KTM 950/990 Adventure owners show off your bike - Page 1058

Wantajustride · 01-30-2013, 04:42 AM

Now the rear view.
The setup works well when loaded. the 60 litres of space makes a guy pack lighter. You really don't notice the bags behind you.

Wantajustride · 01-30-2013, 04:46 AM

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Straight on side view

WJR

liferider · 01-30-2013, 05:01 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fatallybitten

HellSickle, here is a close up photo of the gas can on the left side.[...]. Cheers, David

Quote:

Originally Posted by kaia

(not affiliated) if you're looking for something similar, but more substantial (less prone to falling off), BestRest Products makes something called the PegPacker which looks to be a bit more stable than just two webbing straps.

Fatallybitten, kaia, hi mates.
Great refueling ideas! But let me tell you I'm concerned about these setups because they seem to be improved "legs eaters" to me, as I like to call them

Why? I have been in trouble twice getting into fesh fesh faster than I should, needed to correct the situation putting my foot on the ground, the fesh fesh took my leg backguards and.... my side case (Gobi KTM/H&B) hit (ate) my leg in a quite rough way

... it was ok just because of my boots and fortunately I didn't bit the dust

Now you can see why these setups look as improved legs eaters... just saying
May be you are not riding offroad, may be you are, just thought I had to mention my experience (ok, may be I'm the one and only stupid

)

Cheers!
.

liferider · 01-30-2013, 06:34 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mgorman

You get to the USA & I'll get you to Canada this side side if the Mississippi. (East)

In the near future, we have a deal

Quote:

BTW, how far are you from Dakar Rally?

Dakar's LatAm Edition born in Patagonia in 2009... couldn't believe that... I had THE DAKAR in my backyard...

It was amazing, on TV you can feel that... imagine how is it to feel them centimeters away from you... they are crazy guys.
Unfortunately, many pilots (riders and drivers) had complained because of the excessive roughness of our Patagonia, they said it was far more tough than ever before in the Dakar, lots of hit broken machines and withdraws. The ASO fear the worst son it has been moving the run north more and more since then

- 2009 edition: my city
- 2010 edition: closest run was 200kms away
- 2011 and 2012 edition: closest run was 400kms away
- 2013 edition: closest run was 1000kms away
still plenty affordable though...

You can see what kind of riders we are here... we beat the crap out of the Dakar riders....

Now seriously, there's a commercial goal in every sport event lately, I can understand that, but the equilibrium is always a tough one.

The coolest runs -with their distances from home:
- Mendoza - Nihuil Dunes - ARG, (not this year) 400kms
- Atacama Desert/Copiapó - CHI, 1.600kms
- Nazca/Arequipa Dunes - PER, 2.500kms

We should organize an ADV Dakar Ride 2014 (ADR 2014!) to follow the Dakar, what do you think???

Some of you can bring their bikes, others can rent bikes here... should be a great way for us to meet each other

and experience the Dakar live...
I can't receive all of you at home

, but we can define an Operations Center on the Dakar's route...

Cheers.
.

liferider · 01-30-2013, 06:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Blur

Just let me know when

Great! That's very kind of you mate.
Now I have 2 reference spots to link ....

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HellSickle · 01-30-2013, 07:10 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by liferider

Fatallybitten, kaia, hi mates.
Great refueling ideas! But let me tell you I'm concerned about these setups because they seem to be improved "legs eaters" to me, as I like to call them

Why? I have been in trouble twice getting into fesh fesh faster than I should, needed to correct the situation putting my foot on the ground, the fesh fesh took my leg backguards and.... my side case (Gobi KTM/H&B) hit (ate) my leg in a quite rough way

... it was ok just because of my boots and fortunately I didn't bit the dust

Now you can see why these setups look as improved legs eaters... just saying
May be you are not riding offroad, may be you are, just thought I had to mention my experience (ok, may be I'm the one and only stupid

)

Cheers!
.

