So I'll try to write this as one, long-ass, barely legible, run-on sentence.
Let's see how this goes:
A little story might help put my concerns as well as my potential issue. I'm looking for a new bike, have a few in mind a dealership has and drive 2hr to get there. After a bit of number crunching and checking insurance I pull the trigger on a new 2019 790 duke. As we are filling out title papers a sale guy says "oh hey so we cant give you the today, I dont know either it didn't have one when it shipped or something. But parts will call tomorrow and let you know when it should be in, shouldn't be but a couple days. At this point me and my dad are like humm, we notice they hooked up a battery tender and of course they test to make sure it works. I thought maybe they didn't know it was lithium batter and might have damaged it? Well I'm going through my binder I find 4 star head bolts with loctite and a positive battery terminal cap. Weird. I call ktm customer service and explain my concerns for electronics and wtf is up w the batteries, he said they're backordered and short on stock but they will give me a battery that will work that's not factory at the dealership I went to for now so I can start riding. So ok boom they get bike running now and we drive back. Everything's all good- I start driving home on the freeway not going past 6000rpm, and rolling the throttle forward ece now and then so I get rev range fluxes. Nearly home I go over a small pothole and I notice a ting, or clank sound, ok prob just a rock or something I think. Then I hit a stop light, as I start to accelerate I notice 1st gear at lower rpms seams rough or almost like a slight knock tell maybe 4000,5000 rpm. It's also like going into 2nd also takes significant more force than 3rd or 4th. While looking over the bike I see that the bottom most seal amd the one above it look like that "make ur own gasket paste" where it looks like someone even smudged the edge of it b4 it dryer. The third gasket at the top most of the engine block looks like OEM metal stamped and color matched to the rest of the case.
Can anyone make me feel better because now I'm worried. I should also mention they waved freight and setup then also dropped the price after we had almost bought it for full price. So brand new 9400 price (tax and title costs not include) but yeah super good deal and no one els has/had that price for a new 790.
I'm worried I got a lemon here, it's my first well, legal bike anyways. Anyone have issues like I describe? There's not a ktm dealer or service shop near me either so I dont know if I should just say hey its warranty and keep riding? Take to diff shop? Anyone els think the place and price I got it for is strange? Haha thanks for the help! Sorry for the book :*D
Let's see how this goes:
A little story might help put my concerns as well as my potential issue. I'm looking for a new bike, have a few in mind a dealership has and drive 2hr to get there. After a bit of number crunching and checking insurance I pull the trigger on a new 2019 790 duke. As we are filling out title papers a sale guy says "oh hey so we cant give you the today, I dont know either it didn't have one when it shipped or something. But parts will call tomorrow and let you know when it should be in, shouldn't be but a couple days. At this point me and my dad are like humm, we notice they hooked up a battery tender and of course they test to make sure it works. I thought maybe they didn't know it was lithium batter and might have damaged it? Well I'm going through my binder I find 4 star head bolts with loctite and a positive battery terminal cap. Weird. I call ktm customer service and explain my concerns for electronics and wtf is up w the batteries, he said they're backordered and short on stock but they will give me a battery that will work that's not factory at the dealership I went to for now so I can start riding. So ok boom they get bike running now and we drive back. Everything's all good- I start driving home on the freeway not going past 6000rpm, and rolling the throttle forward ece now and then so I get rev range fluxes. Nearly home I go over a small pothole and I notice a ting, or clank sound, ok prob just a rock or something I think. Then I hit a stop light, as I start to accelerate I notice 1st gear at lower rpms seams rough or almost like a slight knock tell maybe 4000,5000 rpm. It's also like going into 2nd also takes significant more force than 3rd or 4th. While looking over the bike I see that the bottom most seal amd the one above it look like that "make ur own gasket paste" where it looks like someone even smudged the edge of it b4 it dryer. The third gasket at the top most of the engine block looks like OEM metal stamped and color matched to the rest of the case.
Can anyone make me feel better because now I'm worried. I should also mention they waved freight and setup then also dropped the price after we had almost bought it for full price. So brand new 9400 price (tax and title costs not include) but yeah super good deal and no one els has/had that price for a new 790.
I'm worried I got a lemon here, it's my first well, legal bike anyways. Anyone have issues like I describe? There's not a ktm dealer or service shop near me either so I dont know if I should just say hey its warranty and keep riding? Take to diff shop? Anyone els think the place and price I got it for is strange? Haha thanks for the help! Sorry for the book :*D
