Just a quick tip. When you tighten the front axle with the pinch bolts tight it can sometimes pull the ends of the fork tubes towards each other. If you lift the from wheel off the ground again and loosen the pinch bolts your fork legs should not move. (They’ll open up a bit if they were pulled into). On my 990 I have found the whole front end works better if you loosen the pinch bolts after the axle is tight. Then crank down on the front brake and hold it tight with a zip tie around the brake lever. Then tighten the pinch bolts and the caliper bolts to spec. The brakes pull everything into alignment based on the parallel-ness (if that’s a word) of the brake discs.
@@hottfats kind of. You need the pinch bolts tight in order to tighten the axle. I put everything together the loosen all the pinch bolts, then squeeze the brakes and then retighten the pinch bolts. It is probably a compensation for some other order of operations I'm doing wrong as I haven't heard any other rider saying they do this. Just my personal tecnique
@@jeffreymeleg4719 I just watched a video of a track racer doing front wheel installs. He does it almost exactly how you said, the exception is he bounces the suspension prior to retightening the pinch bolds, said doing that allows the fork to center itself.
I see there's some additional tips listed in the comments so here's one more. When you have the wheels removed from the motorcycle make sure you don't put pressure on the rear brake pedal or squeeze the front brake lever. if you do well you just made the job a lot harder. Informative video as always.
Thank you for these videos. They are a great resource for 1290 SA owners. You also do a good job with the editing. Not too much chit chat and a lot of showing the actual task which is what people want !
Great video again. One thing to keep in mind is when putting the rear wheel back on, before tightening the axle, you need to make sure there is tension on the chain to ensure the axle blocks are up tight against the adjusters. Good way to do that is put a wrench between the chain and the sprocket and then rotate the wheel backward. This will cinch the wheel up tight against the spacers and make sure everything is nice and even. Then tighten your axle nut.
Thanks for your videos, trying to do more maintenance on my own and using your video front and back was removed for some fresh rubber , 11000KM on original TA2. It takes more time to clean the bike after . Dealer wants 250 CAD in labor just to remove / install wheels on bike +’cost of tires. ( edmonton)
Yeah I'm eternally grateful, if not for these videos lots of bucks gone but also more headache. Dealer is not good where I am sadly. Doing recall work myself. Hahah
Glad you said what shops charge for tire change if you bring the wheel to them, our two local shops charge $25 or $15 if you buy the tire from them. Good video!
Good video over all and the intention of telling folks that it’s not too bad taking your own wheel off to gat a tire replaced. Exactly what I have done a coupe of times. But Buddy! What you didn’t spend ANY time on was how to get the wheel WITH THE SPACER back into position. That was edited over / out. Anybody who has done this job KNOWS that that is the toughest part of the whole job. I’d love to see you do a little piece on that. BTW - I did get it back on eventually. I can’t believe that I did it so fast the 1st time and had such a brain fart the 2nd time. Unfortunately I did do some brake pad clip damage. That would be another good vid too!
Kevin, agreed. It's been hit or miss for me. One time it'll slide right in while the next it takes 15 minutes. Wasn't editing out on purpose, camera battery died in the middle of filming so taking my hands off of what I was doing to replace a battery wasn't an option. That said, I'll soon (again) be changing tires so I'll do an update to this once to show the process in detail.
My comment was based on frustration. 15 min to get it back in would have been great. Mine was more like 2 X 3hr secession of hell. Love what you do and the fact you post it all. Thanks and keep it up. 1290SA.
thank you! I was not sure how to jack it up, as all my other bikes were lower that that one. The tip with the jack stand at the front axle is awesome too! cheers, Mike
A quick add on: if you have an aftermarket chain-guard which, may be more rigid than the plastic KTM guard you may have to loosen the mounting bolts on it to give you that little bit of room to get the wheel and tire off. I have the Touratech guard installed which had to be loosened, not removed, to allow for removal.
Excellent video, thanks again. Only one comment is to be careful the first few miles because of the coating they put on the new tires, I almost went down one time after replacing the rear tire, NO GRIP!!! Also thanks for the video on the fuel gauge issue, I looked on professor UA-cam and found your channel, exact same issue you and no problems after polishing the float.
