Thanks for the video. It would have been helpful, for some who don't know mechanics that much, like me, if you would have shown what manually cycling looks like and means. In any case, you have given me some hope.
Tried that. Nothing. Disconnected battery half hour. Nothing. Charged battery. Nothing. Checked fuses and bulbs. Nothing. Refusing to yet go to dealer, I searched for something wrong. Found that hose came off. Fat hose top left side, looks like a head vent hose maybe ? Reconnected and MTC failure warning left but engine light stayed on. Rode bike down street and this time it would rev past 5K RPM to redline. Great now why engine light won't go off? Pull back into garage and shut bike off. Go to restart bike and MTC Warning is back. Thought sure it was the hose, since it went away after reconnecting the hose. BTW exhaust valve seems fine. Not sure exactly when this started. Was riding home from work. Turned onto my street and bike hesitated. I thought it stalled, doing about 30mph, when rpms dropped, but twisted throttle and it seemed OK. Rode about half mile home and parked it. Next morning MTC Warning and wouldn't go past 5400rpm. Reluctant to take it to dealer and get screwed. Had a popular problem a lot of people get, with my last Toyota Tundra. Kept searching for two months until I realized I had no back up lights, and that caused transmission to jump in and out of gear while in reverse. ABS and 4X4 lights on dash. A 20 cent fuse fixed the problem. A dealer probably could have told me anything, costing a lot to fix. I'm frustrated with this KTM but gonna keep searching some myself to fix it. I had considered many possible causes but reconnecting that hose and warning going away for a bit, I'm wondering now what? Does anyone know of a diagnostic tool that isn't expensive? I had the $400 one for my BMW, but seems with KTM there's only the dealer/shop kind costing several thousand dollars.
Follow up. After hearing the MTC Failure is almost always the servo flapper, I got a car obd2 scanner. Code was the exhaust valve. The same guy that said that's always the cause, also said the dealer sets the tension of cables within a parameter on their computer scanner. I played with cables and after several code on code offs, the end result was I re-loosened lock the nut closest to the valve on the top cable until the tensioner was sloppy enough to wiggle it. Code is off, engine light off. I ordered the ES Eliminator from Rottweiler and gonna trash the servo. Apparently undue resistance on cable/s can throw up the code. Frustrating to have to ride home short shifting with max RPM 5K so thought I would share info. Loosening cables might work as a temporary roadside fix.
yes....ended up being small piece of stone grit in the pivot joint of the linkage that prevented complete free functioning movement. recently read of guy that had to have ignition replaced...key switch
Haveing the same issue after installing bazazz tuner and Rottweiler airbox temp sensor plugged in have everything zip tied unsure how it would interfere with throttle
+John Docksey i worked out the issue for my bike, i forgot to plug the temp sensor under the air box in after installing the rottweiller airbox. Once that was plugged in everything started working again.
Thanks for the video. It would have been helpful, for some who don't know mechanics that much, like me, if you would have shown what manually cycling looks like and means. In any case, you have given me some hope.
Thank sir
Tried that. Nothing. Disconnected battery half hour. Nothing. Charged battery. Nothing. Checked fuses and bulbs. Nothing. Refusing to yet go to dealer, I searched for something wrong. Found that hose came off. Fat hose top left side, looks like a head vent hose maybe ? Reconnected and MTC failure warning left but engine light stayed on. Rode bike down street and this time it would rev past 5K RPM to redline. Great now why engine light won't go off? Pull back into garage and shut bike off. Go to restart bike and MTC Warning is back. Thought sure it was the hose, since it went away after reconnecting the hose. BTW exhaust valve seems fine. Not sure exactly when this started. Was riding home from work. Turned onto my street and bike hesitated. I thought it stalled, doing about 30mph, when rpms dropped, but twisted throttle and it seemed OK. Rode about half mile home and parked it. Next morning MTC Warning and wouldn't go past 5400rpm. Reluctant to take it to dealer and get screwed. Had a popular problem a lot of people get, with my last Toyota Tundra. Kept searching for two months until I realized I had no back up lights, and that caused transmission to jump in and out of gear while in reverse. ABS and 4X4 lights on dash. A 20 cent fuse fixed the problem. A dealer probably could have told me anything, costing a lot to fix. I'm frustrated with this KTM but gonna keep searching some myself to fix it. I had considered many possible causes but reconnecting that hose and warning going away for a bit, I'm wondering now what? Does anyone know of a diagnostic tool that isn't expensive? I had the $400 one for my BMW, but seems with KTM there's only the dealer/shop kind costing several thousand dollars.
Follow up. After hearing the MTC Failure is almost always the servo flapper, I got a car obd2 scanner. Code was the exhaust valve. The same guy that said that's always the cause, also said the dealer sets the tension of cables within a parameter on their computer scanner. I played with cables and after several code on code offs, the end result was I re-loosened lock the nut closest to the valve on the top cable until the tensioner was sloppy enough to wiggle it. Code is off, engine light off. I ordered the ES Eliminator from Rottweiler and gonna trash the servo. Apparently undue resistance on cable/s can throw up the code. Frustrating to have to ride home short shifting with max RPM 5K so thought I would share info. Loosening cables might work as a temporary roadside fix.
yes....ended up being small piece of stone grit in the pivot joint of the linkage that prevented complete free functioning movement. recently read of guy that had to have ignition replaced...key switch
Hello Dave Hughes, i have same problem at my Super Duke R. Is your KTM now fixed?
Haveing the same issue after installing bazazz tuner and Rottweiler airbox temp sensor plugged in have everything zip tied unsure how it would interfere with throttle
Can you show us how to cycle the throttle body?
it's a shame you never followed up with the cause of the problem and the solution to get the lights of the instrument panel?
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Check the Lamda 😉😉
What was the solution? I have this after install PCV on my 1290. Also checked linkage and throttle connectors but no luck so far.
+bikesbeersnbeats! Same issue here.
+John Docksey i worked out the issue for my bike, i forgot to plug the temp sensor under the air box in after installing the rottweiller airbox. Once that was plugged in everything started working again.
Any luck with your issue?