[Biker_Ajax]

[quote=saurabh_v8;5635389]I have just purchased a 390 Adv rally as of 25th Sep 2023./QUOTE]

Congratulations on the buy Welcome to the Orange family

After we ride this & then other bikes- we realise it was a good decision to buy the A390

Enjoy the rides & hope to see u soon on rides some day.

[saurabh_v8]

Hi guys,

Adjustable suspension is a boon. I have been gliding over bad patches of road.

Ktm provides suspension setting guidelines under the seat.


It is easy to set the front fork as there are clicks but rear suspension does not have clicks for rebound so it’s is difficult to understand where it is at.
There are markings indicating direction of twist for hard and soft setup.

Few difficulties I noticed in riding the bike:

1. Handle is broad nearly a feet broader than scooter. In traffic when everyone rushes other motorists don’t notice where the handle bar ends they look at your body and assume the gap. I had a few close calls with autos and cars.

2. The bike is difficult to push if you are mounted.

3. Since you can glide over bad patches of road and speed breakers other motorists miss judge your breaking points and jump in your path

[siddhant]

Originally Posted by rb2399

Yes, and it's been working very well till date.

I have been riding with the Inescape Dreamz V2 windshield for the last 700-800 kms and can second this fact. Works like a charm. There have been no rattles so far, even when I rode a bit fast on bad roads. After fitting this windshield (at the bottom position), it has become effortless to cruise at 100+ kmph. Wind hits the top of my helmet (near eye level) when I am sitting upright (H: 5'8").

On the other hand, a tall windshield also causes a minor annoyance at times - less ventilation when you want some. So now, I have to stand on the pegs to get the wind to hit my face if I am sweating. I also noticed a mileage drop of 0.5-1 kmpl (MID) after using this. It could be due to increased drag or even the fact that I am riding faster because of no wind on my chest and neck.

However, the best part is one does not need an additional mount to use this windshield. So, you can order a spare base mount from KTM (around Rs 200), fit this windshield to that mount and use it when you need it. Switching between stock and this becomes very easy.

Just checked that it is on sale now, retailing for Rs 2799. I got it for Rs 3299 + delivery.

Originally Posted by vishal.joshi

One can easily cruise at 110-120 all day long and the engine would still return a good FE of 36-37kmpl.

No way! Is this on a 250 ADV or 390 ADV? I get ~30 kmpl (MID) if I cruise at 100-105 kmph on highways.

[vishal.joshi]

Originally Posted by siddhant

No way! Is this on a 250 ADV or 390 ADV? I get ~30 kmpl (MID) if I cruise at 100-105 kmph on highways.

That`s on a stock 390 ADV and I got 36kmpl as the FE on my run to Girnar mountains (Junagadh, GJ) in Jan`23. The FE was measured through tank full method and not what the MID says.

[boniver]

Originally Posted by siddhant

No way! Is this on a 250 ADV or 390 ADV? I get ~30 kmpl (MID) if I cruise at 100-105 kmph on highways.

Staying at 100-120 gives me 22-25 kmpl on my ADV250 (full tank method). MID shows 27.

[Biker_Ajax]

Originally Posted by vishal.joshi

That`s on a stock 390 ADV and I got 36kmpl as the FE on my run to Girnar mountains (Junagadh, GJ) in Jan`23. The FE was measured through tank full method and not what the MID says.

On a full highway run, i am getting 29kmpl when maintaining 115-120kmph. MID was showing 31kmpl.

On a mix, half city at 20-50kmph & half highway at 110kmph gave me 31kmpl. MID showing 33kmph.

Both with pillion & tank full method.

[cataclysm]

Originally Posted by Biker_Ajax

On a full highway run, i am getting 29kmpl when maintaining 115-120kmph. MID was showing 31kmpl.

On a mix, half city at 20-50kmph & half highway at 110kmph gave me 31kmpl. MID showing 33kmph.

Both with pillion & tank full method.

Is your bike stock? The best I get is 27 (mid shows 29) when maintaining 110-120 kmph.

[Biker_Ajax]

Originally Posted by cataclysm

Is your bike stock? The best I get is 27 (mid shows 29) when maintaining 110-120 kmph.

Stock bike. No mods, no additions.
No fuel x, no different air filter, no exhaust mod.
As it was when i got it.
2023 Rally version. Been two months only.

The FE is consistent.
Always calculated from low fuel light to tank full. No mid fuel calculations.

