Noted, but for my 5 cents worth, I just battle to find a fit for the 690/701. For adventure riding the tank is too small, for trail riding it has to compete with the 500, which is much lighter. It's not an enduro bike, too heavy.
Interesting to note the various responses concerning mousses. My personal experience is that a well lubed mousse will last the life of at least 2 back tyres and 3 font tyres. I have mousses on my KTM 500 as well as my Kove 450 Rally. Last year in Kaokoland I have travelled at speeds between 130...
Did a nice weekend outride (500 odd km's) in the West Coast region on my Kove 450 Rally. Lovely riding from my home in Langebaan. Really enjoying the bike.
Looks good Bart. Just came back from a leisurely outride here in the West Coast area, bike runs well, but still need to play around with the suspension settings
Ons was daar in Februarie vanjaar, beslis 'n "moet ry" area. Ons het maar net 'n klein gedeelte gery, so ons gaan weer terug. Ons het in hierdie gastehuis gebly, op ons eie
Talking tyre pressures; we had a mixture of tyres with mousses, tyres with tubes and tubeless tyres. There were no issues with the mousses, there were some punctures with those that had tubes and the one bike with tubeless tyres developed a slow leak on the front wheel. With the mix of very...