My first long trip on my new KTM 390 Adventure & I met with an accident

I tried to regain control of my motorcycle but couldn't & went sliding down the road with a truck behind me.

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4 days after I got my bike I went on a ride from Bhubaneswar to Gaya. Some good and bad things happened.

The Good

Completed my first long-distance ride of 770 Kms. I took the Bhubaneswar-Baripada-Jamshedpur-Hazaribagh-Gaya route.

On day 1, I reached Baripada and rested there for the day at a friend's house. Next day rode from Baripada till Gaya which means another first for me: 500Km in a day ride (almost). A good start to my touring journey, if I say so myself.

The bike was only 4 days out of the showroom when I started and it performed very reliably. Although the service due light and warning came up on the dash with only 150 kms on ODO. Talked to my SA and he said I can continue on my ride and if it breaks down RSA will be there (which sounded kind of dumb to me).

Throughout the ride, I felt the engine getting more refined or maybe it was just me getting used to the vibes. I will get the first service done soon at Gaya itself as I just cannot see the engine oil in the watch glass (or peek glass?).

The Bad

On day 1, I noticed that the up button of the display control doesn't work which I missed during the PDI. I guess QC is a gripe with all manufacturers.

Then on day 2, I was happily cruising at about 70Kmph at 5:30 PM, I wanted to change the lane to overtake a truck. I could see that there was a slight raise like there usually is between the lanes, so I braced myself for that slight change.

Turns out it was not just a slight raise, instead, it was a full 2-inch gap between the lanes and mind you it's the famous GRAND TRUNK road. My front tire went in it and I struggled to get out of it for maybe 5 sec and then, BAM. Went sliding on the road. A truck was behind me but there was enough distance for him to stop safely.

Got up, checked myself and only had a scratch on my right knee. Riding gear did its job well. Checked the bike, and it had a broken right knuckle guard, right mirror and a twisted rear brake lever. No scratches on the body though. So got up and continued the ride and reached my destination around 8PM, the whole time thinking how it could have been a perfect first ride but didn't happen.

No problem, the return journey will be a perfect second ride.

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