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KTMs new 890R.... the Adventure
Posted: Tue Oct 13, 2020 9:13 am
by weeksy
Re: KTMs new 890R.... the Adventure
Posted: Tue Oct 13, 2020 10:59 am
by G.P
790 Adventure deals should be pretty keen then
Shame they don't do a version with 19" instead of 21" front end, the majority will spend ll their life on tarmac.
If I was in that Market I'd be after the New Triumph Tiger 900 GT Pro
Re: KTMs new 890R.... the Adventure
Posted: Tue Oct 13, 2020 2:37 pm
by G.P
Harry wrote: Tue Oct 13, 2020 2:13 pm
G.P wrote: Tue Oct 13, 2020 10:59 am
If I was in that Market I'd be after the New Triumph Tiger 900 GT Pro
I think I'd prefer that every day of the week too.
I'm sure the KTM will sell but I'm struggling to picture the buyers? Is it a really serious offroad tool, or round-the-world bike?
Surely there are better Chelsea tractors if you're just going to use it for Sundays blasts to the chip shop?
Tomcat bought the 790 to do a Half way RTW trip (postponed due to you know what). They seem pretty solidly put together and apparently are very capable off road. Mind you, now they've bought out a 390 ADV I'd probably choose that to do an RTW trip before a 790....
Re: KTMs new 890R.... the Adventure
Posted: Tue Oct 13, 2020 3:43 pm
by Supermofo
I'd take a 690 enduro over both probably if I was doing a RTW trip. More power than the 390, not far off the 790 and lighter/simpler than both. Matey here did 84k miles on his before the dreaded rocker arms got him. Although I'd probably take an XT660 over the 690 as well.
https://advrider.com/f/threads/rtw-with ... 90.781893/
Re: KTMs new 890R.... the Adventure
Posted: Thu Oct 15, 2020 2:00 pm
by crust
There's actually quite a large off-road following for big bikes that are used off-road but not many genuine off-road bike bikes so I expect they'll sell well.
On a normal year there's a number of off-road rallies for big bikes both in the UK and Europe.
Re: KTMs new 890R.... the Adventure
Posted: Thu Oct 15, 2020 2:15 pm
by Le_Fromage_Grande
That looks nice, better than the Yamaha Tenere, I'd ride it off road if I bought one.
Re: KTMs new 890R.... the Adventure
Posted: Thu Oct 22, 2020 9:41 pm
by CarlBarth
Bought the 790r in September, is a great bike.
Re: KTMs new 890R.... the Adventure
Posted: Sat Oct 24, 2020 2:30 pm
by weeksy
Re: KTMs new 890R.... the Adventure
Posted: Sat Oct 24, 2020 10:47 pm
by Scootabout
That review makes it sound as if it's almost sensible enough for me. Wouldn't mind a go. Expensive, though.
