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#Post#: 3430-------------------------------------------------- |
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2014 front turn signal mounts |
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By: Skipster229 Date: February 24, 2016, 3:42 pm |
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Anybody know why some 690's have a bracket that mounts the front |
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turn signals directly below the hand guards and why some come |
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mounted to the headlight mask? hmmmm |
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My 2008 had the turn signals mounted on the headlight mask. My |
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2014 has the metal bracket. I see pics of 2014's with the front |
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turn signals using either or. |
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#Post#: 3431-------------------------------------------------- |
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Re: 2014 front turn signal mounts |
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By: Philip Pino Date: February 24, 2016, 4:27 pm |
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So, that's what those holes in the side of the headlight mask |
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are for. The only reason, I guess, for the change is maybe the |
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arrow shaped lights are heavier and stick out further than the |
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round lights. So the plastic of the headlight mask won't hold up |
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to the flexing of off road use/crashing. |
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#Post#: 3432-------------------------------------------------- |
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Re: 2014 front turn signal mounts |
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By: mcrider Date: February 25, 2016, 2:53 pm |
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My '13 has the flex arrow type mounted to the mask with no |
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problems. |
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#Post#: 3433-------------------------------------------------- |
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Re: 2014 front turn signal mounts |
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By: Skipster229 Date: February 25, 2016, 4:01 pm |
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Hey fellas, thanks for the input! Yeah, the turn signals mount |
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just fine on the headlight mask or using the bracket. Was just |
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curious why KTM delivers different configs within the same model |
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year. I like them better on the headlight mask so I removed the |
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bracket from my 2014 690 and mounted them on the headlight mask. |
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To me they just seem a bit more out of the way mounted on the |
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mask and now no metal bracket to bend if we go down. See ya! |
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#Post#: 3434-------------------------------------------------- |
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Re: 2014 front turn signal mounts |
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By: truck11 Date: February 26, 2016, 1:12 pm |
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Just looking at the pictures - are these bikes from the same |
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show? Notice one bike (i think the mask mounted one) is more |
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street oriented tires - vs. bracket mounted with the MT-21 |
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knobbies. Could it be they mounted the brackets to the 'dirt' |
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oriented version as the mask mounted ones are more prone to |
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breaking? (from vibration etc?) |
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Just an observation...... |
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#Post#: 3756-------------------------------------------------- |
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Re: 2014 front turn signal mounts |
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By: rider_marc Date: December 28, 2016, 6:34 pm |
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Pictures are with a Euro and USA version of the 690's. I'd |
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suspect the US requires a wider spacing of the front signals and |
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therefore the metal bracket. |
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