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Comfortablynu...
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PostPosted: 13:42 - 08 Jun 2007    Post subject: KTM 690 Supermoto Reply with quote
I've heard that these bikes have gearbox problems when using 5th and 6th gear (hitting a false neutral). Can anyone confirm or deny this phenomenon?
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Kiss_My_Rs
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PostPosted: 03:54 - 12 Oct 2007    Post subject: Reply with quote
I test rode one for th best part of an hour and didnt find any problems with the gear box.
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Comfortablynu...
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PostPosted: 07:54 - 13 Oct 2007    Post subject: Reply with quote
Cheers. Maybe I bought a lemon.
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GeorgeCBR
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PostPosted: 22:25 - 14 Oct 2007    Post subject: Reply with quote
Maybe you ARE a lemon.... Kick it harder
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colin1
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PostPosted: 01:27 - 15 Oct 2007    Post subject: Reply with quote
instead of flicking the lever with your toe, keep your ankle rigid, move your whole leg up or down

this will give a bit more oomph to the pressure on the gear lever, so you are less likely to get false neutrals

it could also be worth adjusting your clutch at the lever, so that the cable is pulled more when you pull the lever, take the barrel adjuster on the lever, and unscrew it so that more of it sticks out
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Comfortablynu...
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PostPosted: 19:13 - 15 Oct 2007    Post subject: Reply with quote
GeorgeCBR wrote:
Maybe you ARE a lemon.... Kick it harder


Did it take you nearly two days to think of that reply?
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