Table Of Contents; Syste M, In Struments - KTM 790 Adventure R 2019 Repair Manual

TABLE OF CONTENTS
1 MEANS OF REPRESENTATION ...................... 8
1.1 Symbo ls used . .. ... . . . . . .. ... ... . ... ... ... . .. . ... 8
1. 2 Formats used. .... ... .. .. .... .... ....... ...... .. .. 8
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SAFETY ADVICE ......... ............ ..... .............. .. .. 9
2.1 Repair Manual ... ... ....... ... .... ... .... ...... .. 9
2.2 Safety advice .............. ...... ... .. ............ 9
2.3 Degrees of risk and symbols .... ..... ...... . 9
2.4 Work rul es ....... .......... ... ............. ........ 9
3 IMPOR TANT NOTES ................. ............. ...... 10
3.1 Manufacturer and impl ied warranty .... 10
3 .2 Fue l, aux ili ary substances ......... .... .. ..
10
3.3 Spare parts, accessories ... ........ ... ..... 10
3.4 Figures .................. .. ........ ....... ........ 10
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SER IA L NUMBERS .. .. .............. ............. ......
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4.1 Veh icle identificat ion number ............
11
4.2 Type la bel ....... .. ...... .. ... ............. ...... 11
4.3
Key number ........................ ....... .... ..
12
4.4 Engi ne number ..... ..... .... ..................
12
4.5 Fork part number .... .. ......... .. ..... .... ... 12
4.6 Shock absorber artic le number .... ... ... 12
4.7 Steering damper arti cle number .. ...... 13
5 MOTORCYCLE ........... ........ ............ .......... ... 14
5. 1 Lifting the motorcyc le with the front
lift in g gea r ....... .. ...... ... .. ..... .......... ... 14
5.2 Tak ililg the motorcyc le off the front
lifting gea r .. .... .. .. ..... ...... ....... ... ..... .. 14
5.3 Raising t he motorcyc le with rear
lifting gear ..... ............... ............ .... ..
15
5.4 Removin g the rear of the motorcycle
from the Ii fti ng gear .. .. ... ........... ....... 15
5.5 Raising the motorcyc le at the rear
using the work stand .. ............ ..... ..... 15
5.6 Removing the motorcyc le from th e
work stand at the rear ...... .. ......... ...... 16
5.7 Raising the motorcycle at t he front
using the work stand ...... ... ..... ....... ... 16
5.8 Removing the motorcyc le from the
work stand at the f ront ...... ......... ...... 17
5.9 Starting the vehicl e .... .... .. .... ... ... ..... . 18
5.10 Starting t he motorcycle to check the
f un ction .................. ... ..................... 19
6 FORK, TRIPL E CLAMP ........... .................. ... 20
6.1
Clea ning the dust boots of the fork
legs ............ ... ........................... ......
20
6 .2 Adj usting the compress ion damp ing
of the f ork ................................ .......
20
6.3 Adjusting the rebound damp ing of
the fork ... ... , ........... .... .... ...... ........... 21
6 .4 Adjustin g the spring pretens ion of
the for k ............... ... ...... .. ....... ........ .. 21
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6 .5
6 .6
6 .7
6.8
Removi ng fork protector .................... 22
I nstal Ii ng the fork protector... ......... ... 23
Removing the fork legs .. ... ... .... ... ...... 23
Installin g t he fork legs .... ... .......... .... . 25
6 .9 Servic ing the fork .. ........................... 27
6 .1 O Disassembling t he fork legs .. ............. 28
6 .11 Disassembling t he cartridge ........... ... 31
6.12
6 .13
6 .14
Disassembling t he tap compression ... 34
Check ing the fork legs .. ....... .... ...... ... 35
Assembling the tap compression ....... 36
6 .15 Assembli ng th e ca rtridge .................. 37
6.16 Assem bli ng the fo rk legs ................... 41
6.17 Checking the steer ing head bearing
play .. .... .. .. ...... ... ....... ..... .. .. ..... ........ 46
6 .18 Ad j ustin g the steering head beari ng
play ........ .. .. ....................... ....... ...... 46
6. 19 Lubricat ing the steering head
bearing .... ........... .. .... ..................... . 48
6.20 Removing the lower triple clamp .. .... .. 48
6.2 1 Installing t he lower triple clamp ........ 50
6 .22 Cha nging the steer ing head bea ri ng ... 54
6.23 Cha ngi ng the steering damper ..... ...... 56
HAN DLEBAR , CONTRO LS ............... .... ......... 57
7.1 Ad just ing the basic posit ion of the
clutch lever .... ............................ ..... 57
7.2 Checki ng the free travel of the
clutch lever ..................................... 57
7.3 Setting t he free trave l of the clutc h
lever ........... .................................... 58
7.4 Adj usting the tiand lebar position ...... . 58
7 .5 Cha nging t he thrott le grip ........... ...... 59
8 FRAM E ... ........... .... .... .... ... .... ..... ... .... ......... 62
8. 1 Check ing the frame ............ ... ..... ...... 62
9 SHOCK ABSORBER, LI NK FOR K ..... ... .. ........ 63
9 .1 Adj usting t he low-speed
compression damp ing of t he shoc k
absorber ...... ....... .......... ................... 63
9.2 Adjusting t he ti igh-speed
compress ion damping of t he shoc k
c:1l>surl>er .. ..... ....... .... .... ................. ... 63
9.3 Ad justing the rebound damping of
the shoc k absorber ........................... 64
9.4 Adjust ing the spring pre load of the
shock absorber .. .... ..... ...... .... .. ... ...... 65
9.5 Check ing the heim joint for play .. ...... 65
9.6 Removing the shock absorber ...... ... ... 66
9.7 In stalling the shock absorber. ............ 68
9.8 Changing the heim joint.. ..... ............. 70
9.9 Servic ing the shock absorber ........... .. 72
9 .10 Removing the spring .... .. ... ..... .. .... .. ... 73
9 .11 Disassembling t he damper ...... .. ........ 7 ' 1
9.12 Disassembling the piston rod ............ 75