Recent content by FYR

That little girl does a have an amazing sound. Sorry if her siblings bothered you.

My MX with SM wheels has a somewhat loud whine at road/freeway speed. Is it obnoxious? No, not even close. I live in California and we split lanes here for commuting. Cage pilots (car drivers) DO NOT hear me coming on the Varg and that's something that I need to be consciously be aware of. On my...

This whole thread seems so strange to me. I have a 2024 Varg Alpha and it has 3 sets of 'complete' wheels (which means each has it's own sprockets, spacers and rotors). #1, the original Stark OEM 18/21's. #2, custom built SM 17/17 wheels that I had made for a KTM (I never told the builder that...

I've ordered more than one set of wheels for KTM fitment for use on my 2024 Varg Alpha. Never an issue, always prefect.

It's obviously your wheel builder that caused this discrepancy. You might just want to talk to them about it.

14/47 is what came stock on my 2024 Varg Alpha MX with 18" rear wheel.

As others have mentioned, there's a small drain plug and it also has a copper crush washer. They recommend a new washer whenever replacing the plug, but I've re-used mine several times and have no leaking or seeping issue. Stark does a great job with their service videos, it's worth it to go...

My first oil change was at 3hrs, 44min. The stuff that came out looked nothing at all like oil, it looked like melted ice-cream. You might want to consider being more proactive than I was, and invest in the liter I mentioned.

Here we go again...

Probably a bit too far unrelated, but I'm gonna tell this story anyway... Several years ago I was courted by Buell Motorcycles to interview for the position of manufacturing/engineering and design lead for their new line of bikes (to be built overseas - China and India!) They set me up with...

I was thinking about this program (still sorta am, just for fun). But, now imagine yourself roosting around in your CA residential area on your VERY MUCH appearing "dirt bike" and also having a Montana plate on it. Doesn't that just beg for a bad situation?

Have you changed your oil yet? One liter of gear oil will last you quite a long time, the bike holds about 2.65 thimbles of volume (humor @Philip)

What kind of range are you getting on your EX while road riding? I've run SM wheels on my MX and was very disappointed with how far I could go at 65-70 mph.

Or, just CHECK gear oil. If there's nothing in there, I'm sure it would be loud. FYI, I run Mobil1 full synthetic 75w-90 and change my oil every 4 to 5 hours of riding.

I've got a lot buddies that all have EX's on order that are NOT gonna like this. Most have ridden my bike (2024 Alpha) and remark how loud the whine is.