Motorcycles BS Thread 2.0

The Duke goes in for the first service tomorrow. I'll finally be able to rev it all the way to 10k and get on the freeway!

 

should’ve been able to do that on day one

 

Going to try it yourself?

 

I thought about it but i’m afraid i won’t be able to true properly it having never done it

So the wheel is at the shop getting the new spokes, nipples, rim strip, tube and tire. Then balanced.

 

It has definately taken me too long but I've been working a lot of OT at work. Now ill be able to get put away from the billions of stoplights and get to the fun stuff. It'll be nice to be able to go more than 60mph

 

they dont require break in. theres actually evidence that supports breaking them in having detrimental effects. also the oil needs to be changed twice before the first scheduled one

 

No i mean, shouldn’t have been scared

 

I'm following their directions to the letter so if something bad happens they get to fix it

 

they get to fix it anyway. changing the oil doesnt void the warranty and neither does revving over whatever rpms, even if they could tell

 

They have to change the rev limiter in the bikes computer at 1k miles. It starts flashing angrily at about 6.5k rpms

 

that sucks. i knew the bmws did that but not the ktms. pretty ridiculous. do they do it for free if you arent having them perform the service?

 

No idea. Probably depends on the dealership. This is the last time this dealership will see this bike unless something goes wrong. I've got a great shop WAY closer to my house, i plan on doing most of the work on it myself and the customer service here kinda sucks

 

Well that settles that. Literally will never buy one

 

Meh still a super fun bike.

Typo 600 miles is the first service and rev limit change.

 

dont have that issue on mine

also finally changed the oil and got 50 miles in last night. going riding around again now that i have time

 

I’m absolutely dying to get back in the saddle.

This weather is amazing and i’m not in the wind

 

Just got back after the service. This KTM is awesome! I can't turn off the rev light flashing at 6k until the odo hits 600 miles (tonight) but I can rev it to the true limit and it just pulls! Little single cylinder sounds fantastic too.

 

Wild that they neuter it brand new.

 

nice, ive always wanted to ride a 300.

 

Yeah I mean you could go past the limit, I may have been misleading. It doesn't stop you from twisting the throttle and going past 7.5k rps's. They just tell you in multiple places in the manual and it flashes very angrily at you lol.