Agreed. The aluminum brackets would do Bad Things to your leg. I think I've been convinced to go with the Rotopax on the rear rack. I can always put a large dry bag over the top of them for extra capacity.

I rode a week ago and stuffed my right leg under one of the Gobi bags when I dabbed on an off camber. As I mentioned, from now on, I'll only run the soft bags for commuting & touring. For dirt, snow, and ice I'll run either dry bags or the Giant Loop.

HellSickle · 01-30-2013, 07:14 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Wantajustride

Now the rear view.
The setup works well when loaded. the 60 litres of space makes a guy pack lighter. You really don't notice the bags behind you.

BTW, nice plate. Reminds me of Pirsig.

Geek · 01-30-2013, 08:15 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by HellSickle

Agreed. The aluminum brackets would do Bad Things to your leg. I think I've been convinced to go with the Rotopax on the rear rack. I can always put a large dry bag over the top of them for extra capacity.

I rode a week ago and stuffed my right leg under one of the Gobi bags when I dabbed on an off camber. As I mentioned, from now on, I'll only run the soft bags for commuting & touring. For dirt, snow, and ice I'll run either dry bags or the Giant Loop.

Jeff: you might take a look at this thread from a couple of years ago when a big group of us rode 950s to Montana and back.. we did the CDR and there is that one stretch with 200+ miles without fuel (this was before (and one of the reasons why) I had safaris).

The thread is here:

http://advrider.com/forums/showthrea...ghlight=divide

Post 72 is where I came up with my "aux fuel" solution. (durability tested in post 78)

Post 286 was Diek's solution

Dave and Jason used Rotopax:

Miguel used a Ned tank

Diek with the wine bladder in post 315:

...and just some LC8 pr0n since I'm missing summer

HellSickle · 01-30-2013, 09:54 AM

The turtle-pac 5 gallon Jerry can looks interesting, but I can't seem to find a place to buy them.

Fatallybitten · 01-30-2013, 09:59 AM

The comments about the risk of injury offroad with my gas cans on the foot pegs are all valid. It is one of the reasons I didn't go with the Pegpacker system. I read too many comments about the "Achilles" issue. I have had to put a foot down a few times with the gas cans on the rear foot pegs and so far, touch wood, have been lucky that they have all been off camber enough that my leg bounced off the relatively pliant gas can. For that reason I don't use either the hard panniers or the gas cans on footpegs when I am going into the rough stuff. For that I have a set of soft bags and simply strap a gas can on top of the luggage if I need added range. I have looked at the rotopax set up but haven't been able to justify the cost. Here are a couple of photos of my luggage options. I haven't ever used both dry bags because I haven't needed the capacity. I also have a camera dry bag that I use with the smaller Sealine bag when I want to carry two DSLR's. Later on in the year I added a CJ Racer rear rack which is a great platform for the luggage and Outdoor Research dry bags that strap to the top of the aluminum panniers to hold tent, awning, etc. so I can put up some shelter before unloading the rest of the bike..

Didn't mean to turn this thread into a luggage/gas discussion. So here are a few of photos more in keeping with the theme:

Cheer, David

KarimADV · 01-30-2013, 10:18 AM

Roncesvalles

Camping in Cabo Finisterre

Lost in Portugal

Erzberg Rodeo 2012

Action!!

skipman · 01-30-2013, 10:38 AM

Not sure i'd want to camp next to the anal examiner.....

DesertSurfer · 01-30-2013, 11:00 AM

Concrete jungle ride today. Certainly didn't buy her to ride slab. But with clear skies and dry road... who could resist?

Blur · 01-30-2013, 11:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by KarimADV

That's a lot of mud, Anal Explorer!!

edit: My apologies. Sometimes I forget I'm not in Jo'Momma.

KarimADV · 01-30-2013, 11:43 AM

Yo mamma is so fat?

