KTM 390 Adventure

halfpint said:
yes but it cheap and made from pig iron.
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So is my CB500X and it was half rotten when I bought it at under 2 years old with under 3k on the clock. Let's hope it is slightly better made than the Honda!

At least it will make a change if all the fancy electronics turn out to be the most reliable part of the bike.
 
Rasher said:
So is my CB500X and it was half rotten when I bought it at under 2 years old with under 3k on the clock. Let's hope it is slightly better made than the Honda!

At least it will make a change if all the fancy electronics turn out to be the most reliable part of the bike.
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My 390's in good condition and isn't pampered. It's been a fantastic bike and the only problem I've had is a loose electrical connection on the starter solenoid.

Hopefully I'll be taking it to and around The Alps in again September.
 
My wife has a 390 Duke and I gave it a dose of ACF50 when she bought it nearly 2 years ago, it’s been cleaned about twice a year since then and it still looks like new so unless the 390 Adventure is built to a lower standard they should be ok.

I suppose when you compare them to the baby GS they’re not so porky but why can’t they make a genuinely light adventure bike that the rider would be happy using either on a holiday trip or for local green lanes? I’d put the 390 Adventure firmly in the new rider bracket and if there’s one way to put a new rider off green laning it’s to make the bike heavy.
 
cookie said:
making it lighter, means it's more/too expensive?
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I think it’s more a case of current legislation regarding emissions plus the demand for additional toys are adding a fair portion of that weight.

Throw that exhaust system away and fit a totally illegal one with no cat and you’d save a few kilograms :D
 
Yes. Lost a few kilos off my 701 like that.

Inevitable that a properly road legal bike like the 390 or 701 ends up a bit porky with all the required legal bollocks fitted.
 
cookie said:
making it lighter, means it's more/too expensive?
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Yeah, at the end of the day the 690 has about the same amount of parts, some may be slightly heavier duty (and therefore in theory heavier) but with a £10k price tag you can afford to use some more exotic materials, the "factory gate" cost of the 390 is likely to be a lot more than 50% of the 690 (if it was built in the same factory to the same spec) so something has to give.....

...But I am sure they could of done a bit better, been good for marketing if they got it down to CRF250L weight, which should of been possible without making it out of unobtanium.
 
If you compare prices between a 390, a 690 and a 500 EXC 6 day model you soon appreciate how much 1 kilo of motorbike can vary in price.

I’ve not bothered trying to save weight on my 501 and went down the route of fattening it up instead but I can be a bit irrational at times :D
 
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