“Long time no see!” – Yes, that’s true. Somehow I haven’t gotten around to posting anything on my blog lately, but in the meantime I’ve been able to get a lot done, hence “Episode 4 and 5” in one.
First of all, here’s a list of what I’ve been doing and what I want to write about today
- 890 weight loss cure
- Intake/air in dusty terrain
- Rear recovery belt
- PowerParts seat 63507941000
- Navigation
- DJI Remote Control on the bike – Episode 5
890 weight loss cure
Like any good amateur athlete, I’d rather invest time and money in saving weight on sports equipment than lose weight myself…
Basically, I don’t think I really need to say anything about the fact that every kg on the bike counts, especially off-road. That’s why I set about removing everything unnecessary that I won’t really need and that is easy to achieve, so we’re talking about:
- Passenger footpegs
- mounting rack for the travel system
- Main stand
- Top Case carrier/baggage rack at the rear
- Original battery replaced with a LiPo4
All in all, that should have added just under 6 kg. Replacing the battery alone was a whopping 3kg!!!
One more thing I have to get off my chest… Unfortunately, I no longer had the original screws and bushings that should be used when removing the main stand. No problem – found the parts via the SpareParts Finder KTM and went to the KTM dealer here in Salzburg. So fine, so good – three screws and two bushings can’t be much, can it? Bam… cost a whopping 31 euros… Restructuring/insolvency or not, but I think that’s cheeky…
Intake/air in dusty terrain
I googled endlessly on the subject (btw, “googling” is supposedly a word mostly used by millennials…). Again, it should be clear what I want to achieve or what I want to protect.
Washable oiled air filters are used in motocross in particular. The simple reason for this is that paper air filters, which are used as standard in road-legal cars and motorcycles, do not have the filter effect for dust. This dust sticks to oiled air filters and therefore does not get into the engine. In my career as a car mechanic, I once saw an engine that no longer had any compression due to dust.
Why I had googled so much was mainly because I hadn’t found anything suitable.
There is an air filter set from Touratech (Hauptluftfilter für KTM 890 Adventure / 890 Adventure R / 790 Adventure / 790 Adventure R), but € 80 for an air filter was too much for me and didn’t seem justified.
As a good alternative and very well known in motocross, I then came across the Twin Air 154524P. Same concept, i.e. washable oiled filter in a soft plastic housing, plug’n’play installation – i.e. the same as the Touratech – but with an RRP of only € 35 it is unbeatable in price and really fair! But now I have to find it in Austria… I called Louis (Twin Air representative), three KTM dealers and none of them could organize this filter for me. I didn’t want to order it from Spain – so I finally ended up with Team Mayer Parts from Passau (Twin Air Luftfilter Set Eingeölt – KTM Adventure 790 /R 2019-21 | 890 /R 2021-). Ordering was straightforward and delivery via DHL was quick as usual.
Rear recovery belt
When I removed the rear rack, I realized at the same time that I now have no way of pushing/pulling the bike in the event of an emergency. On “light” enduro bikes, recovery straps are normally fitted at the front and rear. So I started searching online again and couldn’t find anything.
In the end, I bought recovery straps for the EXC models from Amazon (Recovery Straps Amazon) – but now with the problem that I can’t and don’t want to use the screws supplied. The rear part of the frame, where the pannier rack is normally mounted, is now a good place to mount the recovery straps. The eyelets are large enough for the screws used (I think M8), but I was missing bushes.
So I had let drew some bushes and printed them with PETG. I think the result is impressive. Shout-out to my buddy Kevin!!!
For everyone who wants to have the sockets – here is the *.step file – I printed it on 102% scaling, the original was a bit too narrow.
PowerParts seat 63507941000
Quick upgrade – I had read so much about the PowerParts Rally seat (KTM part number 63507941000), JentlFlow raves about it too (https://www.jentlflow.at/ktm-adventure-790r-test-hohe-sitzbank/), I just had to buy it… What can I say, really worth the money. It rides completely differently, especially with the continuous seat – pictures to come.
Navigation
The KTM 890 ADVENTURE R comes with navigation on the dashboard as standard, but only road navigation. So I had to think about how to display the GPX route. Initially, I had installed an old iPad Mini 4 to have a “proof of concept”, so to speak. Unfortunately, not much is being developed for iOS in the off-road sector, at least that’s how it seems to me.
In the end, the solution for me was the Samsung Galaxy Tab Active 3 LTE, which I got second-hand at willhaben for just €92. It is splash-proof, comes with a replaceable battery, SIM card slot and I’ll say “okay-ish” 700 nits.
The important thing now, the software/app. I use DMD2 for navigation (https://www.drivemodedashboard.com/), I didn’t know it before, it’s only available for Android, but I have to say WOW have these guys done a good job. Everything you need, from normal road navigation, off-road navigation and e-Roadbook navigation.
In theory, you can connect another OBD dongle and read out the engine values live, remove TPMS sensors and also connect a controller – so really amazing!
DJI Remote Control on the bike –episode 5
As you know, I bought a drone especially for the Bosnia Rally. DJI Mini 3 pro with follow me mode. I actually thought that I could control everything via the app on the tablet, but unfortunately that’s not possible. As a spoiler – because this will be a separate episode after all – I had to think about how to install the DJI RC on the bike. But more on that soon.
As always – servus@paulwuehrer.com or simply use the comment function!
Servus and baba!
paul
