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Category: KTM 500 EXC

22nd Jun 202022nd Oct 2021KTM 500 EXC, Maintenance, Navigation

Adventurising the Five Hundy

Finally, after months of waiting.. after the departure date of our planned offroad tour of Spain had come, and gone, and still never happened. We should have it done by now, and be home a week already, but we’re still in lockdown. Phase 3 of […]

10th Jun 202022nd Oct 2021KTM 500 EXC, Maintenance, Modifications

Choosing and fitting your oversize KTM tank

The 500 EXC doesn’t have particularly bad tank range, and I don’t really suffer from fuel anxiety.. but as smarter guys than me have said, “the only time you have too much fuel is when you’re on fire”. The reasons for my oversize tank are […]

22nd May 20206th Feb 2021Husky TE300, KTM 500 EXC, Rides / Daytrips

Viral Trails

Pondering mortality? The never ending social distancing? The efforts to protect ourselves and our families from the terrible sickness, and at the same time thinking the queue for Lidl is possibly worse than the sickness could ever be, and we’d nearly rather try our luck […]

8th Jan 202018th Jan 2020KTM 500 EXC, Rides / Daytrips

Ringing in 2020 with a bang

Christmas and New Years.. time for family and friends, some nights out, some blinking lights, and some broken bikes. In between all the festive events, a little time was found for some essential bike maintenance, and a couple of rides too. The end of year […]

16th Nov 20197th Jun 2020Archives, Gear, KTM 500 EXC

KTM 500 EXC-F

I very nearly bought a brand new KTM 500 EXC-F just a couple of months ago. The deal was all but done, but it wasn’t to be in the end and it all fell apart. The story is long and boring, having no offroad KTM […]

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