Excelente como siempre!! En breve voy a hacer un viaje a Chile y recorreré al volver parte de la ruta 40 (Argentina), así que muchos de tus videos me acompañarán por si algo sucede. Saludos desde Argentina!
In a Bakersfield, Ca there is Fred Cummins motor sports that charges 50$ a wheel to mount and balance a tire “If you didn’t purchase the tires from them”. We have many other shops that still do it for 25$ tho.
I saved $100 taking the wheels off (1st time) on my 1190 Adventure. I had my shop put on a pair of TKC 70's yesterday, and popped them back on today. I did about 10 miles around Boston, but not sure how long a break on should be.. guess I'll find out😜! Your demo and instructions were what I needed to get the confidence to tackle the job, and I feel so much smarter for learning it. Thanks for the straightforward presentation and mad skillz!! It would not be the end of the world though, if you changed the twanging musical interludes.. that bit is an annoying earworm!
Tod, you'll be fine. As for time, a lot of this maintenance you do yourself will actually SAVE you time and you'll know it's done right because you did it.
Tod Chapman I've changed it out three times so far. Twice it slid right in with no issue. Once for some reason it took me 10 min. No expletives, just some head scratching. No edits this go round, just a dead camera batt. Not the first time it's died in the middle of a shoot but didn't feel like taking the wheel back off for the sake of this video either. Already takes twice as long to do something when filming it.
Few question as I'm a beginner rider. 1. What does the speed sensor do? Is it for speedo or ABS? 2. What torque wrench are you using and does it come already calibrated? Last time I used a torque wrench, I broke something so I need to be cautious.
1) it’s for both 2) I have a bunch of different torque wrenches. All come pre-calibrated but it’s not a bad idea to have them re-calibrated or checked every few years.
Hi, another great video. I use your videos to get tips before I do the same job myself. But I wonder why you make disassembly of the front wheels so complicated? You do not need to remove the brake calipers. Just loosen the front fender on one side, then you can just swing the caliper out to the side and make room for the tire on the way out. Have just done this myself today and it will only be half the job for the front wheel.
Instead of losening the calipers, I've losen the mudguard, then pull the wheel slightly forwards and swing the forks and calipers and out of the wheel... Much easier than messing with the calipers
Thanks Gus. Glad you're enjoying them. As for tires, you're right. My current one will be nearly worn out by the time we get back. i held on to the last set (only 3k on them) to put back on once these are toast.
Nice video. I don't know about your 19" wheel size in front, but with the 21" on my 1290R you don't need to remove the calipers. Might save some time. I've changed my tires myself for years which saves a lot of extra $$ plus you know it's balanced correctly!
May be possible on the 19" but it's a little tight. Look at you bragging about your extra 2 inches :) I'm wiht ya. I (and my family) have been changing our own tires for a long time. I don't have to worry about them being balanced correctly AND if the rims get scratched, it's my own fault.
Another stellar instructional video Mario. Thank you. Our bikes have virtually the same mileage on them and thinking about wheel bearings as I get the bike in tip top shape for a Baja trip in the spring. Have you checked or replaced your wheel bearings yet?
Jim, I've checked mine at each tire change (except for the one in Canada) and the bearings have been fine. After returning I from the trip I checked them and they're still good. I have to go over some stuff on the bike this winter so I'll check them again. I don't see any reason they won't last quite a bit longer but we'll see.
what black magic did you use to get the spacer past the caliper carrier? Been working on that for 2 days and cannot get the spacer in place in line with the wheel/caliper to push the axle through the caliper carrier and swingarm....
Robert, sometimes you just need to hold your head the right way 😀 4 out of 5 times I have no issue getting it back on. 1 out of 5 I have to walk away for awhile and them come back to it.
With rear pads also question. A short foot of the rear brakes and sometimes I step on it in standing. I'm afraid the rear brake pads are not too long either.
