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tips and tricks

A collection of small stuff, with links to vidéos, tutorials or existing articles. All small things that have not graduated to a full...

Crash bars

Crash bars are likely to be a bad investment on the 790 Adventure. Most (all?) of the crashbars mount to the fuel tank mount since it’s...

Faulty Brake Light Switch sensor

Some bikes are suffering from a faulty Brake Light Switch sensor, usually the rear one. If the stop light is permanently turned on, this...

Rear footpegs sliders

To protect the rear, the footpeg sliders from the 790 Duke fits just fine, and provide a sacrificial bit of nylon instead of the...

Additional front end support

There is an option to beef up the existing front end of the bike (lights, instrument cluster, GPS): everything is hold in place by four...

What's on my bike?

I've been asked what I installed on my bike as accessories and modifications. Here is the list. Some of these items were carried over...

Riding Modes explained

The 790 Adventure come with a very advanced electronic package with features never seen before on production bikes (On the fly MTC tuning...

Early clutch failures

There has been a few clutch failures, at fairly low mileage, and the people affected have been quite vocal as very few of the failures...

Rear shock failure

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,...

Cold start procedure

There are reports of cold start issues. The engine starts, but stalls right away, requiring multiple tries to start and hold idle. Before...

Side stand switch

Ron Palm (Advronski) made a modification to the exposed side stand switch. It prevents any damage to the switch from stranding you out in...

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