My new KTM 1190 Adventure R

[paturoa]

Put it on the centre stand yet?

Yeah, easy peesy. Why?

[White trash]

Yeah, easy peesy. Why?

I just like marvelling at exactly HOW easy is it is That's all.

[paturoa]

Just a little dirty today. Did a couple of hundred ks north of dorkland and a few gravel roads. Went up Rimmer rd to the sandpit for a quick visit.

Very well behaved front end on the gravel. The road was wet and smooth. There was no hint of front end slides, it just tracked true.

[paturoa]

Well the most surprising thing happened today. I didn't take katie for a ride!!!

The wee got a good clean and I took some of my farkels off it. I'll start a retardme auction this evening for a good price.

Then I mucked around for a while sorting out how to mount the pack frame off the wee as there isn't one for the 1190 yet. After a lot of, what about this way etc, it was a whole pile easier just to mount it to the frame on katie. I needed to weld on a couple of brackets that took a while, some nuts and bolts and all worked well. I got #2 spawn to sit on the bike and the frame is just right as a back rest for the pillion too.

[NordieBoy]

I needed to weld on a couple of brackets that took a while, some nuts and bolts and all worked well.

Looks stronger than standard too.

[paturoa]

Looks stronger than standard too.

Agree, the lower pipe L brackets always look like a failure about to happen. That said I've never seen one brake yet.

[Gremlin]

Looking very nice sir.

Let's hope the subframe doesn't fail instead

[paturoa]

Let's hope the subframe doesn't fail instead

Agree !!! Though the standard L brackets bolt to the subfame anyway.

[NordieBoy]

Agree, the lower pipe L brackets always look like a failure about to happen. That said I've never seen one brake yet.

They can bend quite easily off road though...

[Night Falcon]

They can bend quite easily off road though...

recliner - great mod

[paturoa]

They can bend quite easily off road though...

Don't you need a head to ride a bike?

[paturoa]

Them crazy Austrians must like hunting possums. Heading to work this morning I got a good view of trees, power poles and the sky tower all illuminated by low beam.

Bit of a mission to adjust the lights. I suspect that I may have overdone it and will be hunting worms close to the front tyre tomorrow morning.

[NordieBoy]

Don't you need a head to ride a bike?

Not our Topo. He's special...

[ducatijim]

Them crazy Austrians must like hunting possums. Heading to work this morning I got a good view of trees, power poles and the sky tower all illuminated by low beam.

Bit of a mission to adjust the lights. I suspect that I may have overdone it and will be hunting worms close to the front tyre tomorrow morning.

So it failed its first warrant of fitness then. Or didn't come with 1? I thought it was mandatory and included in ORC's?

[paturoa]

So it failed its first warrant of fitness then. Or didn't come with 1? I thought it was mandatory and included in ORC's?

Nope passed it's first warrant. Will point that out at the first service.

The light is just a squeek too high still, but I can't be botherred adjusting it some more tonight. I did put on a slight extension to the rear guard as the tyre flicks road water onto the pack. Will see how that goes tomorrow.