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KTM 690 SMC Ownership - Day 2

1st day of a commute and its nice to have a bike that is in 4th gear at the speed limit on the motorway!!!

Went out for a short ride in the mountains after work today. I am still incredibly impressed by this fantastic bike!

The gear shifts need a good positive foot (Which wil be much easier in boots and not sneakers). I had a few false neutrals from shitty changes, but all my fault. Like all the KTM singles and berg I have had in the past, keep the revs up and the

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KTM 690 SMC Ownership - Day 1

Blog time!

Well after a couple of years of having a pseudo-KTM (Husaberg), I decided that I needed something a little more practical which could handle a motorway, not need new oil every weekend and possess pure luxuries such as a key ignition system.

I´d always fancied the 690SMC but was really hooked on the more dedicated racing type bikes (ala 560SMR and Fs450e), but the drawbacks were just too restrictive.

I have had some dealings, through the forum

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Forum Upgrade

Upgrade process went smoothly except for a minor glitch when updating the MySQL database. I got a bit impatient, clicked refresh and the upgrader skipped an important table.

Once upgraded, it became apparent that the table was missing, so I manually created it.

phew

Forum Upgrade

Hi Guys

Over the last 2 weeks, I worked on the test upgrade of the forum.

I started by creating a duplicate of the live forum and then taking it through the upgrade process. I worked on the styling of the new site as well as the content that was going to go on it. I then enlisted the help of a few forum members to take the new site through its paces.

Finally it was ready for the live upgrade and here it is!

Seth