[A350XWB]

Originally Posted by MiSiMa

I just got a call from my service centre, that there has been a recall for 390 adv (2022 model), to change the clutch disk.
Anyone else got any similar call? I got my bike around sept 2022.
What work is being done?
Regards,
MiSiMa

Mine is October 2022 model and have not received any communication regarding a re-call. Will check with the service centre.

[harry_1732]

I got the Clutch Switch changed in warranty as there have been some case of some of the bikes not starting in gear owing to this faulty switch. Although I never had to face this but this was changed by service centre diring 2nd service of my bike. Even, I did not get any calls to get it replaced and it was told to me while my bike was there was scheduled service.


I have a big and important query, my bike has failed to cross 9000 rpm in 6th gear despite several attempts in last 2 months with top speeds rangind between 162-167 at that rpm owing to wind speed and fuel weight etc. I want to know if there is any rpm limiter at 9000 rpm which I need to get removed so that it can red line at 10k rpm and beyond.

[VijayAnand1]

Originally Posted by harry_1732

I got the Clutch Switch changed in warranty as there have been some case of some of the bikes not starting in gear owing to this faulty switch. Although I never had to face this but this was changed by service centre diring 2nd service of my bike. Even, I did not get any calls to get it replaced and it was told to me while my bike was there was scheduled service.


I have a big and important query, my bike has failed to cross 9000 rpm in 6th gear despite several attempts in last 2 months with top speeds rangind between 162-167 at that rpm owing to wind speed and fuel weight etc. I want to know if there is any rpm limiter at 9000 rpm which I need to get removed so that it can red line at 10k rpm and beyond.

Right, if your bike is new, the RPM lock release coincide with the subsequent servicing. By third service, mostly, the RPM lock is fully released and hence the bike can sprint faster. This is primarily done to keep the engine under optimum running conditions for a proper bed in, per manufacturer.

Fun fact is, you can unlock the speed limit yourself, in a couple of mins.

Cheers!
VJ

[TheHelix0202]

After a trail ride wherein I felt the need to slap on some raisers (or risers), I rode straight down to Htrz Modz, yesterday afternoon.

Called them before visiting, yet it took them a good while just to go fetch it and then prepare to fix it. Here's the observations I had, review of the Carbon Racing units (2 inchers) themselves will come later. Paid 2,750 bucks + 500 (fitting charge, what a joke).









Pros:

+ Manager, one Mr. Ramesh, keeps a vigilant eye on the proceedings.

+ They do cover the tank and instrument cluster with a piece of leather and microfiber (although extremely dirty) before working on any bike.

+ Each customer's bike is queued.

+ Seemingly decent job done, time will tell.

Cons:

- Customer interaction could be bettered, it isn't upto the mark. Asked the chap working on my bike where the old handlebar mounts were, as he'd discarded them in some tray and almost with a smirk, said "I'll give, wait". If the workshop floor was more organized and simple matters like returning old parts was taken care of more fluidly, the customer would have less mental friction. They did tape up the stuff in a box and leave it on the bike when I went back to the main store (2 buildings away) to pay though, so that elicits kind of an Okay in my books.

- Seating is limited, no helmet racks in the waiting area (which is a couple feet away from the bikes being worked upon, which with all the blazing lights and sounds, is a poor cost cutting measure). This leads to people using your gear as an armrest or buttrest.

- Product and Installation charges are a bit steep. No discounts either.

- The way some of the workers revved the bikes unnecessarily (as was the case with the brand new CB300R in the picture above who'd dropped in to get crash bars and fog lights fitted) was irritating and painful to watch. Do keep an active eye on them.

Overall, a decent place to visit to get stuff done. 7/10.

Attaching a picture from the trails -

[Kakashi91]

I got my bike serviced recently at the Sai Service station at Wagholi, Pune. I've been a frequent visitor to this place. I had mentioned to them about the issues that I've been facing with the bike since a long time:

1. The handlebar seems biased towards the right when I'm riding the bike in a straight line. Earlier they had mentioned it could be because of worn out tires which I recently replaced. So, that root cause is now eliminated.

2. The bike stalls abruptly when I downshift from 3rd to 2nd gear, with clutch lever still fully pressed.

After the service, to my utter surprise (or maybe not!), the issues were still prevalent. They had changed the clutch switch, at a cost, and the stalling issue was still present.

Regarding the handlebar issue, it is slightly better, but still biased towards the right.

I'm tired of the frequent visits to their workshop with them not providing a resolution. I've raised a complaint on their KTM app, but only got an automatic reply asking me to visit the workshop. The bike is currently at their workshop with no follow-up from their side yet.

