Setting off on a planned long trip on my 790 Adventure, I decided I didn't want to risk being stranded with a broken sidestand cutoff switch, so I fitted the shorting link from Vanasche. Riding to the port, the bike developed an intermittent but severe misfire with the engine management light coming on. I stopped in a layby, checked the OBD which said something like "weak off-idle mixture," took off all the engine shields and tank to check all the connections, to no avail.
Got relayed home after a fraught trip halfway round the M25 London orbital, and the dealer diagnostics gave a different result - yup, the POS sidestand dongle was faulty. Oddly enough with no "side stand" warnings on the bike instrument. Lesson learned, sometimes Mr KTM really does know best.
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