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You're most welcome!

Cheers Ian. Ah, we be country boys too (Lake District in our case), but we needed KTM Andorra for a wheel bearing plus to sit out some nasty weather, which turned out to be a good move. Agreed about those last lanes coming into Andorra - brilliant. Quite often I'll leave the camera off as it's an annoying distraction that I find can detract from the riding pleasure. Of course, the law of sod then usually ensures I've missed filming the best lanes plus all the interesting en-route events that happen. Hey ho. Episode 10 is in the making, I promise!

Cheers Ian. The encouragement keeps me going! We linked the ACT Portugal, a load of TET from there to Cadaques and then did the ACT Pyrenees to finish off but deviated from the route quite a lot and took seven days over it. The joys of retirement!

Cheers Paul. We aim to please. I actually had to use this trick to sort a front puncture suffered upon leaving Portugal on the 2023 trip where we met up with you, so now I can confirm that it works in anger!

Cheers Paul. Appreciate it!

Cheers Paul - encouragement much appreciated! 👍😊

Cheers Paul, nice to know I have one viewer on the planet 😂

Cheers Paul. Encouragement truly helps. If just one person gets a chuckle out of these I’m a happy fella 👍

You'd have loved it Ed. Central and Southern Portugal and Eastern to Central Pyrenees especially spectacular.

Cheers Ben. Encouragement is everything! Just completed 6000kms off road circumnavigation of the Iberian Peninsula and bike was faultless for the whole trip. Currently producing videos in 10 - 15 minute episodes for UA-cam as we speak. Lot of footage to get through so estimated time of publication around the year 2072 🤣

Actually had to use the stick in Portugal a couple of weeks ago. Punctured front on a sharp rock. Added a strap to my mate’s bike for some extra security while the wheel was out. The trip continues - currently in Andorra. 5000kms so far around the Iberian peninsula . 👍

Front rim lock not so much affecting handling but creating horrible vibes (vertical oscillations) which cannot be completely dialled out even if a diagonally opposite second rimlock is added (although this can help to some degree). Vibration is always a problem with knobblies as they wear down and the effect is considerably worsened when a rimlock is present. I’ve now done away with the front rimlock on my dirt wheel set and it’s a lot better. I reckon you really only need one on the rear on this type of bike anyway unless you’re going at it hard offroad - rallying or whatever.

Yes I was told this when it happened. So very sad. Ian was such a great help when I was developing the bike. He was happy to spend as much time as I needed, imparting a wealth of great advice and ideas. We have lost a true gentleman. RIP

Really couldn't say but removing the db killer even with the cat still installed makes a fair difference. Other 790s I know that have been decatted are extremely loud using aftermarket cans with the db killers removed. I'm keeping my cat fitted because I do a lot of long distance and find too much noise increases fatigue quite significantly. My guess is you'd certainly want to keep the db killer in place. Upsetting the locals is never a smart move anyway, right?!

All at Whinlatter Nick. Clips start at the last few sections of the North side (red). Last few minutes of the video is lower South side (red) only. Also did the upper South side (Black) (not included in these clips) and the Blue trails (also not included here) plus the lower South side three times (it's got great flow for speedy runs). Tell me when you're headed this way and we'll ride it together if you're e-bike mounted and you'd like

@@motonige I will do Nige, cheers 👍

Not sure I like the sound of that full pedal thingy.

Thanks 👍

Cheers Skelly. I also came from mousses on a 350 EXC, but for the 790 it's Michelin HD Tubes for me. They weigh a ton but I reckon a pinch flat on a tubeless set up could leave you well and truly stranded if you're out in the boondocks. No doubt some would disagree, and maybe I'm just an old school old bloke, so I'm not saying I'm right or anything, but I do what I know and it works for me. Happy riding mate.

Thanks Ian. Not everyone agrees, but I thought it was somehow apt too.

Cheers Ian - appreciated.

