KTM Super Twins Forum

Awesome guys, enjoying this thread, i took my 1290R to many track days, but haven't ventured there on the GT, may have a go this coming summer.

Heard nothing down our way, i converse often with the guys who do my servicing, and they have yet had to alter the valve clearances on the 1290Rs that have passed 30,000Kms. Every now and then there will be an engine that will have a problem. Put good oil in and change half way between services, 15,...

Yip Millford, great road in there, perfect for bikes, but lots of camper vans and buses nowadays. Bot pic, waiting at the Homer Tunnel. The best thing about the tunnel is once on the other side you have an open lane ahead, as long as your first at the tunnel entrance.

Aussie Dave wrote: ↑

Mon Jul 16, 2018 7:11 am

Me too

You guys have nice "mountains" for backdrop......... ours are all eroded down to hills (which we claim as mountains ).

Cheers

And they stick out from the ocean also.

Nice, I can't wait till summer.

When getting my 1000Km service i mentioned to the mechanic that the horn wouldn't work when the engine was running and hot, they moved it to be in front of the radiator.

These are mine Dave, rear is a KTM stand, and the front is one i ve had for over 10 years or more from my 999 days. both easy to operate, but the bike remains stationery. I have a dedicated motorbike man cave so no problem.

Cool pics.

My Angel GTs were nearly dead after 5500km Also had a nasty cut on the rear tyre so changed to Roadtech01 after so many had good feedback. Was intrigued by the T31s (also had a 30€ cash back) as I loved my T30EVOs Now I am nearly at 13k km with 360° riding including highway dashes at over 160kph, A...

:lol: ....... I can't get any speeding tickets on my GT.......... :lol:.... But then again, I can't ride it either :cry: Owned the GT for 18 months, I'm on my 5th set of tires, my 3rd speeding ticket on it, and i got let off a 138km ticket, oh i survive a fast crash on it also. Action packed owners...

^^ Warped rotors should be covered, Ducati replaced lots of these on there Street Fighters. it seems the quality of rotors across lots of bike manufactures is of poor quality, Aprilia's suffer from warped rotors also. Brembo build to a price, KTM put the best M50 callipers on the 1290s then shit dis...

I had a radar DaveW, But he got me mid to exiting a corner, i had time to throttle off, but never grabbed any brakes, i wear ear plugs, and have a speaker plugged into the radar, i think I'm going to have to go blue tooth, and have speakers in the ear plugs themselves. Oh i probably need to slow dow...

All our police have Holden commodores Dave, the red ones are bloody hard to see. I'm now on 75 demerit points, and i went for a ride on sunday with a mate, i rode like chicken little, every bloody car looked like a cop car, I've got 18 months with 75 demerits. not a happy chappy

Sounds like a warped disc, keep pushing for a warrantee claim, I've heard of a few 1290Rs having warped disc's.

The PR5s felt quite good, but an expensive scrubbing in trip.

Hey DaveW i got the 2 sets of PR5s delivered to my door for $1000, 500 each set, they are cheeper than the PR4s, from what I'm hearing they have more carbon and less silicone on the shoulders for better dry side grip, which i think will overcome the PR4s shortcomings. Im going to run them on both my...

New set of PR5s going onto the GT, brought 2 sets, one for the Multistrada also, oil and filter change

Congrats on your new purchase, just in time for your summer riding season, enjoy the torque.

^^That does look bloody good, i have the Remus, but i think that Yoshi looks the ducks nuts.

All 3 GP races are great Dave, Moto 2 was brilliant.