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Quote from: The Wizard of MOz on January 31, 2019, 01:07:23 PMI haven't ridden the KTM but I rented the XR for a day last summer here in Austria while the Euro tour guys were over. I didn't get along with it. Technically, it's a very accomplished machine but something about it and me didn't agree. Particularly when going down to hairpins, the autoblipper on downchanges seemed to shoot me towards the corners I was braking for, and the linked brakes nearly caught me out once when I didn't realise they were linked and I was applying some front and back brake and the rear locked up two or three times and squirmed around as I was trying to get it turned. I was heading worryingly close to a tunnel entrance wall even though I wasn't going particularly fast.
Buying new or used???
The 19MY Superduke GT is very different to the older one with both issues Alzo mentions addressed.
Big bikes are awesome. Depends if you're a v twin winner or IL4 loser really
There was very little engine braking too.Quote from: GRUMPY on January 30, 2019, 05:15:26 PMAye, most likely. It's just that it has probably not been through the approval process.Quote from: Raydial on January 30, 2019, 08:48:02 AM
Sounds like it isn't BS/CE approved.
From that website via Google translate: "Because this helmet is a Japanese standard, it can not be used overseas."
Pretty sure Arai will make all their helmets to the same standard. Whether that is BS/CE/Snell.
Quote from: andy_g on January 08, 2019, 12:46:22 PMYeah, exactly! With my Renault, it went back to Arnold Clark in Glasgow several times, they replaced the whole ECU of the car (costing me nearly £400 about 13 or 14 years ago). But when I got the car back and the problem recurred, they had had the car for so long, and they only store removed parts for 7 days, they couldn't put the old one (that wasn't the cause of the problem) back on. They claimed they'd 'hooked it up to the computer' and it showed a fault so even if there was another problem, they said that still had to be replaced. Of course, they had no proof for this.
Why it wasn't picked up and rectified the first time when it was in DMC Birmingham is beyond me they had it for 7 weeks and failed to notice what DK Motorcycles noticed and rectified in a few hours.
Just goes to show missing the simple causes of a fault will lead you down the wrong and more complicated fault diagnoses path.
Quote from: andy_g on January 08, 2019, 12:34:26 PMGlad it's sorted!
Well they found corrosion between the exhaust and the sensor and they also found a corroded connection and water in the sensor.
They've cleaned it up and greased it for protection (maybe a design issue as it's already had a new sensor allegedly)
I rode it back down the M6 in the pissing down rain last night and it was fine I was half expecting the EFI light to come back on.
Hopefully that's the end of it now it had its first service while it was there also and no further problems were found this time lol.
I was thinking a few days ago that my money was on a dodgy connection because it sounded similar to some woes I had with a Renault for a while.
Quote from: andy_g on January 07, 2019, 08:41:20 PMSo, what was the problem in the end?
Went back to a different dealer fixed within a day and possible root cause found and rectified.
Hopefully that's the fault put to bed this time.
Quote from: Manic636 on December 05, 2018, 06:16:09 PMThe only time I ever saw a B1 rear end was when I was washing my z750.Quote from: Raydial on December 05, 2018, 08:39:33 AMQuote from: Manic636 on December 05, 2018, 07:51:56 AMFixed it for ya. You're welcome.
Welcome back Rob, any Kwaka is a good one even though some of them have afatsexy arse
That's what you used to see behind the B1 whilst on your C
Quote from: Manic636 on December 05, 2018, 07:51:56 AMFixed it for ya. You're welcome.
Welcome back Rob, any Kwaka is a good one even though some of them have afatsexy arse
