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So was going to go to the bottom with the oil leak on the KTM, for some time it has been spitting a little oil out. Im suspecting the cylinder base gasket but hoping its the oil pressure sensor, so stripped the bike to clean it: As you can see its quite messy: . . . → Read More: KTM 950 Adventure Oil Leak Built a homemade one, did not take that many detailed pictures but did some cardboard mockups: Once I had some size info I had some help from a local company building aluminum trailer with the cutting and bending and welding. First raw form needed some more shaping to fit: Clearance: Getting there: . . . → Read More: KTM 950 Adventure Extra Rear Fuel Tank This season has not contained as much riding as I had hoped and even the hopes and dreams this summer was quite low. But have had to fill oil every other ride and the engine looks messier and messier even the rear wheel looks filthy part is probably chain lube but its to much to . . . → Read More: Checking the oil leak on the KTM 950 Adventure When looking over an oil leak I also went ahead and synced the carbs since its easy when everything is exposed. For syncing the carbs I went penny tech with a wooden board and a hose with some engine oil in it, a more brightly colored oil makes it easier to view the levels but . . . → Read More: KTM 950 Adventure Synchronizing Carburetors Bought some spare parts for the big KTM a while back including a set of extra forks and when the stock forks started leaking I just simply swapped to the spare, finally got around to changing the fork seals in the stock set. The set that I had on the bike did not feel in . . . → Read More: KTM 950 Adventure Fork Swap Tried a few times to use a feeler gauge and clean the seal and it work for a little while before oil started seeping out again. Have a spare set of fork legs so just swapped to them. So they have been standing for some time in the garage and leaked just standing there. Cleaned . . . → Read More: KTM 950 Adventure Fork Seal Replacement First some general talk about crash bars, some might call it unnecessary since the bike didn’t come with it. Well if you use any off-road bike for more serious off road it might protect from some big bills! There is usually several different models available depending on you bike, what to think about: Mounting points? . . . → Read More: Crash Bars Bike has a little over 50 000 kms on the odo and have replaced the water pump once before. But ended up having a flickering oil light, so suspected the water pump, but I did not have really good slurry in the CJ clear clutch cover: But turned back home, tipped it over and . . . → Read More: KTM 950 Adventure Quick Water Pump Change Ordered a cheap dust and waterproof voltmeter on ebay. Seen different ways to mount similar on www.advrider.com but wanted mine to be on the stock dash and since there is no room left I cut an aluminum bracket and riveted it to the top. Its a bit hard to see in sunlight, might try . . . → Read More: KTM 950 Adventure Voltmeter Installation My dad mainly uses my Honda XR400 but he complains about the small tank on it. So he gave me the go ahead on buying a larger one, and went with the Acerbis 5,8 gallon. Since he paid for it I let him open the box once it arrived and the stupid Swedish taxes ~$100 . . . → Read More: XR400 large fuel tank |
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