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Modded up my '14 w/exhuast, sprocket and some other bits
By: ShakeWell Date: April 13, 2015, 7:10 pm
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I had some time to put a few upgrades on the 690 including an
FMF exhaust, fr/rear sprocket, ss oil filters and some
protection/reliability/orange bits.
First up is the FMF exhaust. Purchased the 4.1 and Power Bomb
header which "fits" the 2014 with an adapter. Here's a combo pic
of all the goods involved:
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The weight difference is incredible and it went in without a
problem.
Here's a shot of the can:
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Also tossed on a Flatlands Racing bash plate, front and rear
sprockets (14t and 46t), RallyRaid front sprocket guard, Bullet
Proof swingarm guard and replaced the plugs/screen caps with
magnetic units.
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Here's another view of the bash plate and a close up of the RR
oil pressure line:
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It's no shock that the exhaust and battery swaps dropped a
shitton of weight from high up on the bike but I was a little
suprised that I noticed such a difference. The bike reacted to
the loss in tonnage like you would think; better handling,
easier to move around at low speed etc. However, I've been off
of motorcycles regularly for about 15yrs so if I noticed, I
figure other's would notice even more so.
The exhaust and gearing change was the first mod to alter the
performance of the bike since buying it new and I'm real pleased
with the results. Both were done at the same time with an oil
change, the mods above and changing the battery.
The bike seems much 'cleaner' through the rev range and the butt
dyno says there's more power in both bottom/mid and it keeps a
smooth pull as the muffler goes from a mellow puh-puh-puh-puh to
"SWEET MOTHER, HIDE THE KIDS!" on the way to the rev-limiter.
I'm currently running the map switch with it in mild/standard
mode. Slow mode works great for the tight fireroads and then I
run standard mode on everything else. We rode for 85 miles on
Sunday, 22m of street, and the 690 ran like a champ. The only
problem was a low slide from a heavy right foot and a big ass
rut that sucked my sliding and locked up rear into it. No harm
done and the rest of the day was brilliant.
It felt great to swap some parts, have them work out better than
expected and not have any of those new parts fall
off/break/catch fire. :)
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Re: Modded up my '14 w/exhuast, sprocket and some other bits
By: GSP Date: April 14, 2015, 7:38 am
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very nice
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Re: Modded up my '14 w/exhuast, sprocket and some other bits
By: Rusty Shovel Date: April 14, 2015, 10:45 am
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What battery did you swap to and how much weight difference was
there?
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Re: Modded up my '14 w/exhuast, sprocket and some other bits
By: ShakeWell Date: April 14, 2015, 3:52 pm
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I went ahead and purchased the P3 Full Spectrum
HTML http://www.ktmtwins.com/full-spectrum-battery
from KTMTwins. I
mounted it on some pieces of the packing foam it came in, on
it's side at an angle. After one long and two short rides, it
seems good.
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By my bathroom scale, the stock battery weighs in at an even 7
lbs and the P3 is 2.2 as advertised for a 4.8 pound reduction.
Not very cost effective compared to the P2 but I plan on adding
USB power plug(s) to run phone, GPS, some kind of lighting kit
and maybe some heated gear for the winter. So I went with the
beefier P3.
#Post#: 2686--------------------------------------------------
Re: Modded up my '14 w/exhuast, sprocket and some other bits
By: Rusty Shovel Date: April 14, 2015, 5:59 pm
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[quote author=ShakeWell link=topic=487.msg2682#msg2682
date=1429044773]
I mounted it on some pieces of the packing foam it came
in...[/quote]
Eastwood Approved solution!
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[quote author=ShakeWell link=topic=487.msg2682#msg2682
date=1429044773]... a 4.8 pound reduction.
[/quote]
Nice! A 5 lbs reduction of highly placed weight is nothing to
sneeze at. Be sure to share your long-term impressions.
Thanks.
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