I can only speak from my own experience but most guys start wrenching on their first old dirt bike. Mine was a Penton 500 in the 70 s and it had maybe 20 moving parts and was very forgiving as far as my surgical skill was concerned which was fortunate for me.
Attempting to learn mechanics on a modern exotic can be expensive. I never see the guys on you tube use an inch lb torque wrench on the valve lash lock nut nor do I see them applying locktite to shear points on flywheel shafts which is very important on the KTM.
It would be great if someone in here or on the DSBC prefered poster list could come up with a tech night/weekend as it is not very helpful when people post questions and sometimes get discouraged with responses that do not address the issue.
Quality in the mechanical service industry is very hit and miss and I can state after hiring many technicians a tech is only as good as the journeyman he or she apprenticed under. I was fortunate to apprentice under a very demanding German Master Technician but I stray off topic.
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Attempting to learn mechanics on a modern exotic can be expensive. I never see the guys on you tube use an inch lb torque wrench on the valve lash lock nut nor do I see them applying locktite to shear points on flywheel shafts which is very important on the KTM.
It would be great if someone in here or on the DSBC prefered poster list could come up with a tech night/weekend as it is not very helpful when people post questions and sometimes get discouraged with responses that do not address the issue.
Quality in the mechanical service industry is very hit and miss and I can state after hiring many technicians a tech is only as good as the journeyman he or she apprenticed under. I was fortunate to apprentice under a very demanding German Master Technician but I stray off topic.
If you run out of options PM me