Vanessa

The mirrors are KTM Duke 390 mirrors. The part numbers are 93012040000 left mirror, and 93012041000 right mirror. They are £24.78 each from Gear4 Motorcycles https://www.gear4motorcycles.co.uk/gear4-parts-finder/

They screw straight into the original mounts on the 401 handlebar.

Nice! I like the Volvo 242 as well!

Hello and welcome to the quiet forum!

What are your not-so-silly questions?

And cool that your wife rides too! My husband and I both ride, he has a 1250GS, and an Indian FTR1200S. I have a Svartpilen 401 and a Turbocharged Harley Sportster 1200. You can’t have too many bikes!

Let’s hope it doesn’t ever need any warranty work, that’d be a long trip to your dealer and back.

I use the basic Oxford Aquatex covers. But I double up on them. Fit a small one on first, then a medium one on top. Bike stays nice and dry all through the winter outside. I treat it with ACF50 twice a year, and have no rust or corrosion issues. Bike is 2 years old now, and I’ve had it from new.

They don’t go through the windshield, they go through the bracket that sits behind it, so the windshield ends up sitting against the mushroom heads of the well nuts. Then you fit screws with rubber washers on, through the windshield and into the well nuts.

Woah! Nice work there!

Nice colour swatches, but I actually like the stock colour your bike is already the best. Maybe with a matching white belly pan.

Nice! I love the blue and white colour scheme.

Thank you! I still absolutely love my little bike, never tire of riding it. It’s now 2 years old and going strong! They are so rare, I never see another one about. Luckily I didn’t pay too much for mine, it was just under £4K brand new. I’m very pleased with it. Hope you enjoy yours.

Hi @reverb maybe if you tried a pm (private message) to me directly that might work?

This forum is pretty poor, I can see that @reverb has replied, but I can’t actually see his post. I don’t understand why.

Hi reverb, plenty of people have asked about the flyscreen. Honestly I’m not sure how much of a difference it makes. I had it fitted when I bought the bike. It’s always going to be a naked bike, so windblast will always be an issue. But the bigger (possibly more effective) screens like the Puig one don’t look that great in my opinion. I certainly…[Read more]

OK, maybe I’ve just got a good bike, but “unusable fuel mapping and tendency to die at pull away” is a tad harsh I feel. My bike is not that bad at all, sure at low rpms it’s a bit choppy, but it feels peppy and lively and is plenty fast enough for my city traffic needs. I’ve ridden much more powerful bikes in the city and found them to be…[Read more]

I was under the impression that all 401’s come as standard with spoked wheels. The black cast alloy wheels are an option. I went for the black cast alloy wheels on my bike, they weren’t cheap though, and I still have the original spoked wheels in my loft in storage. You need to get the official Husqvarna alloy wheel kit because it includes a new…[Read more]

I like the look with the extra white decal.

I’ve said it before on this forum, these bikes are just poorly engineered. There is nothing intrinsically wrong with fuel injection systems, my Honda, Yamaha and Harley Davidson bikes all have fuel injection, and none of them randomly stall or display erroneous failures. Whereas these KTM derived machines are just poorly executed from a quality…[Read more]

Welcome!

It’s difficult to advise without context or photos.

OK, but what I meant was if you test rode a similar bike, and the suspension felt as bad, then you’ll know the bike is not for you. In my experience, KTM dealers with the full Apex suspension specialist facilities are few and far between. But most dealers would have a demo bike, so it might be easier or quicker or cheaper just to ride another bike…[Read more]