Does not help that even the modified parts don't appear to be cutting the mustard. Shame as I've ridden both the 790 and 890 Adventures and they are cracking bikes.
KTM are Toast ?
- Thread starter Arsey
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I had one of the first 790 Adventures and it spent more time at the dealer's garage than mine. Didn't put me off as I realised it was a bit of a lemon and probably isolated incidents, so I had no bother buying the Duke - which gave me no trouble at all. But my confidence is severely dented now with the brand
I suppose most manufacturers try to make things as cheap as possible. So they cut specs and lower quality to what they can get away with. Think of chrome plating. Anything from the 60s/70s would still be held together by the plating. Chrome of today? Don’t even try to polish it. There are stories of accountants insisting that a slightly inferior but cheaper metal be used in crucial components to save a penny. Witness big end bolt failure. JJH
Pretty sure its insufficient lubrication.
Then maybe it is a oilway design error (I would have thought unlikley as KTM have designed a lot of engines) or a manufacturing QC thing leaving oilways ways partially blocked. Either way an expensive error.
Arnt u an engineer? JJH
Cop out!!! JJH
More to do with quality control or the lack of.
FCMoto use the same engine, made/built by FVM in China, yet you don't hear the same complaints about their motors
Why don't the doomsday people in here just leave and form your own 'oh no we're all gonna die' chat. 
Sure KTM have massive issues right now. But how about we just wait and see what unfolds. Nobody will be left with 'garden ornaments' - wake up chap.
Every day is a bonus day. Enjoy it and stop making like our lives are over. Unless my 390 Adv R doesn't arrive, in which case I'm off to the nearest clifftop.
Sure KTM have massive issues right now. But how about we just wait and see what unfolds. Nobody will be left with 'garden ornaments' - wake up chap.
Every day is a bonus day. Enjoy it and stop making like our lives are over. Unless my 390 Adv R doesn't arrive, in which case I'm off to the nearest clifftop.
Thanks for the feed back - I will make sure to run my viewpoints past you, first, in future.I'm not in any way an abusive person but this is such a crap post
I agree most likely causeMore to do with quality control or the lack of.
FCMoto use the same engine, made/built by FVM in China, yet you don't hear the same complaints about their motors
That's a first
Why don't the doomsday people in here just leave and form your own 'oh no we're all gonna die' chat.
Sure KTM have massive issues right now. But how about we just wait and see what unfolds. Nobody will be left with 'garden ornaments' - wake up chap.
Every day is a bonus day. Enjoy it and stop making like our lives are over. Unless my 390 Adv R doesn't arrive, in which case I'm off to the nearest clifftop.
No - we have got to keep the negativity going - how else am I going to be able to get a brand new 890 Adventure R for peanuts
Make sure is has am FCMoto motorget a brand new 890 Adventure R for peanuts
Why would we keep quiet about a major event like this? It’s not going to fix itself if everyone pretends it’s not happening. I know there’s an argument that we could make it worse. Censorship isn’t going to fix it. We haven’t got to the bottom of this yet. JJH
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