I

　　purchased this 2019 KTM SMCR 690 last year with 5700 miles on it.  I have only put 100 miles on the bike and,

　　unfortunately, am forced to sell the bike due to an impending neck surgery

　　that will not allow me to ride motorcycles for a while.  I have ridden Kawasaki, Honda, Suzuki,

　　Yamaha, Ducati, and KTM bikes and have never ridden anything this

　　enthusiastic.  At only 306 lbs dry,

　　this thing is so flickable and truly is a wheelie monster.   The front wheel lifts easily with the

　　flick of your wrist.  If that’s your

　　thing, the SMCR 690 will not disappoint.

　　The previous owner had a gentle lay down in a parking and left a little bit

　　of rash on the right handguard, clutch, front fork knuckle, and ever so

　　slight rash on the swingarm.  He also

　　stripped the graphics and painted the bike black.  The very minor damage does not affect how

　　the bike rides at all.  I have had it

　　inspected by KTM to ensure that it was safe to ride and have had most of the

　　rash fixed.

　　While the black did look menacing, it needed a little something else so I

　　spruced it up with a brand new graphics kit. 

　　The swingarm hardly had any rash, which I covered up with some

　　swingarm sliders.   The handguards were

　　replaced with OEM KTM handguards. 

　　Rather than purchasing a new clutch cover due to the rash on the

　　bottom, I purchased a KTM power parts carbon fiber clutch cover so it does

　　need a new clutch cover if you want to take the carbon fiber cover off (but

　　why would you do that?)  Finally, the

　　most rash is on the front fork knuckle which, unfortunately, cannot be

　　replaced without replacing the entire fork. 

　　Now that the bad is out of the way, let’s get to the good (or great).   I have added a number of upgrades making

　　this, in my humble opinion, one of the best looking KTM SMC R 690’s out

　　there.  Here’s a list of all of the

　　upgrades:

　　• Graphics kit

　　• Arrow exhaust

　　• Protaper bars

　　• KTM Powerparts seat

　　• KTM Powerparts skid plate

　　• Vanasche Fuel Filler Cap

　　• KTM Powerparts Fork and Swingarm

　　• CRG Arrow bar end mirrors

　　• Rottweiler handguard mirror adapters

　　• Moose Racing biller shift lever

　　• Billet aluminum clutch and brake reservoir caps

　　In preparation for the sale, I have performed the following

　　maintenance:

　　• Installed a new Lithium Ion featherweight battery.

　　• Replaced all fluids – oil, brake fluid, clutch fluid

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