Highly modified V4S versus KTM RC 8C

Steven31371 said:

Yeah I do like that livery better than mine, but that’s literally the only change to the bike. Moot to me because the same people that made the tank/seat for the Ducati also make the only set of aftermarket track fairings for the RC 8C, so I’m getting those and doing a different livery anyway.

The Facebook forum for the RCC owners has a small percentage of owners, annoyed that they keep producing more bikes, and calling them limited edition. Personally, I don’t care, because I didn’t buy the bike because it was limited addition, or for resale value, I bought it to be a purpose built track weapon and learning aid, is that whether there are 100 or 500 of them.

As an aside RoadRacerX had his 8C RC at Chuckawallah yesterday and sent me his data from a 1:52 lap…on a 135 hp bike

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Steven31371 said:

Haha, yeah. I wanna see if KTM can reset the timers that log engine hours on mine. Brand new complete engine gets dropped in this week. $9k

We learned some cool stuff while having the RC 8C apart. My shop, that has been building race bikes for over a decade said the heads and the machining on the heads of the RC 8C are the nicest heads they’ve ever seen. All CNC port matched and milled with very high spec parts. Also the pistons and rods are crazy in that engine. Each rod is $2500 Ti rod and each piston is $2100.

On the downside, they put just the standard factory clutch that goes into every 890 engine that KTM produces…so while we have it apart I bought a Suter Clutch to put in it.

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mgivogue said:

you should upgrade the ecu to mectronic...much nicer than the ecu in the KTM.

does the RC8C have the AIM dash? If yes, you can reset the 4 counters individually. I have 1 set to bike mileage, 2 set to motor lifetime mileage, 3 set to motor major rebuild (top and bottom) mileage and 4 set to motor minor service (inspection and top end rebuild).

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Steven31371 said:

Yes it has the AIM dash. Good tips. If I can I’ll reset the motor hours to the new motor, but leave the mileage as chassis mileage, so if I ever sell it the owner knows what they are getting.

I looked into the Mectronic ECU but they are currently out of stock on the ECU/Loom kit, and say they probably won’t be in stock anytime soon. They’re currently prepping all the bikes for the 350 cc class in MotoAmerica that they supply, and are pretty busy with that until the race series starts.

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