rorymoore99 thanks for the feedback mate. I ll give it a try next time.

Hi Lad tried your light trick and it worked You are a star brother. Cheers from South Africa

I think you’re right. Strong battery just not enough speed on the crank.

Didn't really have an hair dryer with me...but yeah. indeed a lot of people in canada use those hot air blower to warm up their shed, for the vehicle to start in really cold days. :)

you are genius brother. I had a problem left lights on 2 minutes started straight away. Many thanks

Andrew M cannot completely agree with you mate, but I see what you are coming from. I ve always ridden 1990, 1992, 1994 and even older bikes, while living in North of Milan (I had several Moto Guzzi and Ducati from the 70s too). If you leave the bike outside in cold temp the bike won't start, most of the times. If you leave the bike sitting, without running it every day, the carburetor gets dirty, the new gasoline dries the fuel hose constantly. If you are not careful with the choke, the bike gets flooded and it won't start. I actually had more issues with old bikes than with this bike that has 6 CPUs that control every little aspects of it. It s known though that ktm has a problem with the starter in very cold temperatures. Although this was the only time that happened to me in my whole trip.

MAKIufo yes, my friend

Hey Oliver. Yes, absolutely, the hot water trick is not the best, but It saved me while stuck at -5 degrees in Ushuaia. The fix is out there. Apparently is the starter motor. On the 1290 super duke, they have upgraded the started model and it seems it fixes the issue. It's the same size so I read people buying a used/cheap 1290 duke starter and fitting it in their 1190, and voilà! I hope this helped. I banged my head quite few times myself about this. The issue happens only when it's really cold though, so I struggled only a couple of times fortunately. I hope this helps.

Hola Oliver, tu motor de arranque debe ser el mitsua modelo sm17. Es el que se instalaba en los modelos 2013/14 y algunos 2015, hasta que se reemplazó por el modelo SM13, el mismo de las 1290. Si lo cambias el problema estará resuelto. Saludos desde Chile.

@@RaulMotoADV muchas gracias Raúl, le hice el ajuste de válvulas y arranca bien, aparentemente no sellaban, pero perdí potencia, voy a ver lo que me comentas de cualquier manera, Paolo mencionó lo mismo. Saludos desde México!!!

@@PaoloCattaneo hola Paolo, thanks a lot for the message. My bike starts fine now after a valve adjustment, but lost power, so have to bring it back to the garage tomorrow. Still, will check your suggestion. Greetings from Mexico!

I have this problem amd yesterday I put a new battery in this morning I had the same problem. :(

It s the starter motor anyway

Baz Lofthouse thanks baz for your feedback. It s interesting that a bike manufactured in Austria suffers of these kind problems. I think the starter may have some design flaws but overall this was the only time I had a problem starting it. Somehow in other occasions I managed to turn it on, just insisting a bit. Thanks anyway for your tip.