[Rajeevraj]

Never thought I would make a post in this thread. A little background first.

For the past 6-8 months Been on the lookout for a new bike in the ~400cc segment as an upgrade to my 11 year old Pulsar 200NS. Did not want a Royal Enfield and had eliminated the other options-Highness, Dominar, the jawa-Yezdi ones etc. When the 2 recent high profile launches- the Harley X440 and the Triumph 400 happened, was impressed at first look with both and had put booking amounts on both. Test rode the Triumph and did not work out for me. The Harley was better and although Hero-Harley have totally delayed and messed up the delivery plans, since I booked on Day 1, I had got the communication that I am part of the first lot and would get delivery by end of October. In prep for that, on Saturday, did one more test ride and although I did like it and easily covered my use case, was not getting that wow feeling yet. Felt maybe I was over expecting and decided on going ahead with the purchase.

When I stepped out of the Hero showroom, there was a KTM showroom just ahead. Now, in my mind, KTM always meant the Dukes and I knew the Dukes were not for me. So never even considered KTM bikes at all. For what reason I don't know, I stopped in front of KTM. Told me wife, lets go and simply look at the bikes. We actually sat outside thinking for 5 min if we should go. I went in, first thing I see is the KTM Adventure 390. A bike I barely knew existed. Looked large but sleek, imposing, tall and I totally loved it. Sat on it. I am 5'11 and the height was not an issue- Was almost flat footing both legs and felt comfortable sitting on it.

Still had no intention of seriously considering it, half heartedly asked for a test drive. They had the latest Adventure 390 Rally Edition as the TD bike. It had gone out for a ride. Waited for 20 min, no sign of the guy who took it. I said to my wife let us wait for 5 more min and then we will leave. The bike came in immediately after. I sat on it, again felt large and imposing. Told my wife, let me do a solo ride first. Then I started it and got moving- Oh boy!!! 30 seconds into the ride, I was totally sold on it. Perfect seating position for me, felt totally at home from the get go, and of course the engine- enough has been said about it. That, 'this is my bike' feeling I was missing with all the others, was right there with this. Took a fairly good test ride and came back, told my wife to hop on and then we went for another round. Because of the large seat, she was also totally comfortable with it. Would have booked it then and there, but the mind told to hold back.

Came back home, watched and read everything there was about the KTM Adventure 390, learnt more about the lower cost base variant-the X, about the new Rally Edition with adjustable suspension and spoke wheels, the pros and cons as said by experts, specific focus on city riding and heat. A lot of the major cons called out- The seat height, the price, the fact that from an off roader perspective it is probably not the best- were not deal breakers for me. Variant of choice was a confusion-The X seemed Value for money, but I did not what to skip out the safety features like traction control considering I am new to this segment, while I don't need the better off roading capabilities of the Rally Edition which the spoke wheels enable, considering that a lot of roads in Bangalore-especially in the IT belt where I stay, seems like semi off road trails anyways, felt the adjustable suspension would definitely be useful.

Long story short, today booked the 390 Adventure Rally Variant with the adjustable suspension. Comes only in the one orange/back shade-Ideally would have preferred one of the subtler colors, but that I guess is fine. Bikes are in stock and expect to take delivery this weekend itself.

[ebonho]

Originally Posted by siddhant

No way! Is this on a 250 ADV or 390 ADV? I get ~30 kmpl (MID) if I cruise at 100-105 kmph on highways.

Originally Posted by vishal.joshi

That`s on a stock 390 ADV and I got 36kmpl as the FE on my run to Girnar mountains (Junagadh, GJ) in Jan`23. The FE was measured through tank full method and not what the MID says.

Originally Posted by boniver

Staying at 100-120 gives me 22-25 kmpl on my ADV250 (full tank method). MID shows 27.

Originally Posted by Biker_Ajax

On a full highway run, i am getting 29kmpl when maintaining 115-120kmph. MID was showing 31kmpl.

On a mix, half city at 20-50kmph & half highway at 110kmph gave me 31kmpl. MID showing 33kmph.

Both with pillion & tank full method.

Originally Posted by cataclysm

Is your bike stock? The best I get is 27 (mid shows 29) when maintaining 110-120 kmph.

Guys, when you are quoting MID figures for fuel mileage, those are the instantaneous figures (over the past so many seconds/minutes) I thought. How then do you get an MID read for the fuel mileage of your total trip?

Cheers, Doc

P.S. Personally, I've always used the tankful to tankful distance moved / fill volume method, and on tour seem to always get 27 kmpl or thereabouts on my Gen 1 Duke 390.

