Anyone owned a KTM 200SX -‘01 ?

I saw what looks to be a nice '01 200sx someone is selling. I didn't know they sold it in '01.  I read where they built some race bikes as an experiment by putting a 200cc in a 125sx for Brock Sellards to compete against 250f's. Then they decided to produce them in what I thought was '03. 
Anyways the '01 seems a bit rare & some of the big bike parts suppliers don't even list an '01. The seller says he has had no problem getting parts & did a cylinder & piston (100 hours ago) so it may be time again soon. It also has a Rekluse clutch which is way cool.

KTM seems to be the fastest moving manufacturer in off road bikes as far as year to year changes, so some things might very well be hard to find. That said, a lot of stuff might be easily retrofitted from other KTM models. I'd really like to have one of their 300 2 strokes..

Everyone says the orange parts are big $. Glad it sold before I was more tempted.

Orange parts aren't too bad depending on the bike. I've got several of them that I race and have not had any major complaints there, but the caveat is that since COVID, KTM's parts supply chain has been garbage. Lots of common parts on backorder. For example, I'm building a new rally bike and it took 3 months to buy a stock new triple clamp, and and I still don't have the pull rod for the shock linkage. Fortunately parts aren't really going up in price...just hard to get.

The 200SX is an interesting beast, but it's more of a novelty than a bike I would ride every day at this point. They're in an awkward time for KTM where things were changing FAST as KTM scrambled to develop technology. The engine shares parts with other years of 200, for the most part, but the suspension is a bit oddball in particular for that model. Doesn't perform great, and parts supply is iffy.

I had a 2012 200 XCW that I put nearly 400 hours on. Excellent bikes, and the later ones like mine have the full size frame. Up until 2010 or so, they used the 125 frame.

"good" parts supply and fewer crazy year to year model changes starts somewere around 2004-2005 depending on the model. By then, the PDS shocks got pretty standard across the model line, and all the forks are the same 4860MXMA architecture so tons of parts and knowledge out there.

dannyp84 said:

KTM seems to be the fastest moving manufacturer in off road bikes as far as year to year changes, so some things might very well be hard to find. That said, a lot of stuff might be easily retrofitted from other KTM models. I'd really like to have one of their 300 2 strokes..

Do yourself a favor and don't ride one. Lol. Here in FL it's 90% deep sand, my buddies 300 xcw feels like cheating it's so easy to ride through the slippery stuff. Nice grunt down low, and feels like it wants to rip your arms off at the top end. Amazing machines.