690R build thread

[Rone]

Originally Posted by alpiv

How many fuel can you take this way ?

Rear + Front Left + Front Right

[Mudguts]

I think it is about 28litres should be good for 450km

[craigincali]

Does that fairing come with mounting brackets or did you have to fabricate your own brackets?

[Tizzle]

When you have the tanks off again, could you post some pics of how they mount.

Thanks.

[Devil#1]

Do you know the weight without fuel? Does the bike handle differently with a slightly further forward weight bias?

[Mudguts]

Can't tell you yet have not been for a ride yet but the set up is very light , I dont think it will make a big difference all the weight is down low.

[can'o'kiwi]

Originally Posted by alpiv

What more needs to be said!~!!

now that is 100 percent bike porn right there!!!!

did i miss something??? whos making these tank kits??

is that a carbon fibre bash plate??

any storage in it?? water, tools?

[header]

Originally Posted by can'o'kiwi

did i miss something??? whos making these tank kits??

Yup, you are.

There off of a ktm690 Rallye, along with the fairings. You cant really find a 'kit' for them, there quite hard to find and big $$$ when you do.

Ask Lukas for more info if you want to learn more.

[can'o'kiwi]

ok thats what i thought but when pics started popping up i got excited.

so perhaps another stupid question - is the 690 enduro frame simular to the rallye? or are they seperately engineered bikes?

can't say i've ever been close enough to a rallye to investigate.

[header]

Originally Posted by can'o'kiwi

ok thats what i thought but when pics started popping up i got excited.

so perhaps another stupid question - is the 690 enduro frame simular to the rallye? or are they seperately engineered bikes?

can't say i've ever been close enough to a rallye to investigate.

Hey I cant blame you! I absolutely LOVE watching the build up of these bikes too. They are simply a thing of beauty.

I do not know if they use the same frame as well but I doubt it. Im sure someone will come along and give you a better answer than I will but in the mean time let me find you a link to keep you entertained for a while...

[header]

Here you go,

http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=413707

That should keep you busy for a while

[Colebatch]

Originally Posted by header

There off of a ktm690 Rallye, along with the fairings. You cant really find a 'kit' for them, ...

Not correct. ... these are a specific kit for the 690 E/R out of Italy ... its different from the 690RR Rally stuff... the tanks are different and the fairing is slightly different. Just using the same styling queues.

The 690 E/R kit is here ... http://www.albertodottori.net/ktm%20...ica%20race.htm

2000 EUR and its yours (14 litres of additional tanks, fairings, lights) ... tho from what I have seen you will want to change the headlights that come with the kit over to something a bit more useful. I am not sure they are proper headlights.

Bashplate is carbon fibre and holds 3 litres of water ,,, but that doesnt come with the kit. You might have to ask Alberto to sell you that separately

[can'o'kiwi]

agreed that link for cyrils bike the front end is completely different.

they look nice. his website (alberto) shows the meca systems kits (rally pan-am selling these) and a safari tank.


this pic is off his website but same as the pan-am guys. $1400USD with mounting kit fuel lines etc lights extra.

[can'o'kiwi]

sorry my bad the above is a acerbis tank so that might be custom.

the pan - am kits use safari tanks. as below

they do a aluminum front tank for rough F&^Kers like me.

[LukasM]

Actually Colebatch is correct.

The above bike as well as the one Mudguts is building use a kit from Alberto Dottori. It converts the front of the 690E or R with twin tanks and the fairing to look like a 690 Rally Replica.

IMO it looks heaps better than the other solutions from Mecasystem, Safari, etc. But Rally Panam in the US sells all of them I believe.