Rider Selection
We’ve touched on some of the settings that you can go through but
with the KTM Flagship you get a host of settings to play with as well as
being able to set up your favourites! This is a great idea as you do n’t
have to set your bike up every time you get on it. You just set all the
settings to how you like it and save it, job done. You can play with the
Drive mode where Rain mode will knock your bhp down to about 100
and adjust all the traction control and ABS to macth. Damping and
Load we spoke about and that will adjust your suspension set up as
well as having the semi active WP system to monitor what’s going on
beneath the tyres. MTC/ABS (Motorcycle Traction Control) this also
controls the MSR (Motorcycle Slip Regulation) and the HHC (Hill Hold
Start) functions – yes, if you’re not confident on the old hill starts with
a big bike then KTM have come up with the HHC that will hold the bike
for you while you get the rev, bite and brake set up.
We’re not done... not by a long shot! You then have the heat settings
and from the dash you can set up the grip (min, med, max), the rider
seat (min, med, my arse is on fire!) and it tells you if the pillion seat is
on and what it’s set to. Settings – to all this there is a master screen
and you can set the language you want. It will show you the distance if
you want this in miles or km for when riding overseas. This will also
change the speedo to km so you don’t have to divide by 1.6 as you
ride along. You have the ambient air temperature of course as
standard, the pressure to be measured in psi and you can adjust the
fuel settings from miles per litre to what you want it to read at! Set
Favourites, we spoke about but you have this as the main set display
too, so you pick what you want displayed on the far left monitor as
suits your needs or concerns. The TPMS (Tire Pressure Monitoring
System) this saves you bending all the way down with your Halfords
digital gauge every time you pull out of the garage (as we all do!) and
will show you the pressure settings in the front and rear tyre (I did say
you get a lot for your money!). General Info you will give you a read
out of: Air Temp, Date, Odo reading, Battery and Oil Temp if you have
those settings at a glance. You also have 2 trip settings to record your
trips and in the general display I had the tank range on there too. The
trip will give you a lot of information that will include your ave speed,
fuel conservation and how long you have been riding to name a few.