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6 Sep 2015
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I just did my air filter today after returning from western New South Wales ....1500 kms of dirt riding ...nothing got past the main filter....the snorkel socks had everything from pebbles , bugs, dirt etc .the secondary filter was discoloured slightly and the main filter was like new... I'm convinced the key is the uni filter 3 stage system, and grease the filter sealing points........one weak point is the uni filter socks are not lasting.. I am replacing them regularly..still a small price to pay for the effectiveness of them....
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20 Aug 2016
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to KTM or not to KTM?
If you ride your KTM in a controlled environment in Austria then maybe KTM. If not Nooooooo! The KTM Adventure series has some serious design flaws. Remember their so called Dakar dirt series bikes are cute providing you have a chase team. However when you market a bike able to tour in all terrain or off road environments they should have been tested for those conditions keeping in mine available fuel's and the absence of QUALIFIED TECH SUPPORT. I do not recommend a KTM adventure bike more then 100 miles from the factory in Austria!!!
Back to KLR 650's (dependable and off road proven!!!)
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Freiheitenwelt
Hi there,
I am on a RTW with a 2013 KTM 1190 Adv R.
I drove to a lot of desert areas at the beginning of my trip. At round about 12000 Kilometers I had huge problems to get the bike started. The original paper filter isnt't good for sand and dust..
I gould just get it started with some preheading and assistance of cars... Was a pain in the as and even the KTM dealer in Chile couldn't find a solution. At the end they checked the valves and this solved the problems.
Now at round about 25000 Kilometer I am getting the same problem again. One theory is, that all the dust in the airbox closes the valves by time - so the bike starts not so easy...
The Unifilter should fix this issue - I am still waiting for it...
Greetings Martin
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I just read on Facebook that Martins KTM is have major, perhaps, terminal problems. Don't know if its air filter related though.
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