My Duke is a Hazzard!
I sincerely hope that the Ktm Powers that be monitor this forum for customer feedback, as I have been unable to penetrate the lower eschelon at KTM USA, and convince them to help me.
There is a real problem with KTM fuel injection for the 690 Duke, NO ALTERNATE FUEL MAPS!!!
I bought a Brand new 690 Duke 4 months ago, and regretted my purchase almost immediately. The bike had no bottom end or midrange power, it had all of the excitement of a vespa at lower throttle positions. The whole reason that I wanted a street single is for that low end rush. Hell, a roachy SR500 would have dusted this thing stoplight to stoplight!
No problem I thought, I'll just uncork it and re tune the fuel injection for a fatter mix. It's the simple formula that any motorcycle guy with any level of experience knows is a sound and reasonable fix for restricted motorcycle engines (especially singles).
After getting the pipe set up, I was off to my dealer for a simple procedure known as a fuel injection map download. A re-tune if you will, of the fuel management to provide additional fuel for the now free-flowing exhaust. After all, this is KTM SPORTmotorcycles right?
Guess what fellas- Ktm doesn't even have control over their own fuel injection systems. The rely on aftermarket companies to tune their fuel injection! They are allowing their customers to be held hostage by third party companies.
This would never happen with a company like Triumph, who issue the dealers alternate fuel maps before the motorcycles even hit the dealer showroom.
Now I have a brand new, $10,000 motorcycle that is gathering dust, and KTM has a customer that is gathering resentment.
--JT Nesbitt
New Orleans
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