KTM Superduke 990

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Anyone have one of these and can comment on reliability and how much fun they are? Looking at a 2006 with 15k miles on it.

Thanks,

Mark

[dern]

Ok, cheers.

Mark

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Sounds undramatic in a good way.

Are they fun to ride?

Cheers,

Mark

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Biker's Nemesis said:

dern said:

Ok, cheers.

Mark

I thought you were called Dern.


John.

Some people call me Maurice.

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Good to hear that again, top tune.

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y2blade said:

dern said:

Anyone have one of these and can comment on reliability and how much fun they are? Looking at a 2006 with 15k miles on it.

Thanks,

Mark

Following with interest.

Not entirely convinced about the GS. Good bike for distance and commuting, good handling, very easy to ride but slightly dull and the engine feels like it's from a different age (not in a good way). An acquired taste and I'm not sure I'm acquiring it.

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y2blade said:

He rides this.......

What is it?

BTW, don't google for naked muscle bikes at work. Glad I'm already working my notice

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Off to test ride one on friday. Bike wasn't ready to take out today and friday is first day I can get in. Been given a good trade in price on the gs and it's not much to change. Looking forward to it.

Also sat on an mt-09 which looked like it would fit the bill although is more as is new. Really lovely little thing but little is right... it's tiny. I felt like I was on the wife's pushbike. I know the gs is huge but the superduke fits me much better.

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I've just got an insurance quote for one of these things for 5000 miles including commuting (3 miles each way btw) fully comp... £105 incl legal. Is there something I'm missing? This is a fun bike, right?

[dern]

Getting old

The barber offered to trim my eyebrows recently... fk me

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Bought it.



Will pick it up in 2 weeks subject to my BMW getting an mot which it will.

Very different to the BMW obviously but half way between that and the R1. Was a bit odd actually have to put some effort in to turning the bike but I'm sure I'll get used to it as quickly as I did the big beemer.

Engine is lovely. Fuelling is slightly snatchy at low rpm and low throttle openings but it's better than the gs. Everywhere else it's lovely and pulls really well. Sounds nice on standard cans too. Gearbox is really nice.

Really comfy although feels more compact than the bmw. I felt a bit on top of the bars initially but within a couple of miles all felt good. Oddly it felt a lot better at quick dual-c speeds that the bmw. Although there's no screen there's also no buffeting.

Couldn't care less about the tank range.

Should be a lot of fun I think.

Cheers,

Mark

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Cheers.

As far as I know it's had akras on and the put back for trade in and the pipes ebay'd... you never know. Rides fine though.

It's the 2005/6 model with the orange clocks but on a 2007 plate.

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bimsb6 said:

Get it remapped back to standard , they have been known to catch fire if left with the akro map left on .

Catch fire?

Anyway, I didn't mean that I knew it has had akros on, I said as far as I know it could have had them on. Just like any bike you don't know what's been removed prior to sale. It could also have been left standard. Don't know.

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Justin S said:

Did he offer to take your hearing aids out too, to trim your ear hair ?

You're a funny man Justin.

Get back to work.

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Justin S said:

Someones got to be at work. Beer next week? The usual?

Definitely. Catch up with you after the weekend.

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BMW passed the mot so was able to trade it straight in against the KTM and went for a the 50 mile version of the way home (rather than the 2 mile direct route). Bit of rain but nothing too bad. That's the most fun I've ever had on two wheels, really happy with it. So happy I had to buy a new lid.

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Christ I love this bike, it's an absolute riot. Should have got one ages ago, it's not like they weren't recommended to me.

Like a 600 with a big grunty engine and so much more slingable that a bent over sports bike. Really confidence inspiring, makes all the right noises. Very pleased with it.

80 to fuel light on on the open road. 60 to light on on my commute which is through town but even town riding on this things is a massive laugh.

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y2blade said:

I was right with you until that bit.....that honestly would drive me nuts, I've had a couple of bikes with sub 80mile tank range, didn't keep either very long

I know what you mean but my commute is now down to 3 miles each way so most of the use mileage wise is just going out for a blast and 80 miles is fine for that. It would get really annoying for long trips or a long commute I imagine.

There's also the matter of not knowing what map I'm running. I've just ordered a tuneecu cable to check. When I had a good look over it a couple of weeks ago I found the silencers weren't fitted correctly which suggests that they were refitted after some after market silencers were removed before trading it in. It may still have the old map on as was suggested earlier in this thread and that may help the mpg... possibly. I lot of it though is the fact that the drive on it out of corners is addictive as is the noise on the overrun.

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bimsb6 said:

dern said:

Catch fire?

Anyway, I didn't mean that I knew it has had akros on, I said as far as I know it could have had them on. Just like any bike you don't know what's been removed prior to sale. It could also have been left standard. Don't know.

Worth finding out , ring previous owner from log book details? The catching fire bit we were told by either our local ktm dealer ( the ktm centre hemel ) or a friend who works for ktm uk , we can't remember which , i think it relates to overfuelling

Just thought I'd follow this up... I got a coy of tuneecu and a cable and checked out the map and it did have an akra map installed. I replaced that with the original map which was simplicity itself and the bike runs way better. I loved it before but now it's much smoother and even nicer to ride.

Cheers.