Cheers Don. If you get one then I hope you have a top time with it. If you're not hitting unsurfaced roads then I wouldn't spend the extra money I did because the base bike is exceptional and wants for nothing. Good luck!

Thank YOU! Great service and a fine product. Shows what we can achieve up here in the Lakes, right? Keep up the good work folks!

@@motonige definitely! 🏍💨🇬🇧

Cheers Kaden, - always appreciate the positive comments!

Thanks Luke, but you shouldn't put yourself under so much pressure - just the tyres 🤣

@motonige Hahahaha ok I'll be on 10 PSI myself. Leave the high PSI stuff to my tires.

Sorry RedRupert64, I'm not sure what you mean. There is only one silencer (the "end can"). The entire system comprises the following:- from the header (aka exhaust manifold) there is pipework (c/w lambda temp. sensor) leading (2 into 1) into a catalytic converter (cat). I decided to keep the cat so the bike remains UK road legal. After the cat we get to the parts I have replaced. These are the link pipe from the cat to the end can (the new end cannot be fitted using the original link pipe). The end can has a decibel killer (db killer) at its tip. Removal of the db killer makes the bike illegal for UK public roads and has little effect on weight, but it does release an even better sound than the conversion in its stock form. In standard factory form the sound of the bike is strangled and unpleasant to my ear and I find the end can to be a bit ugly and bulky. These were my main reasons for changing it and I wouldn't expect everyone to agree - it's all in the ear and eye of the beholder, right. Apologies if I haven't understood you or answered your question and thanks for watching.

@@motonige There are two silencers (or mufflers). The item within the swinging arm, behind the engine, as referred to by KTM as the pre-muffler. Having the pre-muffler allows the silencer to be smaller, as well as helping to centralise weight more effectively. I apologise to you, as it seems that you have left the pre-muffler intact. I agree with your reasons for doing so.

@@RedRupert64 OK, I get what you mean now. That is the part I have called the cat. It will, of course, also act as a silencer by constraining the exhaust flow, but it is primarily where the catalytic converter is housed. There are several aftermarket exhaust systems for the bike which "de-cat" it by removing that box and replacing it with more simple pipework, allowing the bike to breathe more freely, weigh considerably less and make a heap of lovely extra noise like Arrow Exhaust's part number 71719M1. www.arrow.it/en/assembled/1662/KTM-790-Adventure-2019 KTM calling it a "pre-silencer" is just weird, but then that's KTM for you 😉. Anyway, I chose NOT to remove that part as I find really loud bikes very tiring on longer trips.

Cheers Steve and season’s greetings to you

Ah, nice bike. When I had my 350 EXC I was running mousses so no variation was possible, but I loved the guaranteed zero puncture factor. If I ran the 790 as low as 10 (let alone 5) I'd be snake biting and pinch flatting every 5 yards on our Lakeland rocks!

Travel East from Keswick on A66. Turn right (South) at Threlkeld on to B5322. A mile or so down there on your left is the start of the Old Coach Road which is well signposted. Please close all gates on the route, slow right down for walkers etc. and be nice however scowly they might be! Tends to be a bit busy on sunny weekends but otherwise you'll have it pretty much to your self. Comes out at Lucy's Wood near Dockray which is on the A5091 road linking the A66 to Ullswater at Aira Force. Ford at the Eastern End is little more than a puddle most of the time but watch out - it can be slippery!

@@motonige thanks Nige I sort of remember it now from years ago on mtb's. Thanks and please keep up the great videos.

All my bad techniques are 100% self-generated and the bike can in no way be blamed...ever! In fact, I'm so useless in respect of suspension settings that when the rear shock collapsed after about 700 miles from new (evidently a common fault with the 790 Adventure R model, permanently rectified with an under-warranty shock rebuild) the only effect I noticed was a loud and uncomfortable BANG every time it bottomed out. Handling wise it seemed pretty much OK to me!

