Mates recently passed his test & bought a brand new ktm 790 (2020 model) I can't belive the work he's had to fork out for just to get it to run properly! Turns out it still probably needs a rolling road & power commander to sort it out. Beginning to think he should have bought the no frills 700 tenere instead. Are all modern bike cursed with this emissions strangulations ??!! It hardly seemed fit for purpose out the crate.
Pretty standard on anything remotely modern that if you change more than an end can it’ll need remapping. Even end cans upset the fuelling. cats become an issue with remaps because they’re designed to work within certain parameters, when you change the fuel to air it can wreck them. A lot of modern stuff has so many emissions systems now that they do indeed run like shit from the factory also.
I'm just amazed that you have to drop a good chunk of change to make a brand new bike run correctly. His bike is lovely with quickshifter, rider modes etc. Just the throttle was a shocking on/off switch at low speeds.
yes mate, its bloody ridiculous seeing as its not law to have them fitted in this country or for the mot (yet).
