New and improved KTM690 WUNDERFEST

no photo....it never happened !!

We don't believe you unless you prove it with pics!

Seriously though, how's the beam coverage and buffeting?

Dirty

As a Lynx owner, I'll step in and say that you'll never mistake the wind protection for a Gold Wing, but it's pretty good and adjustable - there is definitely a sweet spot for highway speeds and your height, and it is sensitive to +/- 1/2" but you'll know when you get it right. It doesn't drum or rumble.

The light -- I'm ASSuming that everyone will get the HID low beam and Halogen high beam - is excellent. It's a PITA to adjust, however, because you have to take the whole fairing off to access the adjuster screws, unfortunately. It takes a bit of patience to get the lights pointed in the right place -- both lights are independent, so you have to do it twice. I found that disconnecting the low beam made adjusting the high beam a lot easier.

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Not very good at this. Until Apple killed MobilMe I could cut and paste photo album links. I now have a flickr account and have published several albums there but do not know how to get individual pictures here. Any help would be greatly appreciated like step by step instructions, if possible. Could do this by PM to me so as to not to disturb others with procedures they already know.

Primitive though it is here is the photo link for a flickr album of photos at Nelson Hills NV with some close up shots of the Remus system and the newly installed GiantLoop Mojavi bag. Bike was very clean and had just gotten new MT 21's. Proceeded to get it properly dirty again in Nelson and at the Eldorado Dry Lake Bed. Here is the link.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/robustexplorer/sets/72157631625123358/

Additional photos of my 690 and Remus Exhaust, predominantly at Jean Dry Lake Bed and surrounding mountains. Several photos of two Hummers (one new and experimental and one an existing model in production). Driven by two ladies. What a job! You see the damndest things at dry lake beds.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/robustexplorer/sets/72157631625308580/

Will send a pm of how i did this ....the remus looks awsome!
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To change the subject slightly, have a look at my tire clean. Almost the entire tread contacting the dirt with me aboard. Tire pressure was 16 psi, however I could have gone down another 2 pounds and i would have had the entire tread making contact.

Remus is really good quality. I have left the insert in and the sound is not objectionable, but makes some really throaty sounds when ridden in anger.

Thanks again Night Falcon for doing this. I look forward to seeing your PM as to how it was accomplished.

Cheers,

Tom

About 200 page behind here.

Remus exhaust system?
Tire clean discussion?
Posting individual photos?
None of the above

Got the final word on my shit.... both rockers are pooched, cam and timing chain.... "facepalm" ah well you pay to play I guess :/

Hi Nippybit. not sure by your comments that you got the pm i sent? so here it is just incase....hope the other inmates won't mind this one time


This how I got your photo to download

1. go to your flicker site and click on the photo.
2. click on the share icon above the photo
3. click on the "Grab the HTML/BBCode"
4. Make sure the HTML button is on: copy the code
5. Click on the reply button on ADVrider
6. Click on the A/A icon at the top right corner of the reply box: this should turn the box white
7. paste the code you copied previously
8. Bobs ya uncle

Hi Bob,

Still learning. I remember when you use to get a dialog box upon opening the site, already logged in, that told you about a PM. With the new software it seems that this has changed. In any event I saw where to check my PM's and replied there just a few minutes ago. I have been riddled with guilt for a long time for not knowing how to post individual pics. I am hoping that I am not the only one who has struggled with this. I will experiment a bit later today to make sure I got it. In your point # 8 above I am glad you said "Uncle" rather than "Daddy". If you were my "Daddy" you would be at least 88 years old!

Cheers, and thanks again.

Hey night falcon aus slang not work now "who's ya uncle " oh i mean daddy

Hey folks, been finding out some interesting things about the 690 sensors. The EFi sensors appear to be a mix and match of off the shelf stuuf, used by the japanese car manufacturers. Working on cross referencing the part numbers and with luck, we won't have to get porked by the dealer anymore

I'll let you know what I find out....

no worries, let me know if ya need and more help.....Fanny's ya arnty

haw haw haw....I keep forgetting the intricacies of international communication....Translation for our American friends: bobs ya uncle = the whole nine yards or whos ya daddy

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Closer view of the Remus Titan Hexacone slip-on and the Euro turn signal.

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Commercial grade Velcro. Just a bit cheaper than those aftermarket case protectors and, when it starts to degrade, just peel it off and put some more on. Does it work, well I have Alpinestar Tech 8 boots and it holds up very well and does protect the cases from scuffing.

I'll have to watch (or listen) for one

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All the photos of my 690 are after washing so it looks pretty. BTW it was only a few months old at the time. Isn't usually that photogenic. I cut down the length of the no-slop valve slightly to allow it to clear my KTM tailbag.

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What to use on your Renazco seat to waterproof and otherwise protect it, as recommended by James.

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Where I keep my baby.

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After all life is about balance.

Night Falcon has created a picture posting monster. Blame him, not me.

Cheers,

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Good clearance to prevent toasting.

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Well worth the $30+. Gives you a more stable kickstand plant in gravel, etc.