My KTM 690 Adventure

[blacksheep]

my bike had 32000 kms on it and i seem to be a shit magnet,just giving you a bit of a heads up thats all,you will probably be sweet

[Night Falcon]

my bike had 32000 kms on it and i seem to be a shit magnet,just giving you a bot of a heads up thats all,you will probably be sweet

sweat !! as I've only done a bit over 20k that will be about perfect timing to check her out

[10bikekid]

I understand they are going to be sold as 690 adventures! The 690 rally bike kit is being used as a template to customise an adventure setup to bolt onto the stock 690 and will also fit the stock headlight. Its also going to get some strengthening to accomadate pannier racks and tanks will be plastic. Darren says there is still a lot of work to do but hopefully he will be sending up dates as the build progresses (if not I'll be nagging him for them!!) Its an exciting project with the aim of producing the 690 adventure that ktm has passed on.

Whats with KTM where they afraid they could not keep up with the demand if the 690ADV was born

[Night Falcon]

Whats with KTM where they afraid they could not keep up with the demand if the 690ADV was born

Back in 2007 the rumours were it was the recession that stopped development of the 690 adventure but only ktm knows that for sure. Personally I think ktm saw the adventure market moving more towards softer adventure tourers rather than adv enduro's. Price might have been another reason to bail....the 690 R is an $18K bike so an adventure version would have to run into the $20k plus range which would also have killed sales.

[10bikekid]

Back in 2007 the rumours were it was the recession that stopped development of the 690 adventure but only ktm knows that for sure. Personally I think ktm saw the adventure market moving more towards softer adventure tourers rather than adv enduro's. Price might have been another reason to bail....the 690 R is an $18K bike so an adventure version would have to run into the $20k plus range which would also have killed sales.

I'm a little suspicious they were concerned about the high milage that 690ADV would sustain and perhaps that engine is just to stonky for that. ?

unfortunaletly it might need to lose some horsepower to circumnavigate the globe ?

I've ridden the SM and its miracously fast for a single

PS, or maybe not, perhaps this will shed some light ? http://www.horizonsunlimited.com/hub...o-can-do-64860

Are KTM wanting to pull off the mother of all ADV launches and suprise us all ?

[Night Falcon]

Ordered a new K60 today as LMS informed me the E07's wont be in the country till mid September now. My current K60 will be on canvas by then (if thats when they arrive). I will still get the E07 when it finnally gets here so then I'll be sure an have one when the new K60 wears out....I expect that will be in about 7,445.23 klm's if the last one is anything to go by .

[vegeman]

Ordered a new K60 today as LMS informed me the E07's wont be in the country till mid September now. My current K60 will be on canvas by then (if thats when they arrive). I will still get the E07 when it finnally gets here so then I'll be sure an have one when the new K60 wears out....I expect that will be in about 7,445.23 klm's if the last one is anything to go by .

Mate..I still have my half worn K60 which you can have for free....so if its not too late, cancel the k60 order...take my one and trash that until your E07 arrives.

I just ordered and received a MT21 rear which looks awesome, AND ordered an E07 as well for when my new rear rim arrives...I've delaced my 17" sumo rims and creating another rear...so this means I can have two dual sport rears...MT21 for dirt oritented dual sporting, and E07 for distance/gravel dual sporting.

PM or call if

[RideLife]

Ordered a new K60 today......

Mate..I still have my half worn K60 which you can have for free....so if its not too late, cancel the k60 order...

Free sounds like a good deal NF.
I'm happy to cancel order and return payment, if you would prefer to accept Vegeman offer.
What goes around - comes around ones hopes.
Cheers.
Alex.

[Night Falcon]

Hey Veg thanks for the offer on the tire mate but will get the new heidi Alex (RideLife)has given me a great deal on it and I really like the tire. The E07 will go on my tire rack till I'm ready for it.

How is that leg healing mate? Have ya got that x-o-skelaton off yet?. Oddly enough its been exactly 4rys to the day at about this time when I broke mine.....can't beleive its been that long.....and its still sore!