[siddhant]

Originally Posted by Biker_Ajax

On a full highway run, i am getting 29kmpl when maintaining 115-120kmph. MID was showing 31kmpl.

On a mix, half city at 20-50kmph & half highway at 110kmph gave me 31kmpl. MID showing 33kmph.

Both with pillion & tank full method.

I just did a 4000-km Uttarakhand trip on my 390 ADV and the fuel efficiency figures were disappointing. Exported the fill ups from Fuelio and just showing the ones from this trip.

The least of the above, 22.98 kmpl, is when I was cruising at 110-115 kmph on Purvanchal Expressway.

Average is a dismal 26.5 kmpl and this is after me staying mostly around 105 kmph because early on, I figured out that mileage above 105-110 kmph was falling below 24-25 kmpl. MID consistently showed 1.5-2 kmpl above full tank measurements. The ones above 27 kmpl are when I wasn't able to go above 100 kmph due to traffic or bad roads or hilly roads.

Currently, I can think of 2 major reasons for this poor FE - bad air filter and/or tall windshield. I really wanted to cruise at 110-115 kmph but looking at the tank range drop so fast at those speeds made me stay below 105 kmph, even on Purvanchal Expressway. Btw, I also got my 2nd servicing done today and noticed the air filter was in really bad shape. It doesn't seem built to last 7500 kms, like KTM says. Anyway, over the next few days, I will experiment with both windshields (stock vs Inescape Dreamz) and try to figure out the reasons for low FE.

[boniver]

Originally Posted by siddhant

I just did a 4000-km Uttarakhand trip on my 390 ADV and the fuel efficiency figures were disappointing. Exported the fill ups from Fuelio and just showing the ones from this trip.

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The least of the above, 22.98 kmpl, is when I was cruising at 110-115 kmph on Purvanchal Expressway.

Average is a dismal 26.5 kmpl and this is after me staying mostly around 105 kmph because early on, I figured out that mileage above 105-110 kmph was falling below 24-25 kmpl. MID consistently showed 1.5-2 kmpl above full tank measurements. The ones above 27 kmpl are when I wasn't able to go above 100 kmph due to traffic or bad roads or hilly roads.

Currently, I can think of 2 major reasons for this poor FE - bad air filter and/or tall windshield. I really wanted to cruise at 110-115 kmph but looking at the tank range drop so fast at those speeds made me stay below 105 kmph, even on Purvanchal Expressway. Btw, I also got my 2nd servicing done today and noticed the air filter was in really bad shape. It doesn't seem built to last 7500 kms, like KTM says. Anyway, over the next few days, I will experiment with both windshields (stock vs Inescape Dreamz) and try to figure out the reasons for low FE.

My bike is at 10,800 kms now and on its 4th air filter. They go bad very fast, best to replace every 2,500kms since it's not very expensive

[VijayAnand1]

Originally Posted by Rajeevraj

Never thought I would make a post in this thread. A little background first..................... Long story short, today booked the 390 Adventure Rally Variant with the adjustable suspension.

Congratulations and welcome to the boards. Don't forget to post your detailed first ride observations, ride experience and the overall feel-factor of your undiluted experience. Good luck.

Cheers!
VJ

[ebonho]

Originally Posted by siddhant

Average is a dismal 26.5 kmpl

I have always gotten 27 kmpl or thereabouts over thousands of tour kilometers on my Duke ... why are you depressed or think this figure is dismal?

Its a 400 cc 44 bhp high revving motor. Punching way above its weight. Have to feed her no?!

[siddhant]

Originally Posted by boniver

My bike is at 10,800 kms now and on its 4th air filter. They go bad very fast, best to replace every 2,500kms since it's not very expensive

Thanks for the tip. Will try out a similar interval.

Originally Posted by ebonho

I have always gotten 27 kmpl or thereabouts over thousands of tour kilometers on my Duke ... why are you depressed or think this figure is dismal?

Its a 400 cc 44 bhp high revving motor. Punching way above its weight. Have to feed her no?!

That's because I got this FE when riding sedately - I mean, 95% of the time, I was below 100-105 kmph (which is not even 6k rpm) on this trip and was accelerating smoothly majority of the time.

Reading reports of other owners on this forum, some articles over the internet (MCN, Autocar for ex) and a few credible YouTube videos - all evidences point to the fact that the FE I got for the kind of riding I did was too low.