Got me one of these today

[fatbob99]

At least its dry and warm

That's my trade in behind it

 

[Fluffmeister]

That's my trade in behind it

You traded in a forklift? You where robbed

Enjoy it, one of my mates is waiting on one, going from his 950SM

 

[Davy F]

HTR........

Enjoing mine more with every passing day.

 

[Trekker3]

Might see you buzzin round the Peaks then, get it run in quick because the bike really takes off above 6500 rpm!

 

[fatbob99]

My trade in wasn't as quick as the FLT , it's the blue one

With reference to the 6500 miles running in , I asked the dealer about the milage and his reply was , I don't need to run it in , just ensure its warm before putting it under load?
he also said he has visited KTM on numerous occassions for different training etc.... and he said they are all benched and thrashed before hand
He said the oil is specifically for its first miles of life and not to bring it back before 600 , but less than a 1000.

So there we have conflicting stories from different dealers.....


Bikes awesome by the way , just saving up for some petrol

 

[Davy F]

I just used a bit of common sense when running mine in. Started off up to 4000 rpm, tried not to put the engine under load and gently built up the revs in spurts up to 8000 rpm and did my best to vary the cruising speed up to the 600 miles oil change. Everything fine so far.

 

[Trekker3]

My rpm change up light was set to 6000rpm and I was told not to exceed it, also to bring it back for its 1st oil change at 600 miles.
Whilst running it in, it did require topping up with quite a bit of oil, so it shows that it does need bedding in otherwise it wouldn't have burnt it off.
Can't see the point in over revving a new engine when it's quick enough keeping it in the middle of the rev-range and 600 miles soon passes.

 

[Davy F]

Whilst running it in, it did require topping up with quite a bit of oi

No top up required for mine. Maybe it's broke.

 

[GS TRV]

U miss a gear?

 

[(RIP) Tunneruk]

I just used a bit of common sense when running mine in. Started off up to 4000 rpm, tried not to put the engine under load and gently built up the revs in spurts up to 8000 rpm and did my best to vary the cruising speed up to the 600 miles oil change. Everything fine so far.

That my friend is the absolute opposite of what you should do, the key to running in a bike well is - lots of load, no prolonged high revs and no long constant revs.

 

[Davy F]

That my friend is the absolute opposite of what you should do, the key to running in a bike well is - lots of load, no prolonged high revs and no long constant revs.

Never had a problem with any new bike I've run in and I've always done the same.