Aussie 950/990 Owners Thread

[obe01]

Originally Posted by ciedema

I've considered leaving my wife for mine but since I get to ride both it is the best of both worlds.


Seriously I agree they are excellent pieces of kit. I'm not even interested in my little bike anymore.

I don't know why people hate them envy I suppose.

They are constantly compared to GSAs and Teneres when really they are class of there own. I think the nearest thing to them is the F800.

They are an absolute blast to ride with no luggage on them. But still make a great tourer when loaded up even 2 up.

+1..Nice one. Absolutely agree...

[Speedzter]

Originally Posted by Dave70

They'll ship one of those for $37 (the pre filter, don't know bout the shipping). Definitely going for one.

Why not go through unifilter in Aus, they make them !

http://www.uniflow.com.au/contents/en-us/d321.html

[Dale950]

Originally Posted by obe01

I don't know if any of you ever get this but I am sick to death of those who continually put the big Kato's down. Most of the time it is riders who have never owned one nor even ridden one.
These people continually comment on the reliability issues associated with the 950's/990's of which my 950 has never given me any problems. I did on one occaision have the fuel pump go on me. It shit itself at home one morning when I went to start it to do a service on her. I obtained a replacement fuel pump for it better than the OEM ones at a cost of $45 US each, not bad, and had it back on the road within a week. I even purchased a spare and put it under the seat however was told that I would never have any more problems with this happening again.
Might I add that the bike is a 2003 model and that this was the first fuel pump replacement that it had had within it's 8 years of being ridden. Not bad for an 8 year old bike...
As for the other small problems that KTM's are renowned for, ya just sort these out and then trouble free motoring from then on, other than the usual things that go from time to time. Other than that I know of a few people with big Kato's that have had no problems and probably never will.
I cannot understand why these people enjoy putting these bikes down especially when there is other makes of motorbikes that have their own problems and can drive their owners crazy. I have seen this happen to numerous makes of bikes here on this forum.
OK, I have said my bit and feel better for it. I will probably get smashed for this but I don't care. Those people can go fu*k themselves. I love my 950...
Johnnie

Yeh I hear ya , Ive run into the same crap , they have never ridden or owned one or they don't get Dual Sport Adventure riding and don't know what there capable of , I find bike dealers other than Ktm are bad . There also scared of the Big Bad 950 !

[obe01]

Originally Posted by Dale950

Yeh I hear ya , Ive run into the same crap , they have never ridden or owned one or they don't get Dual Sport Adventure riding and don't know what there capable of , I find bike dealers other than Ktm are bad . There also scared of the Big Bad 950 !

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[Oldfatbeerman]

Originally Posted by obe01

I don't know if any of you ever get this but I am sick to death of those who continually put the big Kato's down. Most of the time it is riders who have never owned one nor even ridden one.
These people continually comment on the reliability issues associated with the 950's/990's of which my 950 has never given me any problems. I did on one occaision have the fuel pump go on me. It shit itself at home one morning when I went to start it to do a service on her. I obtained a replacement fuel pump for it better than the OEM ones at a cost of $45 US each, not bad, and had it back on the road within a week. I even purchased a spare and put it under the seat however was told that I would never have any more problems with this happening again.
Might I add that the bike is a 2003 model and that this was the first fuel pump replacement that it had had within it's 8 years of being ridden. Not bad for an 8 year old bike...
As for the other small problems that KTM's are renowned for, ya just sort these out and then trouble free motoring from then on, other than the usual things that go from time to time. Other than that I know of a few people with big Kato's that have had no problems and probably never will.
I cannot understand why these people enjoy putting these bikes down especially when there is other makes of motorbikes that have their own problems and can drive their owners crazy. I have seen this happen to numerous makes of bikes here on this forum.
OK, I have said my bit and feel better for it. I will probably get smashed for this but I don't care. Those people can go fu*k themselves. I love my 950...
Johnnie

I took my 950 in for a rego inspection today , the mech positively drooled all over it , his comment to me as we walked towards the bike was " I bet I can't fault this one , ay " , not every one thinks the wrong way about them , he knew a gem when he saw one .