Execellent video as usual, Thanks for posting it. QQ though. It looked like you had a good bit of life left in both those tires. Did you change them early because you ride 2up a lot with Angela or maybe because you were about to embark upon another road trip? Curious because my 1190 tires have about the same amount of wear your tires appeared to have and I was banking on getting many more miles out of them before changing. Is there a rule of thumb you have for when to change your tires of the Adventure bikes?
So I actually still have those tires and they'll go back on when this set is through (2 more sets have been gone through since that video). We were getting ready to leave on last year's big trip so i didn't want to have to do a tire change midway. The tires I took off still had about 1/3-1/2 of their tread left.
What tires you been using for long road trips..? I'm on tkc80s on my 1090 rite now but looking for something more road bias for summer road trips any recommendations?
Thanks for the video, bro. What kind of foot rests are those? I just bought a 2018 sa s. Love it! These foot pegs are freaky small though! Almost spooky standing on them.
Both wheels back on and successful shakedown ride. Change tires lots of times on my KTM dirt bikes but first time on the big girl (1290 SAT). Thanks again for the great entertaining and helpful videos.
Hey Mario, great video for those that may need it, at the end I noticed a plastic paddle rest on the throttle, what's wrong with the cruise control ? keep up the good work, ps.... Ordered my 2018 ktm 300exc tpi this morning ✊✊👍
Cruise control is nice on these bikes but a little awkward to engage cause it's on the throttle side. I have a little palm rest on mine too cause you can't always engage the cruise but you don't want to stress your hand out.
I echo what CapVoice said tho now I no longer find it awkward to engage now that I've gotten used it it. I mainly use it on twisty mountain roads to rest my hand a few seconds where engaging cruise doesn't make sense. Congrats on the next bike!
2 Wheeled Rider,, I find the cruise control ok, it was a bit fiddly to begin with I must admit, the problem I have come across with mine at the mo is front wheel wobble at about 36mph, I realised this on our Scotland trip when leaving go of the bars for a few seconds, I have watched a few vids & it seems a common fault on the SA T, I've done just short of 2000 miles from new & it has had its 1st service & checks, maybe it's spoke & truing it needs, if that's the case it will be going back to the shop,, collect 300exc tpi end of Sept when home from work next, but keeping the 350exc-f, looking forward to the trip vids, stay safe....
I did change them using my uncle’s tire changer. He didn’t want me filming in his garage. Last year I got my own tire changer so I can now do them at my shop.
Just a quick tip. When you tighten the front axle with the pinch bolts tight it can sometimes pull the ends of the fork tubes towards each other. If you lift the from wheel off the ground again and loosen the pinch bolts your fork legs should not move. (They’ll open up a bit if they were pulled into). On my 990 I have found the whole front end works better if you loosen the pinch bolts after the axle is tight. Then crank down on the front brake and hold it tight with a zip tie around the brake lever. Then tighten the pinch bolts and the caliper bolts to spec. The brakes pull everything into alignment based on the parallel-ness (if that’s a word) of the brake discs.
So it's best to loosen the pinch bolts before removal of axle and after installing is that what you mean,?
@@hottfats kind of. You need the pinch bolts tight in order to tighten the axle. I put everything together the loosen all the pinch bolts, then squeeze the brakes and then retighten the pinch bolts. It is probably a compensation for some other order of operations I'm doing wrong as I haven't heard any other rider saying they do this. Just my personal tecnique
@@jeffreymeleg4719 Thanks Mate. I guess squeezing the brakes , keeps the disc aligned since there might be room for play in the forks
@@jeffreymeleg4719 I just watched a video of a track racer doing front wheel installs. He does it almost exactly how you said, the exception is he bounces the suspension prior to retightening the pinch bolds, said doing that allows the fork to center itself.
Great tip. That makes sense to me
I see there's some additional tips listed in the comments so here's one more. When you have the wheels removed from the motorcycle make sure you don't put pressure on the rear brake pedal or squeeze the front brake lever. if you do well you just made the job a lot harder. Informative video as always.
Excellent stuff. I just replaced my tires and your video on removing and installing the wheels was perfect. Thanks and keep it up!
