What Did You Do To Your KTM Today?

[Katoom119]

Go ride the bike for about an hour then just put the bike on the kickstand and pull the clutch cover. If you have a vanilla milkshake on the inside of the cover then you need to call CJ. You have to ride it for a while to get it hot enough to burn off all the condensation, think CJ said something to this effect and I've seen the same thing with my clear clutch cover.

[Katoom72]

Originally Posted by laramie LC4

speaking of the devil...



granted im only using 2 of them. i did the "hose" mod to make the oil changes easier. this was the primary motivator for the upgrade on the drain plugs.

on another note,

what do you you think of this filter? please tell me im being paranoid and those waves are nothing to be concerned about.

2012 990R with 2,600 miles. oil changed at 500 and current.

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-a...4_BURST002.jpg

other than that, did a quick test run of the camping gear. worked out well and hardly noticed the addition of the weight.

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-_...8_BURST003.jpg

laters,

laramie

My unused filter looks a bit wavey just like yours. The lines will never be perfectly straight. :)

Verstuurd van mijn MB526 met Tapatalk

[BykBoy]

Originally Posted by Dr LC8

Hi,

Could yo explain it better? Does it ride like an automatic?

Nic

The EXP turns the clutch into semi-automatic gear box. Meaning that you don't have to engage the clutch leaver with your left hand to get it in gear or to change gears. Also the bike can now stand in idle in gear without pulling the clutch leaver and without stalling.

You can see in the video I posted that I'm standing still in 1st gear and the bike is still running but the clutch leaver is not engaged. As soon as I turn the throttle, the gear engages and the bike takes off.

Gear box is not full auto because the rider still has to change the gears with the left foot. But this is done without pulling the clutch leaver.

[mookymoo]

Originally Posted by Katoom119

Go ride the bike for about an hour then just put the bike on the kickstand and pull the clutch cover. If you have a vanilla milkshake on the inside of the cover then you need to call CJ. You have to ride it for a while to get it hot enough to burn off all the condensation, think CJ said something to this effect and I've seen the same thing with my clear clutch cover.

If you have a slow coolant leak, you wont see any milkshake.
Theres an old thread I posted about 2-3 years ago - I had a slow coolant leak (undetected because the rad cap had also failed to do its job so the reservoir tank was still full) - and there was no evidence of emulsion in the oil.
However, the oil filter was eeever-so-slightly wavey - like the one pictured - and I wondered the same thing at the time. In my limited observation, healthy oil filters tend to be straight-as-a-die.

Always check your actual radiator fluid level - dont just rely on the reservoir level.

[BykBoy]

Originally Posted by keener

What bothers me about this mod is that you lose the magnetic collector that is at the part of the stock oil tank plug. I wish there was a way around this.

I don't think you need a magnet with the hose. The magnet is not powerful enough to pull metal fragments from the tank. The metal fragments are heavy and they sink to the bottom of the tank. The magnet simply holds these fragments that sink on top of it because the plug is att the bottom of the oil tank.

Any metal parts that sink/fall into the hose (because it is in the bottom of the tank) will be trapped at the bottom of the hose. This is the same as being trapped on the magnet. There is no way for heavy metal fragments to float back up the hose. The fragments will be extracted from the tank when the hose is opened and drained.

Of course, you won't be able to see the shards when you drain the hose, unless you rummage through the drained oil...

[OlivierS]

Changed the brakepads, by the looks of it, it was about time

[Peanuts]

Originally Posted by OlivierS

Changed the brakepads, by the looks of it, it was about time

On the 1190 Adv it would go into limp mode if less than 2mm of pad, then if the pads are not changed and the ECU reset (using the KTM authorised PC hardwired to the KTM international dealernet database) within 200 miles it will apply the immobiliser and service crew auto callout via GSM/GPRS/GPS.

Honest ;)

[Orangecicle]

Originally Posted by Peanuts

On the 1190 Adv it would go into limp mode if less than 2mm of pad, then if the pads are not changed and the ECU reset (using the KTM authorised PC hardwired to the KTM international dealernet database) within 200 miles it will apply the immobiliser and service crew auto callout via GSM/GPRS/GPS.

Honest ;)

Oh, I don't like where this is going.

[Orangecicle]

Brought it back to life today:

[Bgunn]

Originally Posted by Orangecicle

Brought it back to life today:

Your first day of spring was about like ours... cold

[Orangecicle]

Originally Posted by Bgunn

Your first day of spring was about like ours... cold

No sheisse! It was 14.5ºF this morning when I left for work. And no, I did not ride to work.

[Katoom119]

Originally Posted by mookymoo

If you have a slow coolant leak, you wont see any milkshake.
Theres an old thread I posted about 2-3 years ago - I had a slow coolant leak (undetected because the rad cap had also failed to do its job so the reservoir tank was still full) - and there was no evidence of emulsion in the oil.
However, the oil filter was eeever-so-slightly wavey - like the one pictured - and I wondered the same thing at the time. In my limited observation, healthy oil filters tend to be straight-as-a-die.

Always check your actual radiator fluid level - dont just rely on the reservoir level.

Hmm...learn something new every day...

[OlivierS]

Originally Posted by Peanuts

On the 1190 Adv it would go into limp mode if less than 2mm of pad, then if the pads are not changed and the ECU reset (using the KTM authorised PC hardwired to the KTM international dealernet database) within 200 miles it will apply the immobiliser and service crew auto callout via GSM/GPRS/GPS.

Honest ;)

You are kidding right, so even if you change them yourself you have to go past a dealer to reset the computer? No way of doing that at home? I know you can do that yourself on a bmw car for instance...

[Orangecicle]

[hooliken]

Originally Posted by laramie LC4

speaking of the devil...


on another note,

what do you you think of this filter? please tell me im being paranoid and those waves are nothing to be concerned about.

2012 990R with 2,600 miles. oil changed at 500 and current.



laramie

It's possible but it would be strange to have it only in that area. They will usually look more like this or worse.