The importance of checking your bike before every journey!

[ukpizza73]

So this morning I was about to take the bike out for one last run before the winter set's in and it's another six months before I can drag the bike out again. One glancing look down the lefthand side of the forks soon put a stop to that idea. One bolt missing and another halfway out from the cockpit housing securing points and on the righthand side one bolt missing. And then a quick look at the the top of the forks revealed one bolt missing from the lefthand side of the top clamp. Not what you would expect from a bike that has only been on the road less than ten months and has only covered just a little over 7,000k. Back to the dealership I think. I have probably done about a 1,000k on some gravel roads but I still wouldn't have expected this to happen.

Tell me what you think, the dealership said that the bolts really should be checked every 5,000k. This is my third bike and it's the first I've been told that I should check the tightness of the blots that hold the bike together every 5,000k.

The bike is a 2016 KTM 1190 Adventure R