Team-BHP - The KTM 390 Adventure (Gen- 1) Ownership Thread!

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Originally Posted by Vasuki (Post 4912576)

It should be the quick shifter issue. Never rest the leg on the gear lever or keep it in enaged position. Because this sends the signal that you are going to change the gear and thus this jerk due to cut off.

Try Switching off quick shifter and if still, the problem persists go to the SVC. I had similar issue in my ducati and switching off quick shifter helped. Eventually had to change the quick shifter module.

Not sure if the QS is the cause of the issue.

The latest batches of 390 Adventure(I bought mine a month back), do come with the QS turned off and cannot be turned on unless one has 1000kms on the clock. Since my first 45 days came up and I hadn't yet done 1000kms(980kms something), I was under the assumption that this will be turned on during the 1st first service, but the SA said that the software will turn on the QS, only when 1k kms was completed.

This issue could be more likely a case of a loose connector as Jaggu pointed out.

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Originally Posted by El_Profesor (Post 4911815)

Hello Guys! I'm new to the forum, so please correct me if I make any mistakes while posting.

I have taken the delivery of the Adventure 390 yesterday from Ahuja KTM in Andheri - Saki Naka. I was recording a lot of video footage so don't have many pictures to post. Will try and make a proper ownership experience post soon.

I have been noticing something odd on my first ride of about 70 kms on day 1. In gears, 1,2,3 and 4, between 2,500 - 4,500 rpms, it suddenly jerks and cuts off acceleration on tunes of how a carb bike would give you an indication that the fuel is about to go on reserve. It's quite odd as the bike jerks while I'm holding throttle randomly and drops rpm by 200-400 rpm. It happened about 25-30 times and was spoiling the rather smooth experience of the engine.

Has anyone faced a similar issue?

Congrats on the Adv 390! I got my Kawasaki er-6n from KTM Andheri East 4 years back and Mohit, the owner is an amazing person.

Coming to your issue, as you may have seen from reviews, the bike doesn't like anything under 4K RPM. May be it's a bit of right gearing vs right RPM issue. I had the one with "check engine oil" light on and abrupt engine shutdown - a couple of ECU updates fixed it.

On your replace/accessories list, unless you are going to do hardcore offroading, the company fitted bashplate seems to be of good quality. Like RedLiner said, observe what you personally need for at least a 1000 km of riding under different conditions before getting anything

Guys,

At 180cms,(5 feet 11 inches), I find it difficult to ride the 390 Adv, standing up. I find that I have to stoop to hold the handlebar and its uncomfortable in this attack position. I am looking at some handlebar risers, for a more upright stance during standup riding, but not sure if I should go for one of the desi ones or play safe and invest in a well designed, but expensive Rox Risers.

Being a critical component which will have to take a lot of stress, am not sure how well tested, the home made handlebar risers are. If it were a cosmetic mod, I would have blindly gone with an ali-express one or any of the home grown brands.

Any Owners who have installed handlebar risers, or any insight into quality risers, please advise.

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Originally Posted by Neo18 (Post 4917328)

...Any Owners who have installed handlebar risers, or any insight into quality risers, please advise.

Carbon Racing was advertising some handle risers which they claim to be made ready after extensive testing. Please check their website / instagram for more details

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Originally Posted by swiftnfurious (Post 4921582)

Guys - has anyone got more details on the spoke wheels? I saw that in a video of Art of Motorcycles and now in the HDT video as well.

The general consensus is 99% of us don’t need them, or want them. Even abroad, most guys have ended up making peace with the reasonably robust cast wheels. The ease of fixing a stray puncture is unparalleled.

They do make the bike look good, but for the kind of offroad you can actually throw at this bike with the stock suspension components and a 19 front, I think cast wheels are the right choice.

https://youtu.be/Khe1hCwqYrk

I am sorry I didn’t really answer your question.

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Originally Posted by Red Liner (Post 4921615)

Didnt quite understand. Do you mean to say that spoke wheels cant use tubeless tyres? Or saying the puncture fix (mushroom patch?) are different for alloy wheels & spoke wheels?

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Originally Posted by swiftnfurious (Post 4921632)

Didnt quite understand. Do you mean to say that spoke wheels cant use tubeless tyres? Or saying the puncture fix (mushroom patch?) are different for alloy wheels & spoke wheels?

Traditional spoke wheels and tubeless tyres don’t work unless you install some rubbish solution that may or may not work at any given point in time. New age spoke wheels with spokes mounted differently can carry tubeless tyres. But fixing those spokes or rims might be an exercise in themselves, and getting a new one might cost you a kidney or more...yes they are expensive.

Yes, a puncture fix is completely different between the two. Have you fixed a puncture on your bike? And have you seen how it’s done on a tubed tyre?

Does anybody have experience with changing the spark plugs to a laser iridium one like this?
https://www.amazon.in/NGK-LKAR8AI9-I.../dp/B0050514SW

Customer reviews say it is a must have for KTM 390s.

Also, does anybody have any experience with changing the stock oil filter? I'm thinking of upgrading to a K&N Filter.

https://www.amazon.in/AIR-FILTER-DUK...omotive&sr=1-1

Need some expert advice on aux lights for the 390 adv. With the thousands of cheap Chinese aux lights available in the market, unable to even zero down on 2-3 choices. Requirements are spot lights in the range of 7k for, yellow filter /black cover if available would be brilliant. Heard mixed reviews of maddog lights, so thats out. Any shops in Delhi NCR where I can source them from.

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Originally Posted by nutcracker (Post 4906231)

Also, there is still no news about official KTM powerparts (as promised) for the KTM 390 Adv, so I am holding back on panniers, saddle bags and top rack/top box. Was thinking about Bungee cords for luggage. Does anybody have experience with them? Which one would you recommend? And how compatible are they with the KTM 390 Adv?

If you are not riding with a pillion, go for Viaterra POD bags - they have 12L and 22L. These will fit any motorcycle's pillion seat and I can vouch this will not move an inch on a long ride. 100% waterproof as well.