r/KTM • u/KernOily KTM EXC • May 14 '26

ALL What is This Tool?

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Comes in the bike tool kit. I think it’s a 13mm box end x bottle cap opener. What say ye?

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u/dikkekletser May 14 '26

It really is a bottle opener

25

u/magharees May 14 '26

It’s so you can open a beer and loosen cam shaft retaining bolts at the same time

17

u/SkullDump 990SM May 14 '26

Bottle opener, all KTM tool kits contain one as far as I’m aware.

6

u/mvmisha 690 SMC / R May 14 '26

My 24 690 doesn’t :(

2

u/SkullDump 990SM May 15 '26

Did you buy it new?

3

u/limegreen77 May 14 '26

All the back to my 2002 LC4, and further I imagine.

6

u/SkullDump 990SM May 14 '26

Yeah although the design seems to have changed over the years. The one pictured above is a better looking version than the one that’s in mine.

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u/KernOily KTM EXC May 15 '26

This one is actually from my 03 450EXC.

1

u/Current_Rush4242 May 16 '26

My 2001 250SX had one

3

u/maxlax02 May 15 '26

My 2020 390 Adventure and 2022 901 Norden did not have one :(

2

u/bspires78 May 15 '26

I don’t think my RC had one :(

18

u/Mundane-Being-4884 May 14 '26

Keep it on the bike. It’s the one you use to open a bottle while you wait for the tow truck.

4

u/KsanterX May 14 '26

Huh, that’s funny. I didn’t know they include such an important tool as a bottle opener.

3

u/TheBentPianist May 14 '26

For peeling the worn cams out.

3

u/Esoduh May 14 '26

There is a long spark plug socket in the tool kit, the non-bottle opener end of this wrench will twist that to give you leverage to get the plug out.

3

u/Salty_Enduro May 14 '26

If ypu cant figure out how to open a cap with your foot peg tools are wasted on you anyway

3

u/KernOily KTM EXC May 15 '26

Wouldn’t be the first time I’ve heard that LOL

3

u/bigblockrick May 14 '26

It's so you can relieve your pain while working on your overpriced broken down bike

4

u/Butteriswinning May 14 '26

You already know exactly what it is. What is the question?

3

u/KernOily KTM EXC May 14 '26

LOL I just guessed. Wondering why they put such a thing in an off-road bike tool kit. The handle is too short to be an effective end wrench and the places I go off-road there aren’t exactly coolers full of cold ones waiting for me… unfortunately

3

u/Butteriswinning May 14 '26

Just for marketing/vibes

1

u/Bindle- May 15 '26

I'm pretty sure it's a cultural thing too. A lot of German companies build bottle openers into their specialty tools. I just came across one on an industrial sweeper. Their beer drinking culture is that ingrained.

Their neighbor, Austria, probably feels the same way.

2

u/Scary-Fault3959 May 15 '26

Bottle opener cuz ur gonna be stuck for a while

2

u/Snoo_67548 May 15 '26

Celebratory spanner.

1

u/UmitCuk May 14 '26

To enjoy a bottle of cold beer while waiting the tow truck. I am riding ktms since the first 990s; happily, never had the chance to enjoy that beer 🤭🤭🤭

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u/KernOily KTM EXC May 15 '26

Let’s hope it stays that way eh 🍻

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u/UmitCuk May 15 '26

Well, thinking now back in time I had a couple of issues, but overall I think ktms are well made machines; but yet the bottle opener is included 😛😛😛

1

u/CarlosMolotov May 14 '26

Fetch me a beer and I’ll show you.

1

u/Mysta May 15 '26

Also think meant to look like a piston connecting rod

1

u/ridethroughlife May 15 '26

It's for social lubricant.

1

u/Silverware99 May 15 '26

Its to tighten everything down when you stop for a beer

1

u/Rayzr117 May 15 '26

Bottle opener so you can drink and ride duh

1

u/hans_the_wurst May 15 '26

Everything is a bottle opener.

1

u/No-Bar5487 May 15 '26

Thats the tool for opening your beer

1

u/rusty43ktm950 May 15 '26

Also use it at 90* on torque wrench to tighten those outside head bolts on my LC8

1

u/highlander_tfb May 16 '26

10mm bottle opener

1

u/Bravo_TwoZero01 May 16 '26

17er Kolbenhammer

1

u/alfaToxicmick May 17 '26

Gig spanner

1

u/JohnDaviz May 17 '26

so you don´t drink beer?

1

u/Ecstatic_Potato863 May 18 '26

Yes it is. I love it when automobile manufacturers do this to give it away as a gimmik. I have a bottle opener in my VW Golf that is also used as a divider between two cup holders. I think I used it once in 10 years. But nice to have. (I open my bottles with everything lighter, screwdriver, wrench, another bottle, any sharp edge… (I am german))

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u/KernOily KTM EXC May 18 '26

Very good, thank you sir.

1

u/St4cks0n May 18 '26

Works both on 0.33L and 0.5L containers, great tool

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u/Annual-Beard-5090 May 14 '26

Its used to torque the cylinder bolts. You put the 3-8” torque in the bottle opener end.

1

u/KernOily KTM EXC May 14 '26

(Facepalm) Of course. Why didn’t I think of that.