New KTM Blog

[Wee Jack]

I just started a blog and will document my experiences with the ownership and running of the KTM 990 ADV.

For anyone who may be interested in seeing how the beast fairs at the hands of a rider who pampers his bikes but does use them daily.

We have all heard the stuff about KTM back-up and reliability - well this will be my first hand account for anyone who was thinking of dipping their toe in the Austrian waters but was put of by the scaremongers.

[Chad]

looking forward to it mate

[Sohoeasy]

What I've been waiting for! I'm planning on selling two of my bikes to finance the 990.I'm real nervous about letting two brilliant machines go just to end up with a living nightmare but I'm just nuts about the KTM.I'm in no rush so I will follow your blog until I know things are all good!

[piguglyshandydrinker]

Be careful Jack, it'll be here for eternity in black & white

Phil

[hondachris]

being newish on here i don't know owt about you jack , what did you used to ride? why did you get rid of it? and what attracted you to KTM?

[Steve C]

Ooooh... this is exciting! Looking forward to reading what your thoughts and experiences are Jack
My 'short' list before I got Boris was a secondhand AT or a new KTM or Varadero. Mostly, my decisions are around afford-ability and geometry (I look and feel like a curled up grasshopper on most bikes...). I was put off by the reliability stories and there's hardly any of those kinds of myths about the fabulous AT

[Wee Jack]

being newish on here i don't know owt about you jack , what did you used to ride? why did you get rid of it? and what attracted you to KTM?

I'm trading - in my Transalp, just a bit down on power for me, for everything I do on a bike, Commuting, Playing, touring , two -up etc.

The transalp is a brill bike and there is a wee lump in the old throat about getting rid of it - i feel like a traitor , the wee bike has never missed a beat and does NEARLY everything I need - just needs mair oomph !!!

Before the Transalp I had a couple of Pan Europeans in a row, before that a K series Beamer.

So the KTM gives me the added power with the same weight as the ALP.

[Wee Jack]

Ooooh... this is exciting! Looking forward to reading what your thoughts and experiences are Jack
My 'short' list before I got Boris was a secondhand AT or a new KTM or Varadero. Mostly, my decisions are around afford-ability and geometry (I look and feel like a curled up grasshopper on most bikes...). I was put off by the reliability stories and there's hardly any of those kinds of myths about the fabulous AT

YIP !! heard all the stories and heard all the ones about 30K-40K miles with no hassles. The way I look at it is .......... it's under warranty for 2 years if it's a pig then it's the dealer and KTM's problem for that time - then after two years if it remains a pig - then it goes.

I hope the blog will be a fair assessment of my experiences.

All my previous bikes got pampered - washed and lubed and skooshed with the various lotions and potions. So if the KTM proves to be a dog then it is a dog.

[Maverick]

Congrats on the new beast WJ I could start a blog on my HP2 but all it would say every day is "Farking Amazing..... "

[Wee Jack]

Congrats on the new beast WJ I could start a blog on my HP2 but all it would say every day is "Farking Amazing..... "

Thanks Mav - Yeah I'm looking forward to joining the "one cheek off club"