I rode 20 000 km last summer in Russia and Mongolia with a friend. It included some fairly serious terrain such as muddy logging roads of Arkhangelsk, the "110" in Siberia and rocky gullies in Mongolia.
We were riding identically built 690 K13's. "The Hobo edition", if you will. The full story on preparing the bike is here.
The bikes performed very well with issues being limited into leaking fork seals, that were easily cured with a Seal Doctor. My exhaust side rocker arm was spent when I got home. It had 30 000 km on it. During the ride I toasted my clutch in sticky mud that prevented the wheels from spinning. So my fault and a nice experience changing it on a muddy track in the middle of nowhere.
Due to the stories I'd read about problems with the 690, we carried a lot of spare parts. The list will be a whole lot slimmer next time around.
The full ride report is here.
Last edited by The Rolling Hobo; 12 Jan 2015 at 10:56.
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