Latest Motorcycle News, racing sport and reviews brought to you daily. Mark Willis tests the new for 2017 KTM 1290 Super Adventure S, the more road orientated offering out of the S and R models The KTM 1290 R’s air temperature gauge says we’re cooking at 38°C. Even through a dusty pair of tinted goggles, the Super Adventure’s rich, colourful, angle-adjustable 6.5in flat screen display is crystal clear and easily bright enough to read even in the harshest direct sunlight on earth. The KTM 1290 Super Adventure S is a mind boggling motorcycle, on 1 hand it’s a long distance armchair of a bike that you could ride round the world on, in the other hand it’s a road going sports bike hunter and then it’s also a Supermoto wheelie machine. The way the bike adapts its ability to master a given type of riding and then shift - May 30, 2018 Roads come in all shapes, sizes and conditions, and the KTM 1290 Super Adventure S is designed to handle them all. It combines serious horsepower with a capable chassis, Home KTM 1290 Super Adventure S Reviews First Ride: 2017 KTM 1290 Super Adventure S A big bike with a lot going for it. Mar 6, 2017 at 12:00am ET. 7 min read. Randle McMurphy. . Latest Motorcycle News, racing sport and reviews brought to you daily. Mark Willis tests the new for 2017 KTM 1290 Super Adventure S, the more road orientated offering out of the S and R models The sixth gear serves as a long overdrive in the KTM 1290 SUPER ADVENTURE T’s well-spaced gearbox. This saves fuel and adds to your cruising comfort. Cylinder heads A key element in the flawless power delivery of the 75° V-twin is each cylinder’s state-of-the-art 4-valve cylinder head. Overall rating Next up: Ride & brakes 4 out of 5 (4/5) Author: Jon Urry Published: 27 April 2021 Updated: 08 August 2023 KTM have taken an angle grinder to their 1290 Super Adventure S Home KTM 1290 Super Adventure S Reviews First Ride: 2017 KTM 1290 Super Adventure S A big bike with a lot going for it. Mar 6, 2017 at 12:00am ET. 7 min read. Randle McMurphy. The KTM 1290 Super Adventure: Between its sophisticated electronics and control systems, there's a lot more going on here than meets the eye. KTM. If you read our 2015 KTM 1290 Super Adventure Review, you saw a fairly straight ahead analysis on the nuts and bolts of this big adventure bike.

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