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Modded up my '14 w/exhuast, sprocket and some other bits
« on: April 13, 2015, 07:10:33 pm »
I had some time to put a few upgrades on the 690 including an FMF exhaust, fr/rear sprocket, ss oil filters and some protection/reliability/orange bits.

First up is the FMF exhaust. Purchased the 4.1 and Power Bomb header which "fits" the 2014 with an adapter. Here's a combo pic of all the goods involved:



The weight difference is incredible and it went in without a problem.

Here's a shot of the can:


Also tossed on a Flatlands Racing bash plate, front and rear sprockets (14t and 46t), RallyRaid front sprocket guard, Bullet Proof swingarm guard and replaced the plugs/screen caps with magnetic units.





Here's another view of the bash plate and a close up of the RR oil pressure line:





It's no shock that the exhaust and battery swaps dropped a shitton of weight from high up on the bike but I was a little suprised that I noticed such a difference. The bike reacted to the loss in tonnage like you would think; better handling, easier to move around at low speed etc. However, I've been off of motorcycles regularly for about 15yrs so if I noticed, I figure other's would notice even more so.

The exhaust and gearing change was the first mod to alter the performance of the bike since buying it new and I'm real pleased with the results. Both were done at the same time with an oil change, the mods above and changing the battery.

The bike seems much 'cleaner' through the rev range and the butt dyno says there's more power in both bottom/mid and it keeps a smooth pull as the muffler goes from a mellow puh-puh-puh-puh to "SWEET MOTHER, HIDE THE KIDS!" on the way to the rev-limiter.

I'm currently running the map switch with it in mild/standard mode. Slow mode works great for the tight fireroads and then I run standard mode on everything else. We rode for 85 miles on Sunday, 22m of street, and the 690 ran like a champ. The only problem was a low slide from a heavy right foot and a big ass rut that sucked my sliding and locked up rear into it. No harm done and the rest of the day was brilliant.

It felt great to swap some parts, have them work out better than expected and not have any of those new parts fall off/break/catch fire. :)
2014 690 R, Rekluse, PowerCommander V, Rottweiler Intake, FMF, Scott's, Renzacco Seat, HDB handguards, MGTec levers, full sas removed, Pivot Pegs

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very nice

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What battery did you swap to and how much weight difference was there?
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I went ahead and purchased the P3 Full Spectrum from KTMTwins. I mounted it on some pieces of the packing foam it came in, on it's side at an angle. After one long and two short rides, it seems good.



By my bathroom scale, the stock battery weighs in at an even 7 lbs and the P3 is 2.2 as advertised for a 4.8 pound reduction. Not very cost effective compared to the P2 but I plan on adding USB power plug(s) to run phone, GPS, some kind of lighting kit and maybe some heated gear for the winter. So I went with the beefier P3.
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I mounted it on some pieces of the packing foam it came in...

Eastwood Approved solution!



... a 4.8 pound reduction.

Nice!  A 5 lbs reduction of highly placed weight is nothing to sneeze at.  Be sure to share your long-term impressions.  Thanks.
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