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I second this. My bike has been behaving badly for a while now, suffering from unexpected "bum waggling". Nothing too serious but enough to make me nervous. I stripped the bike's back end this week and found one of the top bolts had sheared. Frustratingly there wasn't enough of the thread...

If you guys want to follow it moe closely Right to Ride EU is doing great work to get this stupid idea stopped - you can follow it on their facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Right-To-Ride-EU/191610377518431

I don't actually use the top of the boot on my MX boots, like I do when wearing my touring boots. I just use the edge of the sole where it joins the boot - it's quite wide and just requires a little bit of practice before it becomes second nature.

This type of ad comes up all the time - normally on gumtree. The reply will be something along the lines of "I'm not in South Africa anymore, which is why the bike is so cheap. If you send the money to my lawyer they will hold it in escrow and I will arrange to get the bike to you. You can then...

Both your bums will hurt!

If you feed LRP to your cat and add a lit match it becomes a dog and goes "whoof"! >:D

There's of few more weak spots on the 690 where "vibration rub" can show through and they are worth wrapping some protective tape (or at least checking regularly for signs of wear). First is at the top of the radiator cap, where the pipe turns 90 degrees and the second is under the saddle in the...

I was having images of the fearbox (sic) being split apart AGAIN. Mind you it's been apart so many times  over the years - should be able to completely rebuild it blindfolded by now  8)

CT has summed it up pretty well. There's a very vibrant XT spares community in Europe with several businesses stocking most parts (including reproduction parts of things that are no longer manufactured or available). Your best bet if you need parts are to find someone coming over here and get...

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The bolts holding the radiator cover on are notorious for problems caused by vibrating. Best practice is to remove them and zip-tie the cover on.

Unfortunately the remote switch doesn't really let you change on the fly. You still have to kill the motor when you change the mapping and restart the bike for it to take effect. All it does is save you 30 seconds popping the seat and the rubber cap.

+1, I was wondering where you were and how it was going, but couldn't find a tracker link on your blog  ???

If you go to M&S Money and give them a couple of days advance notice I believe they can arrange to get currencies that they wouldn't normally have in for you. You can also buy it online and get it delivered so you don't need to leave the house - but I'm not sure I'd be brave enough to risk that...

Climbing Turtle's bike is a good example of a Dakar for the price. I rode it myself a few months ago on a trip to Namibia with him. It's also well looked after and serviced, already kitted with panniers, had new tires when I rode it and has lowish mileage for a Dakar - the problem with SA...

I think you should just post them up on here too - otherwise you're going to spend all day sending emails and not actually working ... mind you that may not be a bad thing! >:D

My first thoughts are that one of those push on connectors onto the coil has vibrated loose. Check it otherwise you risk the same thing happening again. For such a great bike KTM sure made some stupid design decisions when building it. :(

Front or back?

Unplug the cable at the back of the clocks and check that all the pins are straight and not corroded. If they are sand them down with fine sandpaper and pack with that "electrical grease". Not sure what's it's called I'm afraid - I buy it from maplins in the uk. Also check the speedo sensor for...

It's always good to have more places to buy parts from but I've just compared the price of a footpeg and they're even more expensive than www.kedo.com, who I thought were overpriced!