01-30-2013, 04:42 AM	#15856
Wantajustride Adventurer Joined: Jun 2011 Location: Peyton Colorado Oddometer: 88	Now the rear view. The setup works well when loaded. the 60 litres of space makes a guy pack lighter. You really don't notice the bags behind you. __________________ 2012 KTM 690 R 2012 Yamaha Super Tenere 2012 KTM 990R Adventure "Walking thru life to an unknown destination and trying to enjoy the adventure getting there"

01-30-2013, 04:46 AM	#15857
Wantajustride Adventurer Joined: Jun 2011 Location: Peyton Colorado Oddometer: 88	<a href="http://s1286.beta.photobucket.com/user/wantajustride/media/IMG_02651_zps209f20ab.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a606/wantajustride/IMG_02651_zps209f20ab.jpg" border="0" alt=" photo IMG_02651_zps209f20ab.jpg"/></a> Straight on side view WJR __________________ 2012 KTM 690 R 2012 Yamaha Super Tenere 2012 KTM 990R Adventure "Walking thru life to an unknown destination and trying to enjoy the adventure getting there"

01-30-2013, 09:54 AM	#15864
HellSickle Scone Rider Joined: Sep 2005 Location: Fort Collins Oddometer: 6,718	The turtle-pac 5 gallon Jerry can looks interesting, but I can't seem to find a place to buy them. __________________ We don't stop riding because we get old, we get old because we stop riding.

01-30-2013, 09:59 AM	#15865
Fatallybitten Gnarly Adventurer Joined: Jan 2011 Location: Calgary, Alberta Oddometer: 108	Luggage and extra gas The comments about the risk of injury offroad with my gas cans on the foot pegs are all valid. It is one of the reasons I didn't go with the Pegpacker system. I read too many comments about the "Achilles" issue. I have had to put a foot down a few times with the gas cans on the rear foot pegs and so far, touch wood, have been lucky that they have all been off camber enough that my leg bounced off the relatively pliant gas can. For that reason I don't use either the hard panniers or the gas cans on footpegs when I am going into the rough stuff. For that I have a set of soft bags and simply strap a gas can on top of the luggage if I need added range. I have looked at the rotopax set up but haven't been able to justify the cost. Here are a couple of photos of my luggage options. I haven't ever used both dry bags because I haven't needed the capacity. I also have a camera dry bag that I use with the smaller Sealine bag when I want to carry two DSLR's. Later on in the year I added a CJ Racer rear rack which is a great platform for the luggage and Outdoor Research dry bags that strap to the top of the aluminum panniers to hold tent, awning, etc. so I can put up some shelter before unloading the rest of the bike.. Didn't mean to turn this thread into a luggage/gas discussion. So here are a few of photos more in keeping with the theme: Cheer, David

01-30-2013, 10:38 AM	#15867
skipman Gnarly Adventurer Joined: Apr 2010 Location: east tn Oddometer: 171	Not sure i'd want to camp next to the anal examiner..... __________________ Not responsable for broken windshields.Please stay back 300ft. '10 KTM 990r

01-30-2013, 10:18 AM	#15866
KarimADV Adventurer Joined: Jan 2013 Oddometer: 29	Roncesvalles Camping in Cabo Finisterre Lost in Portugal Erzberg Rodeo 2012 Action!!

01-30-2013, 11:00 AM	#15868
DesertSurfer Tail sprayin Joined: Feb 2009 Location: City of the Angels Oddometer: 848	Heading out through the jungle again... Concrete jungle ride today. Certainly didn't buy her to ride slab. But with clear skies and dry road... who could resist? __________________ '"This whole memory lapse is gett'in to me. Hopefully I think I'll outgrow it." DesertSurfer screwed with this post 01-30-2013 at 11:06 AM

01-30-2013, 11:43 AM	#15870
KarimADV Adventurer Joined: Jan 2013 Oddometer: 29	Yo mamma is so fat?

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