Was very interesting again to watch this. Even if you do not do it yourself, you now know how to do it. Best regards again from Germany. Martin
Just bought a KTM 1290 SA. Thanks for all the great vids. They are really helpful!
Congrats Lee and thank you!
Thank you for these videos. They are a great resource for 1290 SA owners. You also do a good job with the editing. Not too much chit chat and a lot of showing the actual task which is what people want !
Thanks Kyle. They'll be quite a few more coming with me doing the 18k service in the coming weeks. And maybe a mod or two.
Great video again. One thing to keep in mind is when putting the rear wheel back on, before tightening the axle, you need to make sure there is tension on the chain to ensure the axle blocks are up tight against the adjusters. Good way to do that is put a wrench between the chain and the sprocket and then rotate the wheel backward. This will cinch the wheel up tight against the spacers and make sure everything is nice and even. Then tighten your axle nut.
That's exactly right. We do that to all the dirtbikes/race bikes too.
Thanks for your videos, trying to do more maintenance on my own and using your video front and back was removed for some fresh rubber , 11000KM on original TA2. It takes more time to clean the bike after . Dealer wants 250 CAD in labor just to remove / install wheels on bike +’cost of tires. ( edmonton)
Yeah I'm eternally grateful, if not for these videos lots of bucks gone but also more headache. Dealer is not good where I am sadly. Doing recall work myself. Hahah
Glad you said what shops charge for tire change if you bring the wheel to them, our two local shops charge $25 or $15 if you buy the tire from them. Good video!
Thanks man! Can save a lot of time by doing some stuff yourself (or have a buddy willing to help).
Good video over all and the intention of telling folks that it’s not too bad taking your own wheel off to gat a tire replaced. Exactly what I have done a coupe of times. But Buddy! What you didn’t spend ANY time on was how to get the wheel WITH THE SPACER back into position. That was edited over / out. Anybody who has done this job KNOWS that that is the toughest part of the whole job. I’d love to see you do a little piece on that. BTW - I did get it back on eventually. I can’t believe that I did it so fast the 1st time and had such a brain fart the 2nd time. Unfortunately I did do some brake pad clip damage. That would be another good vid too!
Kevin, agreed. It's been hit or miss for me. One time it'll slide right in while the next it takes 15 minutes. Wasn't editing out on purpose, camera battery died in the middle of filming so taking my hands off of what I was doing to replace a battery wasn't an option. That said, I'll soon (again) be changing tires so I'll do an update to this once to show the process in detail.
My comment was based on frustration. 15 min to get it back in would have been great. Mine was more like 2 X 3hr secession of hell. Love what you do and the fact you post it all. Thanks and keep it up. 1290SA.
thank you! I was not sure how to jack it up, as all my other bikes were lower that that one. The tip with the jack stand at the front axle is awesome too! cheers, Mike
all good stuff any bike owner should know . Take Care
Thanks fella nice video 👍🏾👍🏾✌🏾
A quick add on: if you have an aftermarket chain-guard which, may be more rigid than the plastic KTM guard you may have to loosen the mounting bolts on it to give you that little bit of room to get the wheel and tire off. I have the Touratech guard installed which had to be loosened, not removed, to allow for removal.
Excellent video, thanks again. Only one comment is to be careful the first few miles because of the coating they put on the new tires, I almost went down one time after replacing the rear tire, NO GRIP!!!
Also thanks for the video on the fuel gauge issue, I looked on professor UA-cam and found your channel, exact same issue you and no problems after polishing the float.
I’ve talked about scrubbing in tires in other videos but you’re correct.
Excelente como siempre!! En breve voy a hacer un viaje a Chile y recorreré al volver parte de la ruta 40 (Argentina), así que muchos de tus videos me acompañarán por si algo sucede.
Saludos desde Argentina!
Gracias. Le deseo lo mejor en su viaje!
CML voy a hacer el mismo viaje y en esta misma moto. ¿Desde dónde sales?
In a Bakersfield, Ca there is Fred Cummins motor sports that charges 50$ a wheel to mount and balance a tire “If you didn’t purchase the tires from them”. We have many other shops that still do it for 25$ tho.