Do you have any good recommendations on a different service station in Pune?

[TheHelix0202]

Originally Posted by Kakashi91

1. The handlebar seems biased towards the right when I'm riding the bike in a straight line. Earlier they had mentioned it could be because of worn out tires which I recently replaced. So, that root cause is now eliminated.

2. The bike stalls abruptly when I downshift from 3rd to 2nd gear, with clutch lever still fully pressed.

1. Ask them to check the mounting brackets, or take it to a better FNG. The KTM ASC experience is really cr@ppy.

2. Same thing's been happening to me for a couple weeks now. On a new bike nonetheless. Asked them to check it, but they simply fumbled about with some QS diagnostic and now THAT works properly, for whatever reason. But the stalling issue happened once again. I went to get some handlebar raisers two days ago though, as mentioned in my post right above yours, and I haven't ridden the bike much after that, but it hasn't stalled yet. No idea what's happening. Maybe it's the clutch cable mechanism.

[TheHelix0202]

Originally Posted by Kakashi91

2. The bike stalls abruptly when I downshift from 3rd to 2nd gear, with clutch lever still fully pressed.

After the service, to my utter surprise (or maybe not!), the issues were still prevalent. They had changed the clutch switch, at a cost, and the stalling issue was still present.

https://www.team-bhp.com/forum/motor...nshifting.html (Dominar 400 stalls when downshifting)

Go through this thread, I'm in the same boat as you.

[rb2399]

3 years,70K KMs later the fun continues

A fuss-free ownership till date and I hope it remains that way!

Maybe she's the only bike that one needs for our riding conditions

Here's a photo before it all started !

And this is where things are as of now !

In other news, I used Addinol (https://addinol.de/products/product-...0w-40/?lang=en) during most recent service and the oil seems to be very good (at least during first few thousand KMs that I've done after the oil change. If supply is not an issue, maybe I'll stick to this one)

[Karthik Mathur]

Hello,

Any review about Zedling suspension? While I am reasonably happy with the stock suspension, it works much better on higher speeds than low speeds. So while I don't feel any bump on the road while I'm going at 90-100, the comfort is certainly not the best at low speeds.

While I am able to flat foot both my feet while sitting on the middle of the seat, I wonder if there is an advantage to reduce the seat height (which is another type of Zedling suspension) when it comes to offroading. You do lose out on half an inch of suspension travel and a reduction in GC (not sure of the quantum).

[parrys]

So, my bike just completed 3 years and crossed the 22,000 km mark.
Got a major service done and also changed my tyres.

At the moment, I felt that 25k for Metzeler's were a bit too much, so got the Maxxis Maxxplore, the set cost me INR 8k with fitting.



The detailed service report is attached below, it cost me INR 6820. I have purchased an AMC with the KTM service centre, hence the discounts.

Labour_107345241_Invoice.pdf

Part_107345241_Invoice.pdf

[SaintAdventure]

Hello everyone. This is my first post here after lurking for a while, so I'll be rambling for a bit. Please be gentle.

I recently booked a KTM Adventure 390 in Mumbai. The whole process of selecting and deciding which bike to buy, the bike which will be the first big purchase I make with my own money, took two years. And funnily enough, I started at 390 Adventure, and after two years of study and research, came back to the 390 Adventure.

It is also intimately connected to why I want a motorcycle in the first place. The origin is actually quite childish. I am a kid from a middle class family, and I lived in the Tier 2-3 City of Bhilai. There, in class 10th, I studied in DPS. After the 10th class exam, I scored really well, and got myself an entire series of books. But as summer vacation ended, so many of my classmates got bikes. From CBR 250R to Pulsar 220, 200 and 180s. In retrospect, it was maybe kinda stupid to give such children bikes like this, but I was a kid at the time. I knew why I shouldn't have a bike, bu t the teenage mind doesn't have enough control to put prudent decisions over stupid ones. I wanted a bike, because it was cool, all the rich kids had them and I had watched Dhoom.

Well, I got into this really prestigious coaching place, which was about 7 KM away from my home. I saw that as my opportunity to push to get myself a decent bike I could like, say an Apache 160 or a Pulsar 150. But no matter what I reasoned, my dad wouldn't budge. I could get a scooter, or nothing at all. Well, I was his son. I declared I'd rather have nothing if not a bike, and cycled 12 KM everyday instead. I swore I would get myself a bike I wanted, and not one I needed when I started earning money, which at the time was a Ninja.

Fast forward 8 years, I have a job, and I can definitely afford the down payment and EMI of the kind of bikes I dreamt of. But somewhere between all the growing up, getting a job and the heartbreak in between, I had forgotten about the bike. But a chance conversation with a senior at my workplace who is a Harley enthusiast brought back all the forgotten dreams with a vengeance. The night of that day I was actually unable to sleep.

