Strega 0 Posted November 26, 2008 So I heard about 3-4 or similar stories on the 2001 KTM that I bought, so I decided to email the guys at Thunderworks and get the real story. Thunderworks is a company that does custom designed stuff, mostly for police and fire agencies, outfitting bikes, cars, trucks, etc, to meet their needs. I went to their website and shot an email to a few random email addresses from their contact page, and hoped I'd hear something back. (I bought the bike with on 442mi on the ODO) My original email: Hey there,I just bought a KTM 640 that had been previously outfitted by Thunderworks, and I was just curious, if any, what the history of these bikes were. Thanks! Couple pics of the bike: http://stregalicious.com/moto/misc/ktm640-01.jpg http://stregalicious.com/moto/misc/ktm640-02.jpg http://stregalicious.com/moto/misc/ktm640-03.jpg About 5 minutes later, my cell phone rang, and on the other end was Don from Thunderworks. I was definitely shocked to get a call so quickly. Anyway, long story short, Thunderworks wanted to make some Dual Sport bikes to sell to local police agencies, and they talked to KTM and they bought 43 of them in 2001. I think he said that they bought 43 because that's how many KTM 640's were imported in 2001. If that's the case, I feel pretty stoked about having only 1 of 43, and closer to 1 of 6 or 8 actually in civilian use. So, after no further adieu: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bikeslut 1 Posted November 26, 2008 Nice to have a rare bike... very cool. ya get that fender painted yet? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Strega 0 Posted November 26, 2008 Nice to have a rare bike... very cool. ya get that fender painted yet? Is the Pope Catholic? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Crawdaddy 96 Posted November 26, 2008 I feel pretty stoked about having only 1 of 43, and closer to 1 of 6 or 8 actually in civilian use. Very cool to be able to track down the legacy/previous owner of your bike......I think you should hook up the Blue/Red lights again!! ......so basically, you'll be doubling (minimum) the "as bought" mileage this coming weekend.....how cool is that? Go here for the history of the 620/640 Adventure series (I now own serial number 8793.....one of the 22(?) 620 models imported in 98').....all previous owners have contacted me though ADVRider.....all said they should've kept the bike.....glad they didn't! Roger - Have you "signed in"?: http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=35110 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SCHWINN 0 Posted November 26, 2008 I was going to mention that my local police in escondido have a few of them and then scrolled down and there they are. There is a motorcycle shop in escondido called MDR they deal in fab work for drag racing and everything else cycle related. Both his sons grew up in the cycle biz and now are escondido police officers and guess what they are riding. Those KTMs and having a blast. I mess with them every chance I get when they are on them. Christi 20 shop was next to MDR for years I know she knows whom I am talking about. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
christi20 0 Posted November 26, 2008 I was going to mention that my local police in escondido have a few of them and then scrolled down and there they are. There is a motorcycle shop in escondido called MDR they deal in fab work for drag racing and everything else cycle related. Both his sons grew up in the cycle biz and now are escondido police officers and guess what they are riding. Those KTMs and having a blast. I mess with them every chance I get when they are on them. Christi 20 shop was next to MDR for years I know she knows whom I am talking about. OH yeah. That's right! I forgot about his son being a cop. We used to give him a hard time too. Nice people though! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
