Whoohoo! New Bike Day!
Posted: Sat May 08, 2010 8:27 pm
I found an '08 KTM 690 Enduro on ADVrider in Arizona. Fate would have it that I had to work in Yuma last week, so I made arrangements to meet the owner. The deal went down smooth, and bought it at asking.
It's lightly farkled - aluminum skid plate, heavy duty billet brake lever (the cast levers are fragile), an Acerbis tank neck, and a KTM hard-bag luggage rack (but no bags).
The real WIN on the deal was the mileage -- only 243 miles and in immaculate condition. It had literally never been off road and looked showroom. The seller decided he wanted an SM, not an Enduro.
The thing is fuel-injected, and has 3 different maps, "noob" "normal" and "race". I haven' t even tried the race-mode yet, it's pretty wicked fast on the normal setting. The noob setting really softens the throttle response a lot, and limits the top end.
With the addition of hard luggage, I think my dual-sport fantasies are about fulfilled - it will cruise effortlessly at 80 and return 45 mpg.
It's lightly farkled - aluminum skid plate, heavy duty billet brake lever (the cast levers are fragile), an Acerbis tank neck, and a KTM hard-bag luggage rack (but no bags).
The real WIN on the deal was the mileage -- only 243 miles and in immaculate condition. It had literally never been off road and looked showroom. The seller decided he wanted an SM, not an Enduro.
The thing is fuel-injected, and has 3 different maps, "noob" "normal" and "race". I haven' t even tried the race-mode yet, it's pretty wicked fast on the normal setting. The noob setting really softens the throttle response a lot, and limits the top end.
With the addition of hard luggage, I think my dual-sport fantasies are about fulfilled - it will cruise effortlessly at 80 and return 45 mpg.