 2K on the trade after just buyin the 525…retard ---
**Author:** ![KrazyKid](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/krazykid/32/6371_2.png) [@KrazyKid](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/KrazyKid)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2008, 7:05pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ktm-690/236306/39 "2008-06-16T19:05:26Z")
> [@Hooked on 240](#): > > :bowdown i’d buy. but not with those tires. when are these coming out. i wanna get another dirtbike, sometime soon buy my crf!!! ---
**Author:** ![Singh1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ba8739/32.png) [@Singh1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Singh1)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2008, 1:39pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ktm-690/236306/40 "2008-06-19T13:39:08Z")
> [@NaN20Neon](#): > > and really surprised it only has 65hp. - **94gt5.0** > > Its only a single cylinder adam thats actually a respectable amount of hp coming from one cylinder. Any more would prob alter dependablity of the motor. 65hp from 1 clyc damn ! i agree [Previous page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ktm-690/236306.md?page=1) [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ktm-690/236306.md?page=3)