Oil tank cracking on a seam... surely that's pretty easy to fix, ask the company that manufactures the plastic tank to move the seam to a different position and or add rubber mounts to take any stresses out of the tank, then send replacement tanks out to all dealers.
What's the big deal with the oil pump? I've owned many road going 2 strokes from the 1980's and 1990's that use a mechanical oil pump to deliver 2 stroke oil. Never had any problems with the oil pump failing or air in the oil feed lines.
Any comments from KTM?
Not sure about photos on social media showing pictures of mashed up pistons and barrels, they look very spectacular but don't tell us much as we don't know what happened before the event. It would interesting to know about failure rates, how many of these engines have failed? That would give people a better understanding of how serious the problem is.
Of course, with all these stories flying around, I wouldn't be rushing out to buy a TPI bike. As people have said before, the research and development should be done in the factory's R&D department not by the customers.
Last edited by Davehuge; 11-10-2018 at 02:41 AM.
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