Recent content by Safeman

I went from the standard 15/52 to a 16/48.  Ended up changing to 15/48 and raising the needle to the highest notch as the 450 was a bit pap in 6th.  She is happy now at 120-130km/h and tops out at around 155km/h

We did 400km offroad and gravel on some days and I must admit that was about as long as I wanted to stay in the saddle - I reckon the 690 would be a better bet on longer distances.  Also, got caught in a beast of a crosswind for 100km on the last day and the lightness of the bike was more of a...

As a final note to this thread, I thought I might mention that I have just returned from a 10 day 2500 km trip through the Eastern Cape just South of Lesothu and the bike performed flawlessly,  (save for the sidestand needing a small mod to lengthen it as the top-loaded rack was putting it under...

Anyhoo - back to protecting that right plastic. The right hand side of the exhaust has a bolt on the side that holds some bits and pieces of the baffle together. If you tap this out to an M6 diameter then you can screw a standard rubber engine mount (with steel washers either side) into it so...

Yep, you have to if you fit a rear rack IMHO - detailed in beginning pages of thread.

And finally worked out an acceptable solution to the dillemma regading the right plastics melting into the the can of the exhaust when you put heavy side panniers on like this:

Standby

While I was fishing around the front loom behind the headlight I found an unused black and yellow striped wire that had the same colour as the killswitch - just the thing for a hidden killswitch... Also would like to switch the lighter charger sockets (and LED) off when the bike is killed with...

And fitted a dual-input lighter charger on a Waterproof 3 Amp inline fuse to battery for GPS and cellphone etc.  This model KTM doesn't have a switched DC12V supply to the loom in the front so you have to take it all the way to the battery. Also made a pair of plugs from cork, rubber and...

Decided to farkle that screen up a bit with some vinyl  - (Also hides the 2 small cracks in the screen:-)

530 2008-model with 15.5l Australian Safari Tank - also rather tit...:-)

530 2008-model with 13l Acerbis

530 2008-model with the 24l (this one looks REALLY cool if you have the "Supertanker:-)

530 RFS with 13l tank (like mine)

A mate of mine recently sent me a link to an Italian screen manufacturer that makes some awesome stuff for the 530 in various tank dims (both Acerbis and Safari) - Alberto Dottori in Italy. Check these: