MILEAGE:
121.271 km or 75354 mi
Date: October 2021
After this high mileage, some serious signs of wear were found during the obligate maintenance work. It looks like the 690ty-high performance engine is slowly reaching the end of its lifetime. 🤔
Category: KTM 690 Enduro
PICTURES MAINTENANCE 101000 KM
MILEAGE:
101.255 km or 62.900 mi
Date: October/November 2020
With October 2020 my black beauty Чернотa did the job and crushed the 100.000km / or 60.000mi mark. Now the time has come for some serious maintenance work after such a mileage. This is the report about that milestone-maintenance, which my trusty 690ty received …
KTM 690 ENDURO – 100.000 km / 60.000 mi without a breakdown!
“TRIBUTE TO AN UNDERESTIMATED THUMPER”
It’s done: My black beauty Чернота crushed the 100.000 km or 60.000 mi mark!
Back in 2014, when I first informed myself about the 690ty, I learned two things: The 690ty is 1.) a unicorn and 2.) it’s very unreliable. I can’t confirm this. My black beauty Чернота proofed the opposite … .
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PICTURES MAINTENANCE 80000KM
MILEAGE: 80083km or 49700mi
Date: 25th October 2019
October 2019 – After doing more than 20000km last motorcycle season with my black beauty the ODO showed 80000km or 49700mi. So it was time for a big maintenance check …
THE PACKING LIST
When I started my first adventure trip to the north cape back ago in the year 2012 my former bike was looking like a low loader.
It was packed to the top like a fully equipped, so called nowadays “Adventure-Bike”, right out of a Bavarian advertising catalogue, with loads of stuff, which hasn’t been used once during three weeks of travelling. After a second-long distance trip (with even larger alloy side boxes) I was fed up with heaving around such a mass of weight through the mountains of Greece, Montenegro and Albania …
TOOLS AND SPARES
Being out in remote areas always contains the possibility of a motorcycle breakdown without the possibility of getting Quick foreign help. Therefore, it is recommended to have an assorted set of tools and spare parts stowed in the luggage to help yourself.
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PICTURES MAINTENANCE 60000KM
MILEAGE: 60320km or 37481mi
Date: 10th March 2019
It’s march: The temperatures are gaining and the odo shows in the meanwhile 60320km or 37481mi. So another big maintenance work was necessary. On last Sunday I used my spare time for a big check of Чернотa.
PICTURES MAINTENANCE 40000KM
MILEAGE: 39755km or 24702mi
Date: 17th September 2017
With nearly 40000km or 24800mi I did a big maintenance check to Чернотa. I was really curious about it due to the sparks plugs. They have been used for the double recommended mileage!
PICTURES MAINTENANCE 27000KM
MILEAGE: 27.559km or 17124mi
Date: 25 May 2017
With 27500km or 17100mi on the clock i did this maintenance just before the Project Carpathian Balkan trip. Due to my own clumsiness, I nearly had to postpone the trip … .
MODIFICATIONS KTM 690 ENDURO
A SUMMARY OF ALL THE MODIFICATIONS DONE TO MY KTM 690 ENDURO R
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MAINTENANCE LIST KTM 690 ENDURO
A LIST WITH ALL THE NECESSARY REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE WORK DONE TO MY KTM 690 ENDURO R
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