Recent content by Roadhawg

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Yeh. It just never seemed to cause much issue on the Vtwins. My 990 sounded kak, both 1190s sounded kak, and the 1290 sounded kak. But no major issues on any of em.

Yeh but to be fair the VTwins also sound like old tractors on startup :LOL:

All the KTM Vtwins are dry sump, even the 950 I think, but definitely from 990 up. They have an oil "tank" at the front of the motor and no sump. Th parallel twins have a conventional sump setup.

Mine sometimes sounds horrendous on a really cold start up. Shit dude!!! Good luck!!!

Small observation from my side.... Anybody know which side of the sump the oil pickup is? I've noticed my Norden is much quieter on startup, and pretty much never gets the very brief "low oil pressure" warning if I start it on the centre stand. I only get the low oil pressure warning if...

Might be a combination of the freeplay, and how far your lever is set from the bars meaning it's not disengaging the cluthc completely with how far you're pulling it? Maybe keep the freeplay the same, but set the lever further out from the bars a bit and then pull and see.

Yeh I'm very aware of NOT slipping the clutch too much now that I have it. I also find playing with the angle and amount of cable play at the "slave" lever itself can dramatically alter how soft/hard the pull is. If you get it wrong you got al the negatives with barely any reduction in pull...

Does it change the look of the screen much? I was always worried about scratches but if it' anything like the 1290 screen, it's tough as nails.

Oh and Clarens- Reitz -Frankfort is all good.

Did Winterton/Bergville, Oliviershoek-Clarens about a month ago. A little pothole hear and there and very small section of roadworks on the Oliviershoek twisties but otherwise nothing jumped out at me. There's a section near the Amphitheatre Backpakers where there's a bit of a dip/bump in the...

One thing I did find is the 890 has wider finger followers which should help reduce the pressure on the cams slightly. And they are cheaper than the old 790 parts and interchangeable. But there are still failures happening on the 890s as well.

There are so many theories because there are so many instances of this now. The Internet obviously amplifies the failures, but the fact that there's a whole FB group about it.....Yeh. And if you ask a KTM dealer about it you'll ikely get the "Oh we haven't heard of any failed cams here" even...

Ya I know. But they seem very good.

Man. I've looked for the Unicorn jacket for a while.....and Now I have acupboard full of the bloody things. I probably need to sell a few. - KTM Adventure HQ jacket Love the look because it's kind of a Street looking jacket, while also being decent mild to cold temp adventure jacket. Can be...