He was seriously dissapointed when he had to go back into the work shop and continue working on jap cars as I left . Makes ya feel pretty proud when a person who appreciates fine machinery compliments your bike .

[tremmy]

G'day, looking at getting the front suspension stiffened up. Heard about these superplush springs from OS, are the any differant from the local variety. With the spring change is valving required. And if so where is the best place to get it done. By the way live in Vic.
Cheers

[Cruz]

[Dale950]

Originally Posted by tremmy

G'day, looking at getting the front suspension stiffened up. Heard about these superplush springs from OS, are the any differant from the local variety. With the spring change is valving required. And if so where is the best place to get it done. By the way live in Vic.
Cheers

I recently had mine done by Suspension R Us in Cranbourne

http://www.suspensionsrus.com.au/

They put Progressive YSS front springs in mine & had it revalve'd , very happy .

[Knackers]

Originally Posted by ciedema

When they went to from 950 to 990 2007

EFI was the 2006 model here and in europe. First EFI in the USA was 2007.

[ciedema]

Originally Posted by Knackers

EFI was the 2006 model here and in europe. First EFI in the USA was 2007.

I think called it the 2007 'model' released late 06. The 2006 'model' was still an Orange 950.

[Knackers]

Originally Posted by ciedema

I think called it the 2007 'model' released late 06. The 2006 'model' was still an Orange 950.

My 990 was a 06 purchased in Aug 06. The Last 950 here was called a 2005.5 from memory. Go figure

[ciedema]

Originally Posted by Knackers

My 990 was a 06 purchased in Aug 06. The Last 950 here was called a 2005.5 from memory. Go figure

Oh Ok you are tickling the memory now. What colour was it your 06?

[The Bigfella]

Woo hoo.... just cranked the 950 SE up... and she's sounding sweet.

Did the valves, plugs, all fluids (except oil... I'll do that tomorrow), new tyre, new brake pads and threw some carbon and kevlar bits at it. What a shit of a job it is working with that stuff... I still need to make a bracket to mount the kevlar sumpguard. My toolkit fits in there now too... although I haven't had a chance to make a decent way of securing it yet, so it may have to live in the normal spot for a while.

My new carbon / kevlar fender/rack setup works, but I can already see how to improve it a bit. There's now zero weight on the rear subframe... the rack is well over an inch away from it and any weight on it is carried into the area under the seat, rather than into the weak area.

I've ditched the rear mudguard / numberplate bracket setup and thrown on a generic offroad one - with a couple of LEDs for the numberplate light to make it legal. LED blinkers all round too.

I've also fitted Highway Dirt Bikes hand guards, mirrors and bar mounts (with a couple of (shhhhh) bmw powerlet outlets and got my new twin headlight / carbon dash setup working - with some RAM mounts on the dash. I junked those crappy switches that KTM use and went to the HDB ones.... so now I can use the horn and the kill switch. I've fitted CJ Design wide footpeg extensions on the swivel pegs are a big improvement.

I've gone Chaingang sprockets (and gone from 17/45 to 16/48 for this trip to Cape York and through Asia.... better to be geared for the slower stuff). The Shorai Lithium battery is in too... and there's 2 1/2 kilos gone.

[Knackers]

Originally Posted by ciedema

Oh Ok you are tickling the memory now. What colour was it your 06?

Anthracite (black/grey)

[Bronx]

Originally Posted by Oldfatbeerman

I took my 950 in for a rego inspection today , the mech positively drooled all over it , his comment to me as we walked towards the bike was " I bet I can't fault this one , ay " , not every one thinks the wrong way about them , he knew a gem when he saw one .

He was seriously dissapointed when he had to go back into the work shop and continue working on jap cars as I left . Makes ya feel pretty proud when a person who appreciates fine machinery compliments your bike .

It is a nice set up that you have Oldfatbeerman!

I love mine as well.

Bruce