KTM 390 Adventure?

[KungFooBob]

Or maybe I'll get the urge to buy something else.

[Asian Boss]

I bought one! From a dealer not too far away. A used 2020 bike with just under 2000 miles on it.

Couchy, if you want to have a go on it you're very welcome, once the salt has gone from the roads.

KTM (Small).JPG (321.97 KiB) Viewed 685 times

Iccy, I think you're right, a review I read also said the power delivery is pretty linear / bland. But I really only want it for pottering about and maybe a little very light off roading so I think it'll be ok.

[KungFooBob]

Well done. I think. :p

[asmethurst99]

Happy new bike day

[Skub]

You don't mess about,man. Happy new KTBoom day.

[Couchy]

I bought one! From a dealer not too far away. A used 2020 bike with just under 2000 miles on it.

Couchy, if you want to have a go on it you're very welcome, once the salt has gone from the roads.

KTM (Small).JPG

Iccy, I think you're right, a review I read also said the power delivery is pretty linear / bland. But I really only want it for pottering about and maybe a little very light off roading so I think it'll be ok.

Awesome and thanks, I just missed one local by a day.it would be ace in the peaks, the lanes aren’t too hard and there’s a lot of twisty tarmac too. I’ll keep looking

[Taipan]

Nice one, now get it up on t'back wheel!

[slowsider]

I bought one! From a dealer not too far away. A used 2020 bike with just under 2000 miles on it.

Couchy, if you want to have a go on it you're very welcome, once the salt has gone from the roads.

KTM (Small).JPG

Iccy, I think you're right, a review I read also said the power delivery is pretty linear / bland. But I really only want it for pottering about and maybe a little very light off roading so I think it'll be ok.

Awesome and thanks, I just missed one local by a day.it would be ace in the peaks, the lanes aren’t too hard and there’s a lot of twisty tarmac too. I’ll keep looking

https://www.revcomps.com/product/2019-ktm-390-duke/

[Asian Boss]

It turned up today. It's quite tight getting it out of the garage between my car and the neighbour's so I'm very glad I didn't get an X-Adv or African Twin.

Christ knows when I can get a go on it with the weather being so bad. Maybe Monday. It's a nice little thing though.

photo_2022-02-18_17-50-31.jpg (169 KiB) Viewed 561 times

[Bigyin]

Congrats

You want to take it off roading so its going to get covered in shit........ go ride it and get in some cleaning practise

[matt]

Concept 390 enduro spotted, if they get this bike right it could be very popular

[Asian Boss]

I took it for a quick gan this morning before the rain starts again. It's a braw little thing. Not that little actually. I'll have to fold my car's wing mirror back every time I get it out, I hope that doesn't banjax it in some way.

I'm very happy with the bike though. I think I'll order a top box for it. Probably the Givi Trekker, in black, 42 litres.

[Asian Boss]

Well, I'm really enjoying it. I've been using it for local trips; letting people out of side roads and applying the steering lock.

When I first started it it vibrated quite a lot at tickover and I thought it was going to be like a rough old Harley. I always say that ('rough old Harley') in a Dutch accent, as I first heard it from my good friend Wout Meppelink. What am I saying, it wasn't Wout Meppelink, it was Joost van Overzee.

Anyway, it's not like a rough old Harley at all, it goes really nicely. I think it's doing between 70 and 80 mpg too which is really good. I think I only really bought it because it seems mad to start up a fairly large diesel engined car for short journeys.

I bought the topbox but I rounded out the head of a 5mm allen bolt which I needed to remove in order to fit it. So I'll have to take it to a local tooley goon to get it sorted now. What a ruddy tit!

[KungFooBob]

I bet you have lovely soft hands.

[Asian Boss]

And I'm all posh and Channel Four talking and have never done a real days graft in my life.

[Asian Boss]

Victoria at Wednesday badminton was very taken with it and said I was very cool and should get a tattoo because I was 'a biker'. Then showed me hers.

I'm old enough to be her father! Or perhaps a very close uncle....

[KungFooBob]

[Asian Boss]

The least manly of the racket sports.

[The Spin Doctor]

The least manly of the racket sports.

Oi... my dad was a champion badminton player

[Supermofo]

I missed this too. Top bombing on the bike, enjoy.