Not a bad price. I do all my own and my friends tires on my No Mar. Nice when I wanna swap tires for a specific ride and then switch back.
Helped a lot! Thx from Hungary!
I saved $100 taking the wheels off (1st time) on my 1190 Adventure. I had my shop put on a pair of TKC 70's yesterday, and popped them back on today. I did about 10 miles around Boston, but not sure how long a break on should be.. guess I'll find out😜! Your demo and instructions were what I needed to get the confidence to tackle the job, and I feel so much smarter for learning it. Thanks for the straightforward presentation and mad skillz!!
It would not be the end of the world though, if you changed the twanging musical interludes.. that bit is an annoying earworm!
Full scrub-in usually done in 50-100 miles.
@@2WR thanks for the info!
Thanks man
Nice video Mario. I am hesitant to do this type of work myself but I should probably just jump in and get to it. My biggest issue is time.
Tod, you'll be fine. As for time, a lot of this maintenance you do yourself will actually SAVE you time and you'll know it's done right because you did it.
Mario, rear wheel, getting it back into place. How many expletives and how much time did you end up editing out? Be honest.
Tod Chapman I've changed it out three times so far. Twice it slid right in with no issue. Once for some reason it took me 10 min. No expletives, just some head scratching. No edits this go round, just a dead camera batt. Not the first time it's died in the middle of a shoot but didn't feel like taking the wheel back off for the sake of this video either. Already takes twice as long to do something when filming it.
Few question as I'm a beginner rider.
1. What does the speed sensor do? Is it for speedo or ABS?
2. What torque wrench are you using and does it come already calibrated? Last time I used a torque wrench, I broke something so I need to be cautious.
1) it’s for both
2) I have a bunch of different torque wrenches. All come pre-calibrated but it’s not a bad idea to have them re-calibrated or checked every few years.
Hi, another great video. I use your videos to get tips before I do the same job myself. But I wonder why you make disassembly of the front wheels so complicated? You do not need to remove the brake calipers. Just loosen the front fender on one side, then you can just swing the caliper out to the side and make room for the tire on the way out. Have just done this myself today and it will only be half the job for the front wheel.
I like to remove the calibers to lessen the chance of scratching the wheels and also less to line up when reinstalling.
Instead of losening the calipers, I've losen the mudguard, then pull the wheel slightly forwards and swing the forks and calipers and out of the wheel... Much easier than messing with the calipers
I just like removing the calipers are it's less of a chance of scratching the wheels and less to line up on the install.
How do you check chain at the end?
Can I use copper grease on axles?
Thanks, Valentino Rossi! :D
Excellent how to video! You might be replacing the tires again, when you get back to West By God. Love the pics on Facebook, you all be safe.
Thanks Gus. Glad you're enjoying them. As for tires, you're right. My current one will be nearly worn out by the time we get back. i held on to the last set (only 3k on them) to put back on once these are toast.
Tighten the axle nut first is a safe idea 😊😊
Great video man! Thanks
No prob!
Nice video. I don't know about your 19" wheel size in front, but with the 21" on my 1290R you don't need to remove the calipers. Might save some time.
I've changed my tires myself for years which saves a lot of extra $$ plus you know it's balanced correctly!
May be possible on the 19" but it's a little tight. Look at you bragging about your extra 2 inches :) I'm wiht ya. I (and my family) have been changing our own tires for a long time. I don't have to worry about them being balanced correctly AND if the rims get scratched, it's my own fault.
Another stellar instructional video Mario. Thank you. Our bikes have virtually the same mileage on them and thinking about wheel bearings as I get the bike in tip top shape for a Baja trip in the spring. Have you checked or replaced your wheel bearings yet?
Jim, I've checked mine at each tire change (except for the one in Canada) and the bearings have been fine. After returning I from the trip I checked them and they're still good. I have to go over some stuff on the bike this winter so I'll check them again. I don't see any reason they won't last quite a bit longer but we'll see.
Great video Mario. Just what I need to dare change the rear sprocket myself. BTW, where did you get those nice highway pegs?
