New and improved KTM690 WUNDERFEST

+1 on the TKC 80s. Had around 10k kms on a set before putting on the Heidenaus. Did fine on the slippery clay roads in the jungle, wet asphalt, sand and hard pack. Wore another set at around 6k km in hot tropical temperatures.

I'm running a Scorpion PRO on the front and like it a lot

Ged,

I'm going to try this up front next at Brown Dog's recommendation:

Metzeler Karoo Traveler

Agreed - - and it's a DOT tire.

Side knobs chunk pretty bad if you get in the rocks though.

If you do not run DOT you will die. Every DOT tire has had a fee paid to the governement so that it can have the DOT letters stamped into the side of the tire. Non DOT tires will explode the instant they touch concrete or pavement and you and everyone in your family will instantly die. Forward this message to 50 of your friends or YOU WILL DIE <-- this means its a joke. Because this is a forum I can write any horrible message and as long as I cap it with a I am ok.

Well maybe yes ...

I tried Michelin M12 and S12 on the 690 and after 500 km, 30% of the knobs on the rear wheel were gone. Reported missing on duty. Needless to say the bike's behavior was similar to some compacting equipments.

Paul Jr

Hi Seth,

In the EU running dot or not is more of an insurance issue: if you run tyres that are not road approved and get in to an accident your not insured, even if it's no your mistake.

Wont the US insurances bother you in the same way?

In MI, if the LEO is on his period, he can have your shit impounded - and some in our group have been checked.

Since the Scorpion pro is pretty much an S12 with a DOT stamp, i'd rather not give them the open invitation to nail me.

Prove it please

That has nothing to do with them not having a DOT rating as it is they are MX tires made for well groomed MX tracks.

As if I needed even another reason to avoid MI.

i never said rear use for the m 12
i have found the front to last longer on my 690 than it does on my husaberg and it weighs at least 50 lbs less than the 690

Bob,
You have to let the front tire touch the ground every once and a while

The other day a rider suggested a TKC 80 for an intermediate front tire....today a friend whose 690 was stolen from his driveway last summer gave me a TKC front tire when I was buying a rear brake rotor from him (new for $70 )....

Now....just to find a ride to scrub it off
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Does anybody know if there's a downloadable PDF file out there for the 2009 Enduro? I want to put it on my phone for my upcoming trip.

PM sent.

This looks like it. It's from a 2004 KTM spare part connector catalog that someone shared here. PM me if you want a PDF copy. It's the only place I've found part numbers for common connectors. (It's not to scale as far as length goes, to add to the confusion; and yes, I see the joke that will follow.)

I'm surprised there's not some obscure boiler plate language in the policy that provides a loop hole for the insurance carrier in the event some component of the insured vehicle is not DOT approved. They're all about not paying out under some bs clause.

All i could see is a blanket tire exclusion, under collision coverage.




Like Aaron said, are you stating fact, or just an assumption on your part ?

It's not quite like that even in the EU, but if your bike has certain non-approved changes - that get discovered when you are in an accident - then it is likely that the burden of proof will be upon you to show that there was no causality. And rightfully so, IMO.

For example if you are running sticky racing tires then it won't be hard to prove that your stopping distance was not negatively affected, but the same can't be said for pure offroad racing knobbies if you run them on the street.

This is why in a few countries in the EU (for example Germany) the vehicle manufacturer together with the government has to establish a list of tested and approved tires, specified down to the exact manufacturer, model, load rating, and speed index.

Nanny state for sure, but it has both advantages and disadvantages. Of course this applies only if you are running on public roads, where the choices you make are possibly directly affecting others.

...and somewhere KTM has a PDF (here) with the approved tyres. The TKC's are M+S rated, so you are also covered in winter in Germany, where it is a requirement in the winter months. They also have non brand specific tyre size for the 690 listed

I ran the Michelin Desert Racing tires in Baja. They were very durable but the front was very skittish on sand covered hard pack. I was running about 20psi which was probably high but I did not want any pinch flats either. Normally I run TKC-80s and have been happy enough with them for a highway/trail tire although wear rate is pretty high.