Ultimate KTM 500EXC Lightweight Adventure Motorcycle Build -- Tour & Ride -- Under 260LB

We finally finished the ultimate lightweight adventure motorcycle (~255LB) build. This KTM 500EXC is ready for all the BDR's and baja. Nomad ADV Tower, Mosko Luggage, IMS tank, 5500 lumens of lighting, 200 miles of range, 60+ HP. I'll be posting a video of the Nomad tower install very soon, there is a ton of footage so it is taking forever to edit.

This is basically as close as you can get to a KTM 450 Rally without the $45K+ price tag and it's street legal.

Get a full tour of the bike and go for a ride on some dirt, some rocks, a hill climb, and on the street @ 80+MPH.

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🕒 TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 Start
00:07 Bike Tour
12:45 Navigation Overview
14:00 Lighting Overview
16:50 Tool Kit
17:09 Offroad Ride
19:11 Rocky Hillclimb
21:00 Highway ride

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[dmt]

Awesome to see some actually ride and put to a use an adventure build. A lot of these tech savvy adventure builds are for Silicon Valley nerds with purely highway miles. Happy see some one putting down real miles on a solid build 👏 👏 Nice ride !

[professionalpiddler]

I’m not a KTM fan boy by any means but I’ve gotta say, that is probably the most well thought out KTM 500 ADV build out I’ve seen. Well done!

[brianmartindale]

Ya, that's the kind of trail riding I wanted to see out of this bike after all the rock hopping and old man riding on all these 500 vids. I've been looking at this bike and had friends in my ear for months (years) who are saying I should get one. I gotta say, this vid may have sealed the deal.

[TheCaptainbarnacles]

What an absolute beauty. I really enjoyed the ride footage at the end.

[andygrayson]

Excellent video and build, glad I found this !!! Love this bike ✌

[anojsemtu]

As for the USB socket - I went through 2 of these before I realized what was the problem. You need to open it and fill it (epoxy, glue gun, whatever), because if you don´t, the little coils in the inside, will fall of, because of the vibrations, shock impacts.

[TheStonecrusha]

Awesome build! As I get older, I'm looking at lighter and lighter bikes to ride the BDR'S! Very interested in your setup but with a 690/701! I have a 23 500 6-days but I'd like to keep that as a trails only bike with minimalistic approach! Only advice I'd like to give is to NEVER mount your 500 with the kick stand down or use it as a pivot point! Your stand will definitely snap off! Great video though!

[timkeenan]

Pretty cool build ! The bike looks great, do give updates when you get some miles on the equipment and have fun !

[nmcmusicsales]

Thanks for posting this inspirational bike. I now can get off trying to justify a 790r. This build is perfect. Thank you for sharing!

[donovanbaine]

way to go man...is it also suitable to travel with it? sorry for the noobi question

[mikeys]

Looks awesome. Anyone ever heard of those big 4 gallon tanks busting up on crashes? I want one but wonder if those shroud tank wings are problematic?

[maxbitel]

Are you using a rack or any sort of subframe support with the Mosko reckless system? I know TrueNorthMotos makes one, along with Globetrottin - seems like the Mosko crew all run the TNM rack - otherwise risk damaging subframe I'm assuming?

[SoloSouth]

Our bikes should be *relatively* similar when mine is finished, but a 2016. Super epic ride at the end man... I can't wait to do that with everything I need to live in the woods.

[keyboarddancers]

Absolutely superlative ADV platform and build. Pricey but still way, WAY cheaper than any number of sports cars. That 1000 mile oil change interval has got to be tough for continental tours though...

[marcobuter]

Very nice bike thank you for your comment.
Do you know the weigt of the bike without luggage?

[freedomandbike]

Thanks a lot! Yery much details! So you extend oild change now to 2000km? Whats about inside things like piston, etc.? Greetings

[knotlate]

Your build inspired me to build my own. I was thinking of something like the Tenere (great bike), but it's just too big and heavy for what I want so when I saw this build, I knew immediately that's what I was going to do. I already have a 2017 500 EXC-F and am nearly complete with the build. I didn't build it for single track so that's not an issue because I'll be using it for what it's meant to be used for and that's offroad trail riding camping trips (as little pavement as possible). The only thing left for me is suspension upgrade for the extra weight of the tower and packed Mosko Moto Reckless 40 (looking at Enduro Spec). Can't wait for my first camping trip on it.

[bentbars]

Nice-looking bike but I wonder how much does the Reckless system weighs, I bet there are lighter systems out there.

[ridelivemoto]

@SourceADV that's very well documented, thanks for sharing. I am interested in the tower myself for a 350 EXC-F and am wondering how the weight on the front feels while riding off-road?

[ryanhawkermoto]

Great bike. Mine will be pretty similar. What was the gearing you selected on your bike?