Feb 2, 2011. Oddometer: 1,727. Location: Buffalo, NY area. Listen up fellow inmates with the KTM 890 (& 790 too) cold start issue: according to the NHTSA rep I have been dealing with, Santiago Moladano, the NHTSA is data driven and if they only have a couple of complaints about an issue, that issue is going to die.

On the R, and only on the R, there are reports of rear shocks failing and needing to be rebuild. It’s hard to figure out hard numbers, but there are a few. Just to be clear the issues are of shock leaking oil, broken seals, not broken shaft or “exploding shock” as you can read online.

Welcome to the forum man. Yeah, every bike has it's flaws as does the RC8. The original RC8 was the 2008-2010 model which had less cc's, very jerky throttle input at low rpms, as well as single spark ignition per cylinder. The newer model is the 2011-13', which was bumped up to 1195 cc's, given a twin spark ignition for better combustion of Air In 2019, the 790 Adventure was available in the base variant 790 Adventure, often referred to as S, and the more off-road oriented 790 Adventure R. The third model added to the 790 Adventure family in 2020 was the 790 Adventure R Rally limited to 500 copies. Recalls. Two motorcycles had to be called back for repairs due to problems with the
It was only subject to one recall, but there were just so many issues with these 790 engines. Via ktm.com The Austrian giant was forced to go back to the drawing board, cut its losses and discontinue this version of the engine after only a couple of years in production, and replacing it with the uprated but otherwise identical 890 engine .
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