But in all those years, I had also gained a lot of maturity. So, I decided that I'd not be one of the stupid kids I see all the time. Instead I would give this matter the seriousness it deserved, and think on it properly. There started my study.

I started at the point of my childhood, which is sports bikes. My options were the Ninja 300, RC 390 and Apache RR 310. My pride would not let me get anything below a 300cc Liquid cooled bike, because I wanted to get something better than the CBR 250R for sure, since that was the old monster I defined as the bike you want, and not need, in my mind.

Quickly, I had to eliminate the RC 390, for I knew I wouldn't be able to tour on it, and then the Ninja 300 because of its value proposition and abysmal service presence. And hence I landed on the Apache RR 310.



Per my assessment, it was fast enough, loaded with enough tech to embarrass the RC and Ninja and could tour. And as a bonus, it was a TVS, so servicing would be easier. I took a test drive of the bike, and it was quite easy and comfortable to ride. I didn't notice that the ride didn't excite me much. I had it almost decided. But before I bought the bike, I discussed this with my dad, because I had grown enough to understand that denying a vehicle to a 15 year old had been the right decision, especially since some of my batchmates had ended up dead riding around with no gear and at dangerous speeds in inner streets.

HE told me he was ok with me buying the bike, but just to consider whether I would be able to do everything that I might need with the bike, and whether it could accommodate another person if I so wanted. Well, that derailed the few months of planning I had been doing, since he was right. A chance meeting with a friend who owned the Apache also let me know that servicing of the RR 310 was actually quite a pain.

Well, there I was, back to square zero. Time to get back into it. And that's how I discovered adventure bikes. Went into the whole history of it, from the R80 to the R1250 today, and realised they were a perfect fit for what I wanted to do. I also realised that I also had significant options in my own country.

As I mentioned, the bike I first came upon was the Adventure 390. Somehow I learned about the Himalyan after the KTM, which was quite weird since I had seen the Himalyan in the streets. But I started with te KTM, all excited and bright eyed, but the reviews kinda ruined it for me, since they were all about how it wasn't comfortable and how it had compromised offroad capability. Nevermind that I didn't know if I even wanted to do offroading yet, and if so, how much would I want to do. In my mind, an adventure bike should have adventure capability dammit, nevermind the rider not having those capabilities. That, and after coming to Mumbai, I learned that apparently riding a KTM was the favourite past-time of idiots in Mumbai apparently.

Then came the Himalyan, and it seemed a pretty good option on paper except for two things. It was the oldest engine in the RE lineup after the introduction in the J series and the twins, and that it was also the most unrefiined. I was also getting haunted by the ghost of CBR 250 R past, which was frowning at me getting such a heavy and under-powered bike. Also, the test ride left me thoroughly unimpreessed. I knew it was a competent and proven bike, but my heart wasn't in it. There goes another competitor.



Enter the BMW G310 GS. It looks beautiful. It's a BMW, and though I scoff at brand loyalty as bullshit, I'm still in awe at the creators of adventure motorcycling. Hre's the heir to creators of this tradition. And while the BS 4 GS 310 had it's issues, the new one had fixed them all. It was super comfortable, it had all the necessary bits and nothing extra. The most important thing was that I truly enjoyed riding the bike. It felt like riding a big bike. I still remember that during the test drive, a person riding the FZ 15 had his ego hurt and revved and raced ahead of me, but the GS caught up and went ahead of the FZ like an adult walks in front of a running child, without effort.



Pros:
- The 313 CC engine with 34 PS of power which was on the Apache
- Super Comfortable
- All the necessary bits were plush
- All LED parts, many from the F900 XR
- Capable of touring forever
- Acceptable Mileage (I'm a middle class Indian, I can't ignore that!)
- Looks Amazing
- BMW Brand Value (Hurts to accept that it's relevant)

Cons
- The dash reminded me of the Rs 80 Digital Watches from back in the day
- Vibrations at higher RPM in a brand famous for refinement
- Would be slower than my friend's RR 310 (I'm still immature enough for this)
- A casual reading of the spare parts and accessories cost is enough to drain my bank balance
- Servicing is expensive, and service centers are far and few.
- It's a BMW, and apparently I've heard it is common for stuff from luxury brands to get keyed and scratched for no reason, which gave me anxiety before I even visited the showroom.

But as fate will have it, the people in the BMW Motorrad showroom are just not interested in selling a bike, because all I told them was that I just wanted a test ride before I booked it, but they couldn't arrange one in over two months. I had to take one in the Indore BMW showroom when I visited. In the meantime, one of my bosses was also interested in buying a bike, and he got into the GS.

