- Joined
- Sep 11, 2006
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- Location
- Pretoria East - Home of Jameson
- Bike
- KTM 1090 Adventure R
This problem, although not common, has been relatively well documented
The 990 now has 36 000km on it and very little has been for commuting.
Almost all km's has had a rear tailpack on and about 40% with panniers
About 7 000km with pillion as well
Although , I suspected this may just happen - it did catch me by surprise
I have discussed with AdventureMX and he has spoken to his aluminium welder. We will be developing a gusset to weld into place to strengthen this part of the subframe
For preventative maintenance - speak to AMX - especially if you are due on a long trip
I will post the results as soon as I am back from the welding shop in a day or so
The bike with the subrame stripped down:
The offending part:
The 990 now has 36 000km on it and very little has been for commuting.
Almost all km's has had a rear tailpack on and about 40% with panniers
About 7 000km with pillion as well
Although , I suspected this may just happen - it did catch me by surprise
I have discussed with AdventureMX and he has spoken to his aluminium welder. We will be developing a gusset to weld into place to strengthen this part of the subframe
For preventative maintenance - speak to AMX - especially if you are due on a long trip
I will post the results as soon as I am back from the welding shop in a day or so
The bike with the subrame stripped down:
The offending part:
