Considering buying a high mileage (96,000km/60,000mi) 1190R. Owner has excellent service records, has changed oil/filters at well below stated intervals, valves adjusted regularly, seems to have stayed on top of everything else too (other than the rear shock not having been serviced, but I can take care of that), can’t spot any faults whatsoever when inspecting or test riding. The KTM 1190 Adventure R is a bike built for the off-road rider. But is it a good bike? We gave three test riders open license to be awesome and do skids. We’ve had our long-term KTM 1190 Adventure R test bike over five months now and ridden more than 3,000 miles across California, Nevada and Arizona. From long-distance trips across the open desert fully loaded to fast technical trail rides with panniers off, we’ve pushed the bike to its limits on almost every type of off-road terrain.
KTM does off-road performance. Case in point, the 2020 KTM 1290 Super Adventure R. With Dakar-inspired styling, longer suspension travel than the road-going S model, crash guards, and spoked
Motology Films takes their big Adventure bike into some serious off-road terrain after fitting it with the new Touratech Long-travel suspension. Featuring Ad
Reviews BMW R1200GS Adventure vs. KTM 1190 Adventure R - Long-Term Test Wrap-Up What a long, strange trip it's been. By Blake Conner March 19, 2015 It took us almost a year, but we finally XVpi.
