The power of orange compels you!

[Monsterlover]

Id give that a whirl.

[The Mad King Pepe']

Any problems sticking a 140/80 on the rear dirt rim of the 690? The owners manual has 130/90 as the size that it shipped with, but rears in that size seem to be as common as hens teeth. Currently there's a 150 stuck on there (TKC 80) and a Michelin Desert up front. Both overkill my my area and plans

Was gonna get a set of Pirelli MT 90s

No problem what-so-ever. Same as say going from a 100/90-19 to a 110/80-19 on the front (just did that on the GS).

BTW, got my last set of tires here: http://www.americanmototire.com/catalog/ Good prices (in most cases the lowest I could find) and free shipping on all orders.

[Slide Panda]

You fellas, especially Lethe seen this

http://www.bestrestproducts.com/images/document/How%20To%20Ride%20A%20Motorcycle%20Off%20Road%20-%2004-26-12%201430.pdf

?

- Not a jab Lethe, you just seem to be doing the most off road  - I don't think I've have done that hill on your tires either.

[lethe]

You fellas, especially Lethe seen this

http://www.bestrestproducts.com/images/document/How%20To%20Ride%20A%20Motorcycle%20Off%20Road%20-%2004-26-12%201430.pdf

?

- Not a jab Lethe, you just seem to be doing the most off road  - I don't think I've have done that hill on your tires either.

my brain knows what to do, my body just isn't following the brains commands
it was the same when I started riding on the street even
I had to retrain my instincts, one day something just snapped into place and my pace and confidence picked up considerably. I expect the same thing will happen with this too. Tires have nothing to do with it. The guy teaching us was practically on street tires and he thought nothing of going UP that hill.

[Slide Panda]

Fair nuf...

And yeah some folks can do that. When I went to corner spin Aaron, lead instructor, had a blown ACL that was due for surgery in a week or two. So he restricted himself a lot and only demo'd on the oval track. He snotted his bike around that little dirt oval, with a rain front and a slick rear. us mortals were not as fast nor able to keep from slide outs even with our more knobbed tires.

[kopfjäger]

http://www.ducatimonsterforum.org/index.php?topic=57103.msg1059903#msg1059903

[kopfjäger]

 


KTM 690 First Ride

[Airborne]

Well...its hard to catch up in this thread but I think I'm in the right place.

I am looking at a KTM 690 SMC this weekend. I spoke to the seller over the phone and he informed me of two problems.

1) the speedometer doesnt work. I did some reading on thumpertalk and this seems to be a common problem for the 690 smc and can be fixed.
problem is the odometer doesnt currently display and neither the seller nor myself know exactly how many miles are on the bike. He estimates 5000 mi.

2) The bike is throwing an FI light. This could mean anything. I asked him to count the flashes and get back to me so I can reference another forum and find out what is going on. He said "I have the part to KTM gave me to fix it but the dealer never put it on because Ducati KTM Triumph NYC stopped performing warranty service on KTMs"

Any help would be great

[Slide Panda]

What year? Any mods?

1) yeah there was an issue with the speedos basically shaking to bits. It might be able to be fixed, might not. More info's needed.

2) What part? More info here too

other issues - the stock exhaust and FI are problematic on the 690. The main issue folks had is that on the US models (they have a different tail light and signal section) it'd melt the signal - ooops!

Depending on the year it was made, they came with a run of back bearing on the valve openers. Super easy to fix, but about $120 in parts to do so. Early 690s were the problem children here

The cam chain tensioner is lacking. It's hydraulic. There's a stop in it to keep the tension needed. Problem is that stop tends to fail allowing for low tension on the cam chain once the bike is hot. Again, easy fix but about $120 for the manual version

the recommended 'sport' settings in the manual are RUBBISH! WWWWAAAAY too stiff, to the point I thought my front brake sucked and wasn't working properly

- If not already done there's a 'green wire mod' that's free. They have a neural (green wire), 2nd and 3rd gear sensor. For noise reasons they are restricted to 80% throttle when in 2nd and 3rd. Easy way to defeat that is to disconnect the 2nd and 3rd gear sensor. Basically you wiggle them loose from the 3 pot connection and seal them off.

They are like oh so many bikes, lean from the factory. Good news is you can fix that for between $15 and $60 depending on where you source the cables.
Good info here
http://www.supermotojunkie.com/showthread.php?113690-FREE-KTM-690-Tuning-Software!&goto=newpost

Go sign up for supermotojunkie btw - I'm my old handle in there 'yuu'

hmmm, probably some other thoughts that are escaping me right now. LMK about the details on the above.

[Monsterlover]

I can't believe this thread is at 24 pages.

I'm glad there are other orange fans here.

[The Bacon Junkie]

Watching all these vids, I'm getting stupid ideas... 



I'm broke, no medical insurance, and I'm broke...

But still...   

Looks like stupid amounts of fun! 




 

[Monsterlover]

Dude you have no idea.

I like my 450sm more than the 999. Way more hooligan.  Cheap to crash too.

[lethe]

Dude you have no idea.

I like my 450sm more than the 999. Way more hooligan.  Cheap to crash too.

so when you headed east to crash here too?

ML's Crash Across America 2012

[Slide Panda]

I can't believe this thread is at 24 pages.

I'm glad there are other orange fans here.

Like all good self indulgent threads

[Monsterlover]

so when you headed east to crash here too?

ML's Crash Across America 2012

I was thinking about that the other day.

If you can put up with me for a three day weekend we could get in a lot of riding.