2017 KTM 1090 Adventure R Quick Shift?

[MikeL]

I can't find anything via Google searches, YouTube, or the actual manual. I can't find a review that mentions it having a quick shifter either.

Does anyone if it actually has a quick shifter or is this just some incorrect menu option?

 

[Craneboy]

Try to shift it without the clutch at half or more throttle and see if it cuts the engine. That should tell you.

 

[Lucytriple]

All of the options are available in the menu regardless. For example, turning on the heated grips shows up even when you don't have them installed.

 

[MAD750]

I don't know if this applies to your bike but I got a '19 1290 recently and the quick-shifter is there but you have to pay to have it enabled. Thousands of dollars for a bike and then KTM charges 500.00 or so to turn the quick-shifter on. That plus a couple of other things have turned me off to KTM.

 

[HeatXfer]

The 1090's didn't come stock with quick shift. Did you get the optional "Travel Pack" p/n 60700900100? It won't work without a dealer activation. It also enabled Motor Slip regulation (MSR) and Hill Hold Control (HHC).

 

[Blankpage]

I don't know if this applies to your bike but I got a '19 1290 recently and the quick-shifter is there but you have to pay to have it enabled. Thousands of dollars for a bike and then KTM charges 500.00 or so to turn the quick-shifter on. That plus a couple of other things have turned me off to KTM.

Lots of bike’s cost thousands and don’t include a quickshifter.
Isn’t it likely that your bike was cheaper initially because the quickshifter wasn’t activated.

Im currently not seeing the downside of having options installed that can later be activated for a small cost.

Wouldn’t the quickshifter apparatus attached to the gearshift lever be visible.

 

[ScottRNelson]

My 2018 1090R did NOT have a quick shifter. It's been gone for more than two years, so I can't remember all of the menu choices. Ask the question on the AdvRider forum for it if you really want to know: https://www.advrider.com/f/forums/hard-core-1090-1190-1290.92/

Gratuitous photo of it, just because:

 

[MAD750]

Lots of bike’s cost thousands and don’t include a quickshifter.
Isn’t it likely that your bike was cheaper initially because the quickshifter wasn’t activated.

Im currently not seeing the downside of having options installed that can later be activated for a small cost.

Wouldn’t the quickshifter apparatus attached to the gearshift lever be visible.

I should have elaborated some. The quickshifter mechanism is in the bike and ready to go, except that it's turned off and can only be enabled by a dealer through KTM. A salesman tried to explain the logic about being competitive price-wise with non-quickshifter bikes but since it's all in the bike already it didn't make too much sense to me. KTM must be able to sell the bike for a profit without activating the quickshifter so it seems chicken-shit to me to charge another 500. Seems bumping the list price a little and selling it enabled would be better marketing, but who understands the world of marketing?