I have just about got my break in miles on her for her first service and thought I would update this thread with some thoughts.
The U.S. version of this bike gets larger turn signals with incandescent bulbs while the rest of the free world gets LED smaller signals. It's kind of somewhere on my wish list later on down the road. Here's a link to the parts to replace them in a kit with the proper resistor.
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loginThe horn is very anorexic, I meant to the point of being silly and I need to address this sooner rather than later.
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login The stock panniers that come with it are really a bad design on several fronts. They open from the side which leads to your gear dumping out. Probably just a preference of mine but I prefer a top opening pannier. The locking system is keyed to the bike which is nice but it's super tough to get them to work properly. A lot of pushing and shoving to get them to close properly. I've read that a shot of silicone on the lock helps. When you use the key I can't seem to find the secret handshake to get the lock to open consistently. It's hit or miss.
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loginThey do have grab handles on the plastic ends that are very convenient.
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loginThe outer skin is very fragile. Here's a pic of when I swung my leg over the bike my boot lightly touched the skin and promptly left a ding in it. Argh! I will be selling these soon and replacing them with something more robust.
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loginThere's the SAS canisters tucked up under the seat where the tool roll would normally go. Many folks just removed them and routed lines to the ground. I thought about it but I'm going to leave them on till the warranty expires. I don't want to give KTM a reason to pushback on a warranty claim. So I have some ideas for carrying the tools I'll share later on down the road when I get to it.
A few minor issues that need attention with I take it in for the first service. I'll have them address the pannier issue. There's a 12V cig adapter on the dash and the cover won't stay seated, it pops open 30 seconds into the ride. I tried bending the tabs on it to no avail. There a clunk in the front end only riding in comfort mode and going over speed bumps. There's a thread on ADV called "The Clunk Gremlin" where others have had this issue and it seems that many are having to beat on KTM to fix it.
http://advrider.com/index.php?threads/the-clunk-gremlin.1091715/