New and improved KTM690 WUNDERFEST

[modeselector]

Originally Posted by Assfault

Are you saying these are ready now?
Don't see them on their website yet.

Sounds like next couple weeks, just before Christmas.

[numbutt]

Originally Posted by DirtJack

Most of us have used 2.2K ohm 1/4 watt resistor when disabling most any sensor/control. Seems to work well.

Thanks for the support !!.... Its much quicker to fit a resistor than wait for a plug-in cheat to arrive in the post and at about 1 to 2 cents for the resistor is just a tad cheaper too. There is an additional advantage that one is eliminating the plug which can be another possible future failure point..... say no morre says Monty Python.

[Gros Buck]

Originally Posted by Seth S

Call me lazy but I just bought a pre-made side stand switch and plugged it in.

I'm even more lazy ... I bought it, and I never installed it ...

Paul Jr 8

[gbx2001]

Originally Posted by numbutt

Ho-hum it must be winter in USA/north..threads are becoming mundane..!!.... thought id follow some others in disabling the sidestand switch...( in a slow quest to reduce ? the ocasional flame-out when racing to a stop )
Another inmate suggested a 1K to 3K resistor to repace the hall switch putting this resisror between the pink and black wires [ there are 3 wires going to the switch pink, black and blue ].
I did a few tests to ceate some understanding and what we have is a blue wire that supplies a regulated 5 Volts from the ECU to power the switch [ the switch is a Hall device [ linear response to a magnet ] coupled internally to a Schimdt trigger level detector that provide a snap action . [ hope im not boring anyone ]. Anyway, at ignition switch on, 5V is sent to blue and without the Hall connected the pink wire also reads 5 Volts. With the Hall switch in place and activated [ stand up ] the pink wire is locked down to 2.50Volts. Black is the earth wire or at earth potential [ 0 ].. I did a few tests to establish the ( voltage ) effect of adding the first mentioned resistor ''cheat '' to ''pull down '' the pink wire to about 2.5 Volts .

3.3K gives 3.02 volts
2.7K gives 2.78 Volts
2.2K gives 2.52 Volts [ test resistors between black and pink ]
1.8K gives 2.27 volts
1.5K gives 2.06 Volts
1.0K gives 1.6 Volts

After all this bull we must conclude that probably the best resistor to use is 2.2k { 2200 ohms } ...a standard value and i used a 1 watt metal oxide type [ most stable ] [ fortunately i carry many of every resistor 1 ohm ...1 Meg ohm at home so its an easy test !! ]
So after all that #&*@# , simply cut wires to stand above connector near shock, solder in 2.2 K ohms between Pink and Black, heat shrink it, then isolate and heat shrink off the blue so it cant short....and Bobs your uncle ....

Thanks for your writeup - very thorough and informative - I enjoy learning from posts like this.

[gbx2001]

Originally Posted by LOZ

its all happening at your place!!!!

Gorgeous bike - this is the 690 Adventure that KTM should have built.

[crankshaft]

Originally Posted by RoninMoto

You are probably right. My tires never leave the pavement. I should have got a SM

Riding in the dirt is scary, I prefer pavement

[TheMuffinMan]

Did we want to use 690rider.com for the wiki? I checked and ktm690.info is available.

[crankshaft]

Originally Posted by TheMuffinMan

Did we want to use 690rider.com for the wiki? I checked and ktm690.info is available.

I'm offering .com for free but let everyone choose

[mickd]

HI ALL
well i had my first PITA on the 690 today,having a nice easy ride in mt mee,the 690 stalled with a loud "POP" and a PSHHHHHHH, the sound came from under the air box area,so i had a good look around only to find the rubber boot had came away (see pic) and also the airbox was pushed back towards the battery
bike is a 2012,with less than 2000ks with a akro slip on inc akro mapping.

1, so what would make this happen,
2, is there a fix for this,cos i dont want it to happen again (PITA)
3, has there been a recall for this

[gbx2001]

Originally Posted by mickd

HI ALL
well i had my first PITA on the 690 today,having a nice easy ride in mt mee,the 690 stalled with a loud "POP" and a PSHHHHHHH, the sound came from under the air box area,so i had a good look around only to find the rubber boot had came away (see pic) and also the airbox was pushed back towards the battery
bike is a 2012,with less than 2000ks with a akro slip on inc akro mapping.

1, so what would make this happen,
2, is there a fix for this,cos i dont want it to happen again (PITA)
3, has there been a recall for this

You are not alone with this issue - Rally-Raid found this issue on a couple of 690Rs they were preparing for RTW travel and said they reported it to KTM. It sounded like some of the boots were "shorter" than specced Sorry I don't know if there is a factory TB on this issue. I will look around and see if I can find the RR article on this.

[Head2Wind]

So, with the added fuel capacity and associated weight, what springs are a good starting point to manage the new weight of the bike?

[RoninMoto]

Originally Posted by Head2Wind

So, with the added fuel capacity and associated weight, what springs are a good starting point to manage the new weight of the bike?

It depends what you are doing with it. I am running the stock springs right now on the front of my 08. They are .52 i think?

On dirt it is good. I like that it is a bit soft because the washboard gets smoothed out nicely. I have to be careful when blowing airtime (see pic a few posts above) because i can bottom the forks out.

My old bike had .58 from superplush on the way to alaska. I later switched to .56 to soften up the front end. It was a bit to harsh but it also didn't dive under hard breaking.

What do I like better? I have gotten quite used to the stock springs and they way they react under breaking and offroad. Thats just my .02$ though.

[LOZ]

Originally Posted by Seth S

fits the eariler bikes too?

yes mate



loz

[LOZ]

Originally Posted by Assfault

Are you saying these are ready now?
Don't see them on their website yet.

going into production as we speak

loz

[tattewell]

Originally Posted by RoninMoto

Good? How does this help the thread? What useful information did you share?

Probably about as much good as talking about Aprillia's and quoting the same pic over and over