690 Ideal Gearing Re:Trail Type Ridng

This site may earn a commission from merchant affiliate links, including eBay, Amazon, and others.

BLK

Race Dog
Joined
May 29, 2013
Messages
2,081
Reaction score
32
Location
Rembrandt Park
Bike
KTM 1290 Adventure R
I took my New 2014 out today for my 1st ride since around July last year.I have never ridden the 690 so just wanted to get a sense of feel/characteristics for the bike.With slow/trail type riding I'm looking to ride between top speed in 1st and low speed in 2nd(If you get my drift).I find when I ride in slow 2nd it feels like the bike could stall.
What is the experience of others.Change down to 14/45 or 15/48 or?I want to be able to ride slow in the gear of my choice without the engine feeling like its going to stall?

Any current ideas out there

Thks
Bruce
 
Top