KTM RC 200 Owners Experience Thread

[joe_marvy]

Re: KTM RC 200 Owners Experience Thread

Hey
It must be due to overheating I guess.Long riding at higher rpm can lead to burning of oil.

Hi Alen, please don't quote the entire post. I stopped long rides because of personal reasons. My ride is for work commute and not taking him for rides. My one way is just 14 KMs, but in tight traffic (Bangalore). BTW I'm no fan of upgrading stock exhaust for a single cylinder😉.

Actually it is supposed to be slightly lower than the upper mark say 60% above the center line. If the oil is below the center line of the glass after a hot ride, then we are looking for potential problems. Most of the times, it's slight oil consumption, considering the right quantity was installed in your prior service schedule, if not, then I would suggest a complete drain and reinstall of a fresh charge, considering there is a pending oil change.
Cheers!
VJ

No VJ, I'm sure what is mentioned in manual and as [MENTION=16602]s1d[/MENTION] said, I had let it run to optimum temp and the let it cool then checked leaving the bike straight. It was in good level, but oil looked burnt (I saw that and smelled).

My question is how it can burn so much oil to give low pressure sign when it's just 3+ K with new oil (does the oil expire after days?).

But as you said the oil was below the center line when it was hot while pouring the top-up. Am I looking something big opening engine/bore? Do you think some thing is failing inside?

God I don't want SVC guys play around factory fixed things...

Guys, I'll better sell my bike and not let anyone (even trained personnel) to open the heart on a just 2 year old baby.

[Deathwing]

Re: KTM RC 200 Owners Experience Thread

Hey
It must be due to overheating I guess.Long riding at higher rpm can lead to burning of oil.This has happened in my gixxer and I had to replace the cylinder piston due to burning of synthetic oil which I have refilled 4000kms back.
The best thing you can do is getting a break in between ride.
And never upgrade the stock exhaust .

Changing of exhaust can be done with also Change of airfilter. But after doing all this, the bike must be tuned accordingly, air to fuel ratio must be set according the figures on the dyno and according to the calculations, only if the tuning is not done, the tuning will be tooo rich or too lean. Akrapovic for a CBR 650f doesn't need tuning, as it runs normal on the stock tuning setup, only change of airfilter needs tuning in the case of this bike.

[B7ACKTHORN]

Re: KTM RC 200 Owners Experience Thread

Guys, today while on the way to office the warning sign glow came up. I just filled to the brim, what now? Read the message "Oil Pressure Low" (red alarm). Just two days before I checked the oil level, like mentioned in the Manual it was in the middle of Max and Min. I got worried, luckily I know there is a Motul dealer on the way. Without second thought got into sedated driving mode and reached the shop which was 1-2 kms away from the place the warning came up. I just needed a top-up so asked him the least quantity bottle. He simply smiled and said sorry sir....

Actually it is supposed to be slightly lower than the upper mark say 60% above the center line. If the oil is below the center line of the glass after a hot ride, then we are looking for potential problems. Most of the times, it's slight oil consumption, considering the right quantity was installed in your prior service schedule, if not, then I would suggest a complete drain and reinstall of a fresh charge, considering there is a pending oil change.

Cheers!
VJ

[alen]

Re: KTM RC 200 Owners Experience Thread

Guys, today while on the way to office the warning sign glow came up. I just filled to the brim, what now? Read the message "Oil Pressure Low" (red alarm). Just two days before I checked the oil level, like mentioned in the Manual it was in the middle of Max and Min. I got worried, luckily I know there is a Motul dealer on the way. Without second thought got into sedated driving mode and reached the shop which was 1-2 kms away from the place the warning came up. I just needed a top-up so asked him the least quantity bottle. He simply smiled and said sorry sir, Motul haven't even released 500ML, so the least is 1 Ltr. I was expecting this as I know dealers used to return 500ML after the service and now they are getting 1.5 Ltr bottles.

I have no choice bought it for 780/- and topped up 100ML. I was not sure how much is low, but took the risk and topped-up with 100ML. The bottle has marking so it was easy know how much was poured. Funnel was not an easy find, so spilled a bit. Immediately the warning disappeared. I going for a service this weekend.

My last service was at 6000 KMs, now it's 9200 KMs, approximately I have ridden 3000+ KMs. But the service was done about 4 or 5 months back, how could the oil got reduced to this critical stage. There is no leakage anywhere, I hate leakages, I have seen so much on my RX. I religiously check for leakages on all my vehicles.

Does hard downshifting or high RPMs or long idle times or riding longer on lower gears (not redlining) be a cause? I don't do all the things mentioned regularly, but often. I sometimes feel as pushing the machine to it's limits.

Since oil level reading window cannot give an accurate reading, is there a way to have a regular check which is close to accurate? Also, I would like to know what I did to solve the issue is good or bad?