Thank you Sir. Undeserved, and furthermore any advice I give should probably be ignored! Front rim lock now removed on my dirt wheel set and situation much improved as a result, but the more off road focussed the tyre, the more the bouncing effect on tarmac when the nobbles wear down.

You're welcome. Have a great trip Jason

100% agree. Removed mine and no problem. Only had ‘em on the dirt specific-wheels anyway, not the OEM rims on which I only run tarmac-specific tyres. Cheers for watching 👍

Good health to ya!

Fair enough, but one of the practical upshots of the UK system is that if you DO happen to snap a couple of vertebrae wings clean off, you don't need £500k's worth of insurance to get 'em fixed. In fact you don't need anything other than to be a UK citizen. Which comes in handy if you suffer a government hell bent on further disadvantaging anyone already disadvantaged...and for sure that's what we got over here right now!

@@motonige to quote your 890 mod video: "provided a bed becomes available"

@@motonige for the record, I'm an anarchist. Because government is at best incompetent and at worst malicious in anything they control. And I'm not a fan of the US Healthcare system. But it's still better than socialized state run Healthcare.

@@takotafischer2228 Forgive me, my friend, if I SO don't get into all this. We're in a sort of meltdown scenario over here just now but, hilarious though this must seem to the rest of the watching world, it may yet prove to be symptomatic of a general western civilisation malaise from which all will soon suffer. I hope not, but things are looking somewhat shaky. Best just ride and smile while we can

@@motonige I feel your pain my friend. Those of with a little bit of gray matter have been watching things fall apart on this side of the pond for 20 years.

Hi Seano, thanks for watching and for your comments. The land and mobile numbers for Ian are on the video at 5 mins 15 seconds on a scrolling banner running along the bottom of the screen. Land - 01643 706941 Mob - 07971 245177. Cheers motonige

Hi James. I have tubes because I don't run with the original KTM tubeless rims. They are not strong enough to cope with some of the terrain I'm riding, bending easily when encountering technical, rocky trails which, of course, lets all the air out! Also, using narrower, stronger rims, built specifically for dirt riding, allows for a far greater choice of more aggressive dirt tyres (proper knobblies). Final reason is that I can keep the original KTM wheel set with road oriented tyres fitted when there's a tarmac-only trip planned and have a ready-to-go dedicated dirt set for when I want to hit the trails. The modification didn't come cheap, but it's great to have the options available. I no longer run a front rim lock but still have one in the back for obvious reasons. There's another (terrible) video on my channel which talks about these and other mods I've made and why. ua-cam.com/video/4zG__XCu0NE/v-deo.html Hope this explains my madness Cheers, Motonige

Why thank you. Encouragement is everything! Rim lock now removed up front but retained in the rear for obvs reasons. Bouncing issue greatly improved, but always with worn knobblies it doesn't go away entirely until you cough up for some new rubber.

Thanks Rusty. Your positive comments are very welcome indeed! Yeah, I ruined my bank account by purchasing a pair of very robust Haan Hubs (c/w cush drive) laced onto Excel rims via heavy duty spokes. These narrower beauties open up a wider range of proper and more aggressive road-legal dirt bike tyres and mean I can keep the standard rims (which appear to made of a soft, French cheese) on road (pavement) focussed tyres (I use Metzeler Tourance Next). The "dirt wheel" set uses rim locks (see video) but I have now removed the hardly necessary front one which has improved the bouncing problem that commonly accompanies a worn dirt tyre when used on the black top. The "dirt" rims are not tubeless so I use Michelin Ultra Heavy Duty tubes which appear to be made of rhinoceros hide. Even so, I wouldn't go down to 20psi unless I had some soft Sahara/Baja type deep sand or very wet mud to negotiate and once the obstacle was passed I'd be back up to 30psi again. We have a LOT of rocks where I live and pinch flats (snake bites) are real easy to acquire! Happy riding - Cheers, N.