But, having more monetary resources and less to lose, when the Mumbai BMW were uncooperative, he just went to the Pune showroom and got his bike there. This was getting a bit too much, since I started the journey to buying a bike first, but didn't have it, much to the amusement of my colleagues.

While I was agonizing over whether I should visit the showroom in Pune or some other city, a friend of mine joined for his job in Mumbai. I was the one who had gotten him interested into bikes, and he had seemed almost set on buying the scram 411, but I suggested he should also try the Svartpilen. I went with him to the KTM showroom in Mahim. When he came smiling from ear to ear after the test ride, I knew he was sold.

But I had a nagging feeling in my mind. The 390 Adv was the first bike I had thought of in the adventure bike lineup. But I had never test ridden it. Of course, the BMW was the superior bike. It was cheaper, and more plush, so of course I would choose it. 45 PS was anyways too much for me. But I was in the KTM showroom, so might as well take a test ride.

In another reality, I decided not to take the test ride, and went on to buy the BMW. This is not that reality. That test ride drove all notions of logic and practicality from my mind. the seat was wide and comfortable. The power delivery made my heart sing. I was spiderman experiencing the symbiote suit for the first time. And unlike the movie, I had no reason to say no.

It hardly matters, but here's the pros and cons:
Pros:
- The power delivery makes me feel like how I imagined a superbike would feel as a 10 year old.
- The seat is wide and comfortable
- The bike is light and easy to maneuver
- I'm a nerd, and the tech makes me feel giddy
- I like how the bike looks like one of the elite Decepticons in the blue and orange color trim
- It's a KTM, so it's equipped with performance parts to slay all competition. Also, abundant service centres and cheap parts

Cons
- The bragging value is much lower, thanks to idiots who bought KTMs and left their brains at home while riding for the last decade
- While I didn't feel it, the suspension is supposedly a bit too stiff on long journeys
- The mileage will be abysmal
- It is pretty tall, and while I can put both my feet down, I could feel it's just a bit too tall to be okay with on the first ride.
- While I have bought some essential gear ex Helmet, Gloves and knee guards to the extent I can afford, I won't really have money for the rest for a few months.
- It is very very expensive. The 4 Lac+ price hurts.

Of course, the pros more than make up for the cons. TO everyone here, thank you for documenting your experiences. From what I understand, the major flaws in new bikes are these:

- Lack of low end power, which can be fixed by replacin gthe front sprocket with that of the 250 Adv
- Some issue with the quickshifter which causes the bike to stall
- Abnormal engine oil consumption

If there's anything important I'm missing, since I am not sure what else to buy other than the gear, so please let me know. And if theres a list of what PDI I should be doing, I'd be grateful if someone could direct me. I look forward to joining this community.

[SoumenD]

Looks like a KTM 390 adventure in this trailer. Timestamp: 0:50

https://youtu.be/nNjfA8V6xkQ

[allfatherodin]

Originally Posted by TheHelix0202

After a trail ride wherein I felt the need to slap on some raisers (or risers), I rode straight down to Htrz Modz, yesterday afternoon.

Does your bike stall? I've risers installed and it's no joy to ride anymore. Bike stalls and no low end torque. ASC pointed to riders stretching the cable.

Originally Posted by Kakashi91

I'm tired of the frequent visits to their workshop with them not providing a resolution. I've raised a complaint on their KTM app, but only got an automatic reply asking me to visit the workshop. The bike is currently at their workshop with no follow-up from their side yet.

I have risers on mine and stalling issues downshifting. KTM ASC pointed to the risers stretching the clutch cable and HTR modz changing the routing thereby making the cable tight. ASC recommend getting longer cable to remove risers entirely.

[TheHelix0202]

Originally Posted by allfatherodin

Does your bike stall? I've risers installed and it's no joy to ride anymore. Bike stalls and no low end torque. ASC pointed to riders stretching the cable.



I have risers on mine and stalling issues downshifting. KTM ASC pointed to the risers stretching the clutch cable and HTR modz changing the routing thereby making the cable tight. ASC recommend getting longer cable to remove risers entirely.

Didn't the mod guys fix a spare extra length cable? That should solve the issue. Also check for clutch free-play and use the adjustable levers to your advantage.

The stalling-during-downshifting-with-clutch-depressed issue is another thing entirely. It's due to a faulty clutch switch that needs to have a small correction done on it.

[boniver]

Does anyone know how much the hand guards cost, and if only one side can be purchased from KTM instead of a pair? Broke the one on the right side in a freak accident yesterday.