Hey
It must be due to overheating I guess.Long riding at higher rpm can lead to burning of oil.This has happened in my gixxer and I had to replace the cylinder piston due to burning of synthetic oil which I have refilled 4000kms back.
The best thing you can do is getting a break in between ride.
And never upgrade the stock exhaust .

[joe_marvy]

Re: KTM RC 200 Owners Experience Thread

Guys, today while on the way to office the warning sign glow came up. I just filled to the brim, what now? Read the message "Oil Pressure Low" (red alarm). Just two days before I checked the oil level, like mentioned in the Manual it was in the middle of Max and Min. I got worried, luckily I know there is a Motul dealer on the way. Without second thought got into sedated driving mode and reached the shop which was 1-2 kms away from the place the warning came up. I just needed a top-up so asked him the least quantity bottle. He simply smiled and said sorry sir, Motul haven't even released 500ML, so the least is 1 Ltr. I was expecting this as I know dealers used to return 500ML after the service and now they are getting 1.5 Ltr bottles.

I have no choice bought it for 780/- and topped up 100ML. I was not sure how much is low, but took the risk and topped-up with 100ML. The bottle has marking so it was easy know how much was poured. Funnel was not an easy find, so spilled a bit. Immediately the warning disappeared. I going for a service this weekend.

My last service was at 6000 KMs, now it's 9200 KMs, approximately I have ridden 3000+ KMs. But the service was done about 4 or 5 months back, how could the oil got reduced to this critical stage. There is no leakage anywhere, I hate leakages, I have seen so much on my RX. I religiously check for leakages on all my vehicles.

Does hard downshifting or high RPMs or long idle times or riding longer on lower gears (not redlining) be a cause? I don't do all the things mentioned regularly, but often. I sometimes feel as pushing the machine to it's limits.

Since oil level reading window cannot give an accurate reading, is there a way to have a regular check which is close to accurate? Also, I would like to know what I did to solve the issue is good or bad?

[alen]

Re: KTM RC 200 Owners Experience Thread

29/6/16
Completed 1000 Kms and went for the first service.

Pre service :
Right side fairing started rattling. And there was vibration from 3-5k rpm.

Cost of service :
Oil + consumables =1384
Chain lube = 200
Teflon coating. =500

Total. = 2188

I told them not to do any coating on my bike.after the completion of the work I got a call from the service center and the guy told that the Bill is this much and they have done the coating 😠
Then I went there to take the bike. Eventhough the bike was looking good after the Teflon coating, I was not in good vibe. I ended up paying the bill.

Post service :
One thing that surprised me was that there was no vibration in thebike.and it got smoother and refined. Very happy with the service.

[jRay]

Re: KTM RC 200 Owners Experience Thread

Did anyone try techspec snakeskin on the RC? I am looking for tank grips and read online that stomp grips are too aggressive and that they eat through the pants.

Any type of monsoon care to be taken for our bikes?

Keep the chain lubed. Let the engine warm up for upto 2 minutes before riding.

[Omkar Sakpal]

Re: KTM RC 200 Owners Experience Thread

Any type of monsoon care to be taken for our bikes?

[bala13]

Re: KTM RC 200 Owners Experience Thread

Guys, is there is any navigation devices for bikes which works without internet same like those in car...??

Use navi maps in mobile

[Gowtham Gowdaman]

Re: KTM RC 200 Owners Experience Thread

Guys, is there is any navigation devices for bikes which works without internet same like those in car...??

[Kenny Pinto]

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Thanks for your replies guys. The instrument cluster seems to move bit . Can't find the loose screw , although I barely hear i t now I will ask SVC guys to check it out during my first service week.

[num65ku11]

Re: KTM RC 200 Owners Experience Thread

Guys I'm getting buzzing sound from the instrument cluster, its increasing day by day. Its just 500 kms old. Also some kids decided to drop my bike leaving my right RVM broken/shattered, rear brake lever bent. So can they be replaced under warranty/ insurance. The place where the bike was dropped had CCTV cameras , the owner of the place said he will check the recording and tell me who did it, culprit will be caught today. But its mostly kids so I don't think I can get any money out of them, hence asked about insurance. Buzzing sound coming from the bike even before it was dropped.

Hey Kenny,

I had the same issue of the buzzing sound, it is mostly either because of a loose bolt in the number plate/slightly bent number plate or because of one or two slightly loose bolts in the fairing.

Place your hand on the fairing and give throttle to check whether the vibrating sound stops. If so then tighten the fairing.

There are a few screws which can be accessed only through the inside of the fairing, you can just squeeze in your hand and tighten it (its not as hard as you think it is)

P.S. please check the type of screw head some are hex, some are star and some are slots.

Cheers :-)

[jRay]

Re: KTM RC 200 Owners Experience Thread

Right side kit vibrates a little. Can it be resolved? Mine is just 1 month old/750kms

Get the fairings tightened at the svc

[phat_17]

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Time to change

[alen]

Re: KTM RC 200 Owners Experience Thread

Right side kit vibrates a little. Can it be resolved? Mine is just 1 month old/750kms