KTM STRADA 3500

coohullin
coohullin Posts: 4
edited May 2014 in Your road bikes
Here is my KTM Strada 3500.
Original spec included 105 groupset & RS10 wheelset which I have replaced with Ultegra 6800 & Mavic Ksyrium Elite S wheels.

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Now I just have to wait for some decent weather!!

Comments

  • Yellow Peril
    Yellow Peril Posts: 4,466
    Smart looking bike and great photos
    @JaunePeril

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  • canny_lad
    canny_lad Posts: 329
    Like that a lot :D
  • Vandiesel
    Vandiesel Posts: 506
    Very cool
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  • rgasuk
    rgasuk Posts: 89
    Very nice looking bike
    Road - Scott solace .
    Training - giant xtc 1
    Mtb - Yt Capra pro
    Past - Scott spark , caadx ultegra , canyon ultimate cf slx ,trek madone , ridley x-fire , giant Defy, giant trance
  • ascurrell
    ascurrell Posts: 1,739
    Lovely bike, I do like the look of all the KTM's

    A bit off track but my first moped was an Orange 1973 KTM Comet Cross
  • RideOnTime
    RideOnTime Posts: 4,712
    lush...
  • matt-h
    matt-h Posts: 847
    Very slick!
    the photos are also great

    MAtt
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  • MountainMonster
    MountainMonster Posts: 7,423
    You've got to love KTM's. Good old Austrian quality!

    That bike looks lovely.
    My London Road
  • lostboysaint
    lostboysaint Posts: 4,250
    MountainMonster wrote:
    You've got to love KTM's. Good old Austrian quality!
    .

    You don't really know a lot about their motorbikes do you!

    At least this one can't go bang! (And won't hop around like a rabbit on acid when it is working)
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  • MountainMonster
    MountainMonster Posts: 7,423
    lostboysaint wrote:
    MountainMonster wrote:
    You've got to love KTM's. Good old Austrian quality!
    .

    You don't really know a lot about their motorbikes do you!

    At least this one can't go bang! (And won't hop around like a rabbit on acid when it is working)

    I've had two Supermotos and a Crosser made by KTM, and say the same about their motorbikes. No problems with mine when I had them.
    My London Road
  • lostboysaint
    lostboysaint Posts: 4,250
    MountainMonster wrote:
    lostboysaint wrote:
    MountainMonster wrote:
    You've got to love KTM's. Good old Austrian quality!
    .

    You don't really know a lot about their motorbikes do you!

    At least this one can't go bang! (And won't hop around like a rabbit on acid when it is working)

    I've had two Supermotos and a Crosser made by KTM, and say the same about their motorbikes. No problems with mine when I had them.

    Proper SMs and crosser? So with hours between rebuilds then!
    Trail fun - Transition Bandit
    Road - Wilier Izoard Centaur/Cube Agree C62 Disc
    Allround - Cotic Solaris
  • MountainMonster
    MountainMonster Posts: 7,423
    lostboysaint wrote:
    MountainMonster wrote:
    lostboysaint wrote:
    MountainMonster wrote:
    You've got to love KTM's. Good old Austrian quality!
    .

    You don't really know a lot about their motorbikes do you!

    At least this one can't go bang! (And won't hop around like a rabbit on acid when it is working)

    I've had two Supermotos and a Crosser made by KTM, and say the same about their motorbikes. No problems with mine when I had them.

    Proper SMs and crosser? So with hours between rebuilds then!

    Welcome to the world of high performance vehicles. Suzukis and Yamaha's require rebuilds after a few hours if ragged hard enough, so KTM is definitely not alone.
    My London Road
  • lostboysaint
    lostboysaint Posts: 4,250
    MountainMonster wrote:
    lostboysaint wrote:
    MountainMonster wrote:
    lostboysaint wrote:
    MountainMonster wrote:
    You've got to love KTM's. Good old Austrian quality!
    .

    You don't really know a lot about their motorbikes do you!

    At least this one can't go bang! (And won't hop around like a rabbit on acid when it is working)

    I've had two Supermotos and a Crosser made by KTM, and say the same about their motorbikes. No problems with mine when I had them.

    Proper SMs and crosser? So with hours between rebuilds then!

    Welcome to the world of high performance vehicles. Suzukis and Yamaha's require rebuilds after a few hours if ragged hard enough, so KTM is definitely not alone.

    Exactly, specialist vehicles, not like the road bike in the picture above. Their roadgoing motorbikes are fabled for awful FI problems (visit any owners forum and find the myriad of "solutions" that add several hundreds of pounds on top of an already significant purchase price), reliability issues and general poor quality. The same can't be said for most other manufacturers.
    Trail fun - Transition Bandit
    Road - Wilier Izoard Centaur/Cube Agree C62 Disc
    Allround - Cotic Solaris
  • FransJacques
    FransJacques Posts: 2,148
    Thank God we set the story straight on that.

    http://road.cc/content/review/110668-kt ... -road-bike I think the Revelator bears an uncanny resemblance to the Canyon SLX.

    How did you take such nice pix of that bike? What camera did you use?
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  • coohullin
    coohullin Posts: 4
    Thanks for all the kind comments about the bike.

    And the camera was a Canon 5Dii with a 35mm lens (f1.4).
  • Sodafarl
    Sodafarl Posts: 118
    coohullin wrote:
    Thanks for all the kind comments about the bike.

    And the camera was a Canon 5Dii with a 35mm lens (f1.4).
    Lovely bike and a great bit of camera kit. :D
  • oldbazza
    oldbazza Posts: 646
    Nice;should be orange though :wink:
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  • MiddleRinger
    MiddleRinger Posts: 678
    Very smart looking bike.
    You don't see many KTM road bikes around, actually I don't think I've seen any!

    oldbazza wrote:
    should be orange though :wink:

    +1 for "KTM orange" paint job :P
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