CHAIN ADJUSTMENT!! - 2018 KTM 390 DUKE!! 

Thanks for your kind words and support. As I get more familiar with the bike and services come up I may end up doing more and more videos on this bike. Thanks again for your support. Cheers!

I appreciate that. Glad you enjoyed the video.Cheers!

Thanks Brotherman! I appreciate it. Glad I could help in any way. Cheers!

You might be able to uses 3/8. go back through the video and see what the final torque setting is. that will give you an idea on how much pressure you will need to apply in order to remove the fastener. Cheers and good luck. :)

Preferrably the part that's going to hit the swingarm i.e'. the top of the link

I was wondering about that..

RadgieGamer Top of the Chain to the bottom of the swing arm. And your measuring at about the midway point of the swing arm where it looks like an “X”

Justin Dow thanks but if you look underneath the swing arm it drops a little is it from the bottom of the lip sorry for the questions but it’s really confusing and 5 to 7 mm can change a lot depending where u measure from

RadgieGamer True True. Good to know. When I took my KTM for service I actually found out that I had it slightly misaligned. He fixed it for me haven’t had a problem since. I wish I knew more and could help you better. Ask as many questions as you can it never hurts to ask.

Justin Dow thanks, atm just eye balling it I have noticed when loose the gear changes feel abit clicky have you noticed this ?

@@radgiegamer935 Good question. In my opinion the 5-7mm gap s/b measured from btm (flat) surface of swinging arm and not btm of the lip. That said btm of lip is around 5mm deep from btm of arm, so having a 2mm gap from btm of lip to top of chain will achieve overall 7mm gap. (My friend's 990 Duke has no lip on swinging arm and gap is to be measured off it's flat btm.)

I was off by one little line on one side. Not a big deal, but I'm glad it was corrected before I had uneven tire wear. The process is the same. If I had a Bike stand it would have been easier than eyeballing it from the ground with the kickstand down.

Should be. Not much different from one another. Cheers!

Appreciate the reply! Just did it earlier today haha

@@ErichWilhelmVW NP Cheers Brosuff!

Not Yet. I'm waiting until the suggested serrvice interval. SO once I hit 4,750 miles I will tackle that beast. Cheers and thanks for your interest.

@@JustinDowDIYcentralhighway Oh. That's interesting. Because if you call all the service center for KTM they say at 600 miles (first service interval) there is an inspection for valve clearence recommended. I am thinking to do it myself since is an expensive job.

@@CiprianCosma15 That's what I was told as well. They charge me $250 to do an oil change and said that valve clearance was not on the recommended inspection portion until 4750 which was when my next oil change was do as well. Needless to say I don't think they did anything because I lost half my oil in 1k from time of last service. So either the KTM burns a shit tone of oil or they never changed it to begin with. Know what I mean? When I get to that point I wil do it myself and I will do a video and walk everyone through the process. It should be that hard. It's a single piston so one valve for intake one valve for exhaust and the clearance is indicated on the frame and in your owners manual. Take a look at your owners manual. I bet, like my oil change, it will walk you through the process as well.

​@@JustinDowDIYcentralhighway It's happened to me too. It's been 2k km (1.5k miles) since my initial service, got check engine light and just realized oil is EMPTY! (nothing showing up on indicator screen)

I spoke w/KTM USA re valve clearance check interval, they said initial check not required on later models given factory having better control of assy/build tolerances.

SJ Dawson So True.

I think your method would result in a loose chain. KTM recommends the specific unweighted chain slack because they anticipate the weight of the rider or rider and passenger taking up the additional chain slack.

This comment was a FAIL. The irony..