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SOLD, SOLD, SOLD!!!

Got a new bike yesterday:






Previous bike is for sale with 2 folks having first & second right of buying. Asking $8500.






Cheers,

More info on 690:

2012 KTM 690 Enduro R

5295 miles 157.7 hours

Lowered 1.5” by Superplush Suspension & set up for 165 lb rider (8.5” travel remaining)
EE skidplate
Oxford Heaterz Sport grips (relay installed)
Rim locks & balanced wheels
BRP rubber mounted stabilizer mount with pin (stabilizer not included)
Seat Concepts foam & cover
Touratech rear rack
Wings exhaust (not on bike)
EVO 1 airbox cover (not on bike)
Cleanspeed Engineering rear brake lever
Touratech large brake pedal pad
Euro-style taillight with license plate light & Sicass Racing turn signals
KTM large kickstand foot
Shortened kickstand
KTM quick release bag (not on bike)
Removed smog & bypasses switches
Kickstand switch bypassed
VIbranator bar dampers
14/45 gearing (stock 15 not on bike)
KTM radiator guards
Bullet Proof Designs swingarm guard (final prototype)
US fuel MAP +3% loaded
KTM windscreen
KTM hourmeter
MAP switch moved to front of bike (stock is under seat)
Adventure Spec clutch case guard (stator guard not installed)
Rally Raid fuel filler

Asking $8500.

Cheers,

Nice rides! Your 690 should sell easily. You don't see very many for sale. It seems like they would be an awesome DS.

Savage wrote:Nice rides! Your 690 should sell easily. You don't see very many for sale. It seems like they would be an awesome DS.

In my opinion (and you know what that's worth), the KTM 690 is one of the very best dualsport compromises available. All dualsport motorcycles are a compromise between comfort on the longer miles and trail-worthiness. Hix has this 690 setup AMAZING. He has it lowered a bit, and while I don't normally mind the tall machines, I might just leave it lowered--it felt so good. I rode it for a few miles out in CO and felt like I could have just kept going for 300 miles and hit some serious rough stuff along the way.

MoRidin and I recently returned from our week riding the COBDR. I rode my BMW F800GS and he was on his BMW 650 X-Country. We both felt the KTM 690 would be the perfect weapon for that attack.

Of course you can pick up 2 KLR's and some gas for the price of a KTM 690.

Congrats on the new 350! I know I love mine.

I will echo what everyone else has said about the 690- I would love to have one, but they are a bit out of my price range for a DS bike. That being said, if you want to trade yours straight up for my 990, the offer is out there.

GLWS

First of all congrats on the new bike!!! In a way I'm glad you didn't post the info on your 690 sooner as I would probably have been the third person in line to buy the bike, I brought home a new one two weeks ago.

I also have a 350XCFW, it is an awesome trail and hare scramble machine. I have thought about buying a Sicass Racing dual sport kit for the bike and using it for occasional dual sport rides and I still might do that. If you get a Rekluse the install is easy, external adjustments via the slave cylinder device is amazingingly simple. My biggest concern is that the maintenance requirements such as recommended oil changes are rather frequent for the 350XCFW which might be a problem on longer trips such as the COBDR, TAT, etc, hence my reasoning for buying a 690.

How well did you like the superplush suspension set-up and the lowering kit? I had TBT suspension in Springfield MO revalve the forks on my 350 to handle rocks better. Terry did a great job on my forks and he has a good reputation amongst the Hill Billy Gran Prix (Winter Hare Scramble Association that primarily runs in the ozarks of southern MO) crowd. I'm going to ask him what kind of price will be needed to revalve and possibly lower my 690 as well. Never hurts to do a little comparison shopping IMHO.

If you decide to sell the BRP rubber mount separately shoot me an e-mail wolvesmo@iland.net

Ed M wrote:First of all congrats on the new bike!!! In a way I'm glad you didn't post the info on your 690 sooner as I would probably have been the third person in line to buy the bike, I brought home a new one two weeks ago.

I also have a 350XCFW, it is an awesome trail and hare scramble machine. I have thought about buying a Sicass Racing dual sport kit for the bike and using it for occasional dual sport rides and I still might do that. If you get a Rekluse the install is easy, external adjustments via the slave cylinder device is amazingingly simple. My biggest concern is that the maintenance requirements such as recommended oil changes are rather frequent for the 350XCFW which might be a problem on longer trips such as the COBDR, TAT, etc, hence my reasoning for buying a 690.

How well did you like the superplush suspension set-up and the lowering kit? I had TBT suspension in Springfield MO revalve the forks on my 350 to handle rocks better. Terry did a great job on my forks and he has a good reputation amongst the Hill Billy Gran Prix (Winter Hare Scramble Association that primarily runs in the ozarks of southern MO) crowd. I'm going to ask him what kind of price will be needed to revalve and possibly lower my 690 as well. Never hurts to do a little comparison shopping IMHO.

If you decide to sell the BRP rubber mount separately shoot me an e-mail wolvesmo@iland.net

Superplush did a very good job in matching the ride to my needs. I only removed a bit of high speed compression on the shock and it was good. Their lowering was even & feels like the bike came that way.

Rekluse & LHRB is on the way for the 350. I had a 250 XCF-W that was bored out to a 320 and I would not have been afraid to go 1000 miles between oil changes even with some 70 mph jaunts on pavement.

I ordered the EE brake light switch (the taillight already has the dual filament), a Trail Tech X-2 DS headlight, a bicycle mirror, and a cheapo horn to get by on the road.

Thanks,