2014 clip compilation

The flu still has me beat, but I put together a collection of clips from last year.

The Rolling Hobo

You rarely find sites as good as Hobo's is and it's 99% 690 Enduro related. The Rolling Hobo is a Finnish guy who apparently is great at stylish website design, taking photos and doing travel reports. I've been coming back to his site more and more lately and I've realized that he is about a year or two ahead of me in doing stuff I'm just only recently getting ideas about. 

Recommended reading at rollinghobo.com

Adventurizing the KTM 690 Enduro R

Eastern Dirt 14

2016 KTM 690 Enduro R?

This spyshot appeared recently at Visordown.com. From what I can see there are a few changes compared to the current model.

• There now seems to be a tubular rear frame
• The exhaust is on the right side
• the exhaust now runs under the bike (don't like that)
• the fuel tank location is a bit of mystery, but it certainly is not the same as before
• engine is now a part of the frame

If it's going to be significantly lighter, that's one thing, but from what I can see from the pic there isn't a whole lot that would justify trading the current one for the -16 model.

Winter projects 1 - battery charger plug and status indicator

Comfort Indicator Eyelet as it is called by CTEK

I've installed the CTEK battery charging plug with LED charge indicator lights to my last four bikes. It's really handy during the winter as you can charge the battery (and see the battery status) without the need to remove the seat or dig out the battery terminals. On the 690 the battery is easily accessible, but on my 696 Ducati Monster for example you needed to lift off the fuel tank to access the battery. Yes, really. I also had some regulator issues on my previous (Yamaha Tenere) bike so I mounted the plug on the dash to be able to see if I the regulator was working properly. It once saved my but, as I was able to react in time when the light went from green to orange while riding.

2015 KTM 690 Enduro R

2015 KTM Enduro R [21.11.2014]

It seems that KTM has updated their product page about the 2015 KTM Enduro R. Only thing that seems to have changed is the year on the title. To my eye the 2014 and 2015 bikes look identical. In fact even the file name on the picture is exactly the same. Surely something must have changed?

2014 KTM Enduro R