ktm 690 maiden voyage thirsk north yorkshire to durness scotland, by road and trail

[BENNER]

Good luck,
Hoping to get a 690 soon myself.

[.fraser.]

I past you today, your were heading south towards Tyndrum on the A82 at Loch Tulla just about to ride into that heavy rain!

[cocker]

do i have to resize pics taken on i phone ??

[johnnyboxer]

How did you get on

[cocker]

got on really good jb its a good bike, on road and off road, i got good fuel range and good mpg, and you can ride it a long way, when i came back i road from applecross to thirsk in one go with no stops except to fuel up, i rode from applecross to loch carren i filled up there, filled up at the green wellie and filled up at somewhere on the motorway just north of carlisle, it cost me £28 to get from applecross to thirsk, doing mostly 70mph all the way.
didn't have np problem with fatigue anymore than id have on most other bikes, on the Scottish highland roads, it appeared to me that i could outride most sports bike riders, i thought this bike had good acelaretion and good torque, and the bumps and potholes didn't matter, i took it of road up a few trails nothing technical and it was great, after coming off a 1200 gsa it feels like a bmx to me, and for me that made it better on the road ithought it felt light and nimble, remember i had a load of gear on the back too, too much stuff, but i took all of that so i would be able too see if i could get enough gear on it for two weeks roughing it and camping if i wanted too for europe trips, i couldn't even feel that pack on that back, and i did 1100 miles on and off road with it, and it never moved one bit at all, or never got burned, i just packed it right and strapped it down right, the tyres what its got on never let me down one single bit, it rained all off the time it rained day and night, i saw oil and diesel spillages on the roads, and loose gravel and those tyres never slipped once on me, I've got loads of pics but i have to resize them i think ???? i have problems getting pics on here i have i phone and mac book i always have problems getting pics on here ??

[cocker]

hi frazer sorry we didn't meet up at tyndrum, there was so many bikes on the road that day and i was heading for home (thumbs)

[johnnyboxer]

Sounds great Cocker (thumbs)

[cocker]

on the way back i was getting 130 miles between fill ups red light was coming on at 130 + ish

[cocker]

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