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HARD kit 700RR
By: Winna Date: October 26, 2014, 3:19 am
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Gday Fellas, been lurking here for a while and have been waiting
for someone to post up some Rally Conversion photo's. Well I
suppose someone has gotta be first, so it might as well be me….
Attached are some images of a project I have been working on for
a while call HARD kits made locally in Australia. It
incorporates 2 nine litre fuel tanks, fairing and bash plate
heavily designed off the genuine 690RFR factory rally bikes. The
additional weight is low and forward which considerably improves
the handling characteristics of the bike and I reckon they look
pretty horn too.
Check it out and tell me what you think
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Re: HARD kit 700RR
By: SDMF_Reaps Date: October 26, 2014, 11:37 am
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Hi,
That looks good!
If you change you're ( ) to [ ] the pics will show in your post.
Thanks for sharing and welcome to the forum.
Edit:
Whoops you were right, I didn't notice it was a link in your
original post. You need to right click on the picture in
question, click on 'copy image url' and then use the img code.
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Re: HARD kit 700RR
By: Winna Date: October 26, 2014, 6:15 pm
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Hi SDMF_Reaps, I changed the brackets over and it only shows
crosses in boxes, I can build bikes but cant drive a computer to
save my life.
Thanks
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Re: HARD kit 700RR
By: Rusty Shovel Date: October 27, 2014, 4:02 pm
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Hey Winna,
I hope you don't mind, I modified your post so the pics would
work. I've never done this directly before, but I've really
been wanting folks to share their rally conversions, so I
couldn't help it.
The problem was that you were using the URL for the webpage the
photos were posted on, rather than the pictures themselves.
Next time you wanna share pics, and I suggest you do,
right-click on the photo itself, select "copy image address"
from the pop-up menu and paste that in between the bracketed
html codes.
Clear as mud?
PM me if it continues to give you trouble.
Great looking bike, btw.
Rusty
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Re: HARD kit 700RR
By: Winna Date: October 27, 2014, 5:21 pm
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Thanks Rusty for that, I've got a heap more images of the bike
and components that I'll post when I get a chance.
Darren
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Re: HARD kit 700RR
By: Rockitboy Date: October 28, 2014, 4:27 pm
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I like that its renamed a "700RR". Cool looking bike man. Does
it really make the bike handle better? The 690 is a pretty well
balanced bike to begin with. Looks like a lot of forward weight
there especially after gas.. Have you put some miles or km on
it? How much weight does the kit add? Was the suspension
reworked for the added weight?
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Re: HARD kit 700RR
By: Winna Date: October 28, 2014, 5:31 pm
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Gday Rockitboy, yeah I liked the sound of 700RR, lots of people
have asked if the engine has been modified to justify the name,
but no, its just the same as the 530 is a 505 the 640ADV is a
625 and the 660 Rally is a 654 and the 690 Rally is a 654 as
well.
As far as handling better it sure does, as an adventure bike.
Having a bike that will carry 30litres of fuel and luggage and
still handle well was the challenge and there is nothing on the
market that comes close except for a genuine 690 Rally, and that
is what the kit is based on.
I figured KTM Rally team must be doing something right in their
engineering design and principles of weight distribution for the
best handling bike in off road conditions.
My biggest challenge was re positioning the fuel pump from the
rear tank into the front tank so the fuel system could gravity
feed forward, but the benefit is also easy access on the side of
the track, lay the bike over and 8 bolts later the fuel pump is
out and no loss of fuel, a 5 minute job.
Opposed to accessing the pump in the rear tank which usually
consists of removing pannier racks, exhaust, battery tray and
then you lose most of your valuable fuel.
The kit adds about 12 kilos to the bike dry, from 138 kilos to
150 kilos, you are correct in assuming the suspension needing to
be upgraded.
The test bike did about 20,000ks and there is about 40 odd kits
circulating around Australia now, with a number of them doing
Coast to Coast which is about 6500ks of some pretty hard
conditions.
I better get back to my day job now, before I kick a kick in the
arse.
Thanks Darren
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Re: HARD kit 700RR
By: Guymcfly Date: October 29, 2014, 6:48 am
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Did you keep the stock gear set or go for the rather nice,
although rather pricey replacement trans that can be sourced?
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Re: HARD kit 700RR
By: Winna Date: October 29, 2014, 8:09 am
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Nah mate, haven't changed the gear set, although first does seem
a bit tall for the technical riding.
Like so many of us, I got tired of waiting for KTM to build the
690 Adventurer, and went about building my own.
The kit is 100% bolt on, no welding or modifications to the
original bike, fits 08 to 14 models, and from there the usual
bolt on stuff is added like steering stabilisers, mufflers, grip
warmers, GPS, power sockets, spot tracker, LED light bars and
the list goes on to make an awesome adventure bike that can do
it all.
I'm getting too old for lifting and man handling those big twins
these days but still love my riding and this thing ticks the
boxes for me.
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Re: HARD kit 700RR
By: Rusty Shovel Date: October 29, 2014, 10:32 pm
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I hear you Winna! Why do the manufacturers keep pushing folks
into "adventure-styled" Goldwings? Easy. Big bike = Big $$$ :(
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