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- KTM 1290 Adventure R
I am not sure if anyone else on Wild Dogs might have experienced this issue yet, but the Facebook groups for the new '21 and '22 1290 Super Adv R are full of posts about the stock OEM rims being very soft on this bike. I myself have in fact now had to replace my front rim after my first long dirt road trip on my bike, see attached pics. The damage to my rims on the pics with this post were at about 130 km/h on a moderate gravel road and I never felt one hit that felt bad, and I only noticed the damage when the front tyre started to deflate.
I first thought that the problem may have been caused by me myself due to dropping the pressure on my tyres to 1.8 bar in the front when hitting gravel or dirt, like I always did on my 690, 790 Adv R and 990. On this bike however my thought afterwards was that maybe this bike is just too heavy to ride at less than full tyre pressure, even on dirt. However, the guys on the FB groups say that even with full pressure the problem still occurs.
My dealer is replacing the rim on my front wheel under an insurance claim, but they have advised that there is an after-market Powerparts D.I.D. DirtStar heavy duty wheel set that costs R20k+, that I should maybe consider getting (https://www.ktm.com/en-za/parts---w...d.html?year=2021&segment=Travel&model=F9903U6). This after-market wheel set is referred to by Chris Birch in his YouTube vid about upgrade options for this bike (). On the one hand I could get pissed off that a R315k bike comes with such shitty rims, but on the other hand I guess that maybe the target market for 1200cc class Adv bikes does not normally do 130 km/h on gravel roads, or maybe KTM is just trying to keep the price down on on what is already a very expensive bike.
Either way, I am thinking of getting a stronger rim for the front, so my question with this post is if I can find a suitable rim only, or do I have to buy the whole Powerparts front and back wheel set? I see that LocoMoto in SA does sell Excel rims, but their website only lists the 640, 690, 950 and 990 for this rim, I am not sure if it would work for the 1290 SAR (https://www.locomoto.co.za/latest-p...rim_size-21_x_215_common_adv_r_model_sizing)? The downside of after-market rims is that they all are tubed, which makes puncture repairs on route so much more difficult.
So, just wondering if anyone else has had this problem and if anyone has come up with a solution?
I first thought that the problem may have been caused by me myself due to dropping the pressure on my tyres to 1.8 bar in the front when hitting gravel or dirt, like I always did on my 690, 790 Adv R and 990. On this bike however my thought afterwards was that maybe this bike is just too heavy to ride at less than full tyre pressure, even on dirt. However, the guys on the FB groups say that even with full pressure the problem still occurs.
My dealer is replacing the rim on my front wheel under an insurance claim, but they have advised that there is an after-market Powerparts D.I.D. DirtStar heavy duty wheel set that costs R20k+, that I should maybe consider getting (https://www.ktm.com/en-za/parts---w...d.html?year=2021&segment=Travel&model=F9903U6). This after-market wheel set is referred to by Chris Birch in his YouTube vid about upgrade options for this bike (). On the one hand I could get pissed off that a R315k bike comes with such shitty rims, but on the other hand I guess that maybe the target market for 1200cc class Adv bikes does not normally do 130 km/h on gravel roads, or maybe KTM is just trying to keep the price down on on what is already a very expensive bike.
Either way, I am thinking of getting a stronger rim for the front, so my question with this post is if I can find a suitable rim only, or do I have to buy the whole Powerparts front and back wheel set? I see that LocoMoto in SA does sell Excel rims, but their website only lists the 640, 690, 950 and 990 for this rim, I am not sure if it would work for the 1290 SAR (https://www.locomoto.co.za/latest-p...rim_size-21_x_215_common_adv_r_model_sizing)? The downside of after-market rims is that they all are tubed, which makes puncture repairs on route so much more difficult.
So, just wondering if anyone else has had this problem and if anyone has come up with a solution?
