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About to buy a Terra... should I ?

SightedN2

SightedN2

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I know 2 people that love them. Then I come here and read all the troubles with them. I'm looking at one That has 6000 miles on it. It has never seen dirt Price is good.
I know most people only post about the bad (myself included).
So ... I am going to buy it... it'll be good on the back of a RV. : )

Opinions?
 
Thanks for links. I'd looked at a couple of those
And advrider

I see I'm not the first...lol
Just wondered the latest trials and tribulations...
 
Wouldn't worry about the known flaws - they're easily fixed. These bikes are fantastic- honestly one of the best dual sports ever to hit the market IMHO.
 
Yeah, it's a great bike. Had mine for 4years, only issues were caused by me dropping it on trails and were easily fixed with parts from a dealer. You'll probably love it.
 
Cool. I think they're wonderful bikes with some fixable known problems and (on some of them) a potentially significant problem that KTM/BMW have yet to address. I'm one of the lucky owners and hope you end up the same. Keep us posted on your new ride.
 
"The only thing better is a TE630"

Maybe, but when I bought my Terra used I also looked at a 630 that was nowhere as nice as the Terra and the $$ was more than the Terra. Don't know if that's still true today but it was 3 years ago.
 
Scott Jones said:
"The only thing better is a TE630"

Maybe, but when I bought my Terra used I also looked at a 630 that was nowhere as nice as the Terra and the $$ was more than the Terra. Don't know if that's still true today but it was 3 years ago.
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I should have qualified that statement and said "TE630 with a power commander, auto tuner, leo vince exhaust and a kx450 12 port fuel injector" It took some experimenting to finally get the bike to run like it should. I think the Terra's are fine right out of the box.
 
...looks like I may be picking up a '14 Terra soon. Kind of looking forward to this since I was sold on finding a nice Dakar for so long.
I had a TE610 for a while and thought it was a bit of a pig offroad, and a slug too...however I had just come off a 950 Advernture...
Haven't ridden the Terra yet but fingers crossed!
 
I've ridden 450 EXC-R for D/S. and keeping it. For legal off-road and connecting road bike
But I'm loving the Terra for what I think will be a great2 lane.. gravel,...Jeep road,..ATV trails. No single track bike
 
I have a 2009 450 EXC-R too. After many bike swaps I found the EXC to be the best offroad bike I've ever ridden.
When I get the Terra...I hope I don't have to make a decision about selling one or the other. I wanna keep both.

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Rapid Dog said:
I have a 2009 450 EXC-R too. After many bike swaps I found the EXC to be the best offroad bike I've ever ridden.

When I get the Terra...I hope I don't have to make a decision about selling one or the other. I wanna keep both.
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Mine is a 08 that I bought in '10 when everyone was jumping off ship because of hard starting and other issues....fixed all that and some updates on engine parts and it is a great bike....so kind of like a few fleeing the TR650 its a buyers market if you can work on a bike IMO.
Buy a Terra/Strada and keep both. its 2 bikes for less than the price of a new KLR : )

but Terra is not going to go where the 450 goes...as easy. But I think you know that.
 
Yeah, kinda thinking the Terra will be a little funner on the longer day rides. I pretty much to ride the EXC 20 miles to a trailhead, not bad. It does 75mph no problemo.
Terra, more relaxed and plush due to the weight. I rode a friend's X-Challenge on assorted roads for a couple days. It was great out in the mountain roads. Offroad it was just sorta meh.
I don't have big offroad expections for the T. Just seems to be an upgrade from the Dakar I've been looking for.
Newer too...
 
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