Martin, there's a Back in the Garage video on the highway pegs. This should answer all questions ua-cam.com/video/7dcq82f-vfk/v-deo.html
what black magic did you use to get the spacer past the caliper carrier? Been working on that for 2 days and cannot get the spacer in place in line with the wheel/caliper to push the axle through the caliper carrier and swingarm....
Robert, sometimes you just need to hold your head the right way 😀 4 out of 5 times I have no issue getting it back on. 1 out of 5 I have to walk away for awhile and them come back to it.
Will try to change stock tires to TKS today according with your instructions man!
+Maxim Volkov good luck. You should be fine.
Also waiting your video with replacement of brake pad. The time is coming and it seems in starting of the next season will need to change...
Front pads?
Yes, front pads. They are already squeaking..
With rear pads also question. A short foot of the rear brakes and sometimes I step on it in standing. I'm afraid the rear brake pads are not too long either.
Execellent video as usual, Thanks for posting it. QQ though. It looked like you had a good bit of life left in both those tires. Did you change them early because you ride 2up a lot with Angela or maybe because you were about to embark upon another road trip? Curious because my 1190 tires have about the same amount of wear your tires appeared to have and I was banking on getting many more miles out of them before changing. Is there a rule of thumb you have for when to change your tires of the Adventure bikes?
So I actually still have those tires and they'll go back on when this set is through (2 more sets have been gone through since that video). We were getting ready to leave on last year's big trip so i didn't want to have to do a tire change midway. The tires I took off still had about 1/3-1/2 of their tread left.
What tires you been using for long road trips..? I'm on tkc80s on my 1090 rite now but looking for something more road bias for summer road trips any recommendations?
Continental Trail Attack 2s
Thanks for the video, bro. What kind of foot rests are those? I just bought a 2018 sa s. Love it! These foot pegs are freaky small though! Almost spooky standing on them.
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You didn't show or mention the torque specs for the front pinch bolts. Do you happen to know what they are?
Found it. 15nm (11.1 ft/lb).
When I get down below 10 ft/lb I usually just hand tighten. (Unless I'm reassembling an engine)
Both wheels back on and successful shakedown ride. Change tires lots of times on my KTM dirt bikes but first time on the big girl (1290 SAT). Thanks again for the great entertaining and helpful videos.
This is a "I'm next to a road in the deep sh*t and have no time" practice. Othervise some serious points are missing...
Hey Mario, great video for those that may need it, at the end I noticed a plastic paddle rest on the throttle, what's wrong with the cruise control ? keep up the good work, ps.... Ordered my 2018 ktm 300exc tpi this morning ✊✊👍
Cruise control is nice on these bikes but a little awkward to engage cause it's on the throttle side. I have a little palm rest on mine too cause you can't always engage the cruise but you don't want to stress your hand out.
I echo what CapVoice said tho now I no longer find it awkward to engage now that I've gotten used it it. I mainly use it on twisty mountain roads to rest my hand a few seconds where engaging cruise doesn't make sense. Congrats on the next bike!
2 Wheeled Rider,, I find the cruise control ok, it was a bit fiddly to begin with I must admit, the problem I have come across with mine at the mo is front wheel wobble at about 36mph, I realised this on our Scotland trip when leaving go of the bars for a few seconds, I have watched a few vids & it seems a common fault on the SA T, I've done just short of 2000 miles from new & it has had its 1st service & checks, maybe it's spoke & truing it needs, if that's the case it will be going back to the shop,, collect 300exc tpi end of Sept when home from work next, but keeping the 350exc-f, looking forward to the trip vids, stay safe....
Where do you get rid of ur old tires? Recycling?
+GiveWay Motovlog I drop em off at my dad’s house. He burns them in his outdoor furnace. Before that just recycled them.
Thank you
Did not show greasing the rear wheel seals.
You didn't change the tire yourself 🙄
I did change them using my uncle’s tire changer. He didn’t want me filming in his garage. Last year I got my own tire changer so I can now do them at my shop.
You pull your axle out one handed....mine won't come out with out a hammer, even with tension off chain....
It should slide right out. Something must be binding.