Hey all, jay from co. kerry in Ireland! Picked up a Superduke at the weekend and sold my Benelli Tornado. Had my eye on a Superduke for a while now and well happy with it. Standard apart from crash bungs, a tank cover, heated grips and handguards. Had a terrible start with it as had a low speed spill sunday due to a crap front tyre. The lad i bought it off had these ancient bloody Pirelli's on it and the front washed out at very low speed. Gonna put an ad in the wanted section soon to see can i get a side panel and clock surround. In the meantime i picked up a new set of Rosso 11's to put on. Looking forward to chatting...great site
Hello from Ireland!
22 posts · Started by jayspillane · 31 Jul 2012
Post 2 by motoronin,
#2Welcome matey, welcome to the crash brotherhood, you're sure to have a fuckload of fun on a machine like this..
Post 3 by Linga,
#3Good on ya mate! First spill done and dusted, nothing to worry about from here on in
Post 4 by jayspillane,
#4Cheers guys! Ya unfortunate but more damage to me than the bike lol! Feckin gravel rash everywhere
Post 5 by motoronin,
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Post 6 by MADDOG53,
#6bout ye
Post 7 by jmann,
#7Nice place Ireland,,,,,has it stopped raining yet
Post 8 by jayspillane,
#8Yup always good to have at least one scratch then you can stop worrying
Welcome aboard and enjoy.
Welcome aboard and enjoy.
Post 9 by websch,
#9No still pissing here at the moment! Worst summer ever! Cheers for the welcomes lads, and i suppose ya, good to get the first scratch out of the way!
Post 10 by Colonel_Klinck,
#10Forum was recommended to me to be very helpfull from another ktm rider . I just bought my first ktm superduke 08 a couple of weeks ago and decided to join up and read more about them , it's my first v twin and am very happy with it so far .
Post 11 by bic_bicknell,
#11Welcome on board dude
Post 12 by BassAgent,
#12Welcome mate. You will love this bike! V twins are the best engine by a long way, have you come from in line fours? If so don't expect turbine smoothness, just enjoy the torque instead. Nearly everything you will want to do or problems you might come up against have been experienced by this forum so there is always an answer for you.
Post 13 by jmann,
#13Hi all.My first post here.Hoping to pick up a 1290 SDR in the coming weeks/months.
Could one of you lucky owners do a new member a favour please?Could you measure the width of the bars as Id be keeping her inhouse:).
Cheers
Could one of you lucky owners do a new member a favour please?Could you measure the width of the bars as Id be keeping her inhouse:).
Cheers
Post 14 by ktmguy,
#14Welcome comrade murphc13: Nice to see a bloke that's got the right idea about where the bike should be. My ex kicked up about it being in the bedroom so I had to get rid of her
Now the bars are 780mm wide but the mirrors are 910 wide with my arrangement. Don't forget though that 780mm is not the smallest door frame you can get a bike through. Every one is different but it is possible to turn the bars through a narrower door frame provided you have plenty of space on both sides of the frame and that the frame is not up against a wall. So if you are lucky you'll be able to get it into the bedroom ...
Welcome aboard and enjoy the madness.
Now the bars are 780mm wide but the mirrors are 910 wide with my arrangement. Don't forget though that 780mm is not the smallest door frame you can get a bike through. Every one is different but it is possible to turn the bars through a narrower door frame provided you have plenty of space on both sides of the frame and that the frame is not up against a wall. So if you are lucky you'll be able to get it into the bedroom ...
Welcome aboard and enjoy the madness.
Post 15 by Bluetrees,
#15Welcome!
Post 16 by ma1290rky,
#16Hello from Connecticut!
Post 17 by websch,
#17Welcome.
Lucky you - keeping your beast in the house. I used to keep my Suzuki GT185 in the dining room years ago and would regularly fill the house with 2 stroke and ride her in and out the front door - the joys of renting are now behind me and now all I'm allowed in the house is a shiny clean bicycle!!
Enjoy your new ride..
Lucky you - keeping your beast in the house. I used to keep my Suzuki GT185 in the dining room years ago and would regularly fill the house with 2 stroke and ride her in and out the front door - the joys of renting are now behind me and now all I'm allowed in the house is a shiny clean bicycle!!
Enjoy your new ride..
Post 18 by Sgt_Bodgers,
#18Hi all, glad to become a member of the club!
My old LC4 supermoto was getting on a bit, so I looked for a change. Was considering a brand new 690 SMC but I stumbled upon a clean 2006 SD990 (2007 plate) with 24,000km and well, here I am.
Standard trim SD with MIVV cans, powerparts seat, R&G sliders and some small bling bits. Water pump built at 20k. After I bought it I've taken out the dB killers, orange anodised levers, evotech tail tidy, oberon slave upgrade, new Dunlop Qualifiers and I'm probably missing other bits. It's not immaculate as I'm more of a ride the piss of it guy than clean and polish every ride guy. I've done my best to clean it for a few pics.
What a machine! I've tried all types of bikes and I think the SD is the perfect cross of sportbike and naked/SM. I can't believe how easy it wheelies
Enough blabber, here she is! I hope links are okay.
Cheers, -Tom
http://imgur.com/a/gM9rB
My old LC4 supermoto was getting on a bit, so I looked for a change. Was considering a brand new 690 SMC but I stumbled upon a clean 2006 SD990 (2007 plate) with 24,000km and well, here I am.
Standard trim SD with MIVV cans, powerparts seat, R&G sliders and some small bling bits. Water pump built at 20k. After I bought it I've taken out the dB killers, orange anodised levers, evotech tail tidy, oberon slave upgrade, new Dunlop Qualifiers and I'm probably missing other bits. It's not immaculate as I'm more of a ride the piss of it guy than clean and polish every ride guy. I've done my best to clean it for a few pics.
What a machine! I've tried all types of bikes and I think the SD is the perfect cross of sportbike and naked/SM. I can't believe how easy it wheelies
Enough blabber, here she is! I hope links are okay.
Cheers, -Tom
http://imgur.com/a/gM9rB
Post 19 by Aphex,
#19Welcome in Tom!
Keep an eye on the brakes, if I recall correctly there are some corrosion issues that can cause them to lock up pretty easily on the 06 model.
Keep an eye on the brakes, if I recall correctly there are some corrosion issues that can cause them to lock up pretty easily on the 06 model.
Post 20 by Sgt_Bodgers,
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Post 21 by jmann,
#21Welcome to the forum comrade.
Post 22 by SPEIRMOOR,
#22Tá fáilte romhat. Thats a clean machine, enjoy the hell out of it.
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