it was and is a rhetorical question , ktm 690 going away..... it started with a conversation with my neighbor who owns a husky 701, had me looking at ktm 690 more for curiosity than anything else at this time in life.... noticed on KTM site 690 not featured , so the neighbor is thinking that KTM is letting it go because the 790 is about to come to production... 701 got the revised motor and other improvements , hard to believe the parent company would let husky out perform their own product. ktm has a promotional video on the 790 on their site... the Austin KTM dealer is TJ's cycles , they have one at a discount... so if the 690 is not discontinued that's cool too. I have been thinking of a second bike , something lighter than the tenere , 690,701,500, 350, dr 650 , not sure but it would have to be lighter. am not planning on not having the tenere ( after all the farkles wife would have me by the short hairs if I got rid of it, besides I still like the old girl.) ( bike and wife )go away, so for grins lets say the 690 is toast , other than more power what would a 790 bring to the table worth having... if its heavy and it has to be heavier than a 690, its not as good in the dirt . the t7 or how ever it appears would have to have power because it will be heavy or whats the point. I already have a heavy dirt orientated street bike that keeps going where I point it.... but its not a trail bike. do I want a trail bike , maybe , or just one that can handle the trails that doesn't weigh twice what I weigh. there is a lot of manufactures activity moving it seems in the 1000cc to 800cc area. I like the big torque motor , its why I bought the tenere, but it has limits. and weight is the limiter. and lighter has its own limits.
