I think that bike deserves Rumbux!
That was my impression too. The 1190 Adventure fit my 5'7" frame very well but the Super Adv was ginormous. No worries for big guys though and it certainly has a lot of nice bells and whistles.Donk said:Welcome back! Does the 1290 ride as big as it looks? I've ridden the 1190 and really liked it but the 1290 looks HUGE.
You must be thinking of the Adventure R. The Super Adventure has 17/19 wheels.EricV said:Welcome back! I hope the big SA fits your needs. The 18/21 might give up some stability on the road, but should prove it's worth off pavement. I can help you out with crash protection when you are interested.
the Super Duke GT looks like it could be a good bike too, I had a 990 ADV and came very close to an SMT, which was an under rated do it all machine - it was just a bit small for me in the frame set up2112 said:Having recently visited the UK Motorcycle show at the NEC in Birmingham I noticed that the KTM1290 was the only bike that you just couldn't get near. There were always at least 4 or 5 people waiting to have a sit on it, no other bike at the show was like that. Very popular, enjoy ::008::
What would the attraction be then? Were it not for that, and bit of exclusivity because of their origin, why would anyone want one?trainman said:I think if KTM and maybe Ducati realised we don't all need super powerful, super light bikes they would do even better,
You may be thinking of the airbox issues with the 1190. Lots of complaints till owners came up with solutions.JRE said:I haven't been following KTM too closely...I know there has been one that has had a lot of issue - is it this or the 990? I did sit on this one at a local dealer and really liked the ergos.