Free sounds like a good deal NF.
I'm happy to cancel order and return payment, if you would prefer to accept Vegeman offer.
What goes around - comes around ones hopes.
Cheers.
Alex.

Thanks Alex will stick with the newby....but you are da man!! Great service and pricing again from fellow Kiwi Biker!

[vegeman]

Hey Veg thanks for the offer on the tire mate but will get the new heidi Alex (RideLife)has given me a great deal on it and I really like the tire. The E07 will go on my tire rack till I'm ready for it.

How is that leg healing mate? Have ya got that x-o-skelaton off yet?. Oddly enough its been exactly 4rys to the day at about this time when I broke mine.....can't beleive its been that long.....and its still sore!



Thanks Alex will stick with the newby....but you are da man!! Great service and pricing again from fellow Kiwi Biker!

No prob's wasn't meaning to derail the business as such and I know you wanted to test the E07 as well...looks like I'll get the chance to do that instead. My k60 has done about 4000K's (still has tread on it, so it took a bashing and lastest very well) but it's retired now due to me putting on a full knobbly...before the 'incident'. I like to try different tyres hence why I'm going with the selection.

As for the leg, I get unplugged on Monday...wahoo!!! so time is rushing up quickly. I've been doing some tests on the leg, and have officially walked again without crutches...but I think I have pushed it a bit much, and as I type this, I'm in bloody pain...can't wait to get this damn thing off.

When I can ride, I'll come up to the bay...

V

[NordieBoy]

I just ordered and received a MT21 rear which looks awesome, AND ordered an E07 as well for when my new rear rim arrives...I've delaced my 17" sumo rims and creating another rear...so this means I can have two dual sport rears...MT21 for dirt oritented dual sporting, and E07 for distance/gravel dual sporting.

Anything hard pack with loose stuff on it and the E07 will be better than the MT21 hands down.

[Night Falcon]

No prob's wasn't meaning to derail the business as such and I know you wanted to test the E07 as well...looks like I'll get the chance to do that instead. My k60 has done about 4000K's (still has tread on it, so it took a bashing and lastest very well) but it's retired now due to me putting on a full knobbly...before the 'incident'. I like to try different tyres hence why I'm going with the selection.

As for the leg, I get unplugged on Monday...wahoo!!! so time is rushing up quickly. I've been doing some tests on the leg, and have officially walked again without crutches...but I think I have pushed it a bit much, and as I type this, I'm in bloody pain...can't wait to get this damn thing off.

When I can ride, I'll come up to the bay...

V

Nice work...small steps rather than giant leaps is the order of the day for busted leg recovery in my experience. Worst part is having to look at ya bike and not being able to ride it but you WILL get there!!

[Night Falcon]

Don't if anyone else has been following Roninmoto's thread on ADVrider...he had his 2010 690 nicked on his first day in Ireland...long story short the ADV community pulled together and he managed to get a 2008 sorted to carry on his world trip...just as he was putting the final touches on the new bike his old one was recovered! Now hes got 2 Rally raid set up 690's


http://www.advrider.com/forums/showt...781893&page=45

[Night Falcon]

Dont suppose there is anyone who knows how to test if my sidestand safety switch is faulty? My starter button won't work but has power to it...bridged the terminals on the starter solanoid and it started right up so there is either a break somewhere or something is telling the starter not to work....which i still suspect is the sidestand safety switch but as I don't know how to test/check it i have no way of telling. Can also crash start it and it runs perfectly, but the starter button is dead as doe doe.

[10bikekid]

Dont suppose there is anyone who knows how to test if my sidestand safety switch is faulty? My starter button won't work but has power to it...bridged the terminals on the starter solanoid and it started right up so there is either a break somewhere or something is telling the starter not to work....which i still suspect is the sidestand safety switch but as I don't know how to test/check it i have no way of telling. Can also crash start it and it runs perfectly, but the starter button is dead as doe doe.

Smashed my side stand switch on a rock and 950 would not start, from memory I joined the two wires together at the switch and off I went.