RUST magazine: RUST#42
IT'S A WHOPPER! 174 pages, so take your time. ON TEST: KTM 790 Adventure R, Triumph Scrambler 1200XE, Fantic Caballero Scrambler 500, Yamaha WR450F plus long term reports on Suzuki V-Strom 650XT, Honda CRF250RX, Husqvarna FE350 and KTM 1290 Adventure R. TRAVEL: California Cruising on Triumph and Indian, across the Americas with PanAmScram. REGULARS: Chris Evans, Craig Keyworth, fitness, products, and much much more!
IT'S A WHOPPER! 174 pages, so take your time. ON TEST: KTM 790 Adventure R, Triumph Scrambler 1200XE, Fantic Caballero Scrambler 500, Yamaha WR450F plus long term reports on Suzuki V-Strom 650XT, Honda CRF250RX, Husqvarna FE350 and KTM 1290 Adventure R. TRAVEL: California Cruising on Triumph and Indian, across the Americas with PanAmScram. REGULARS: Chris Evans, Craig Keyworth, fitness, products, and much much more!
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KTM 790 ADVENTURE R<br />
2. IT FEELS THE SAME<br />
You’d think this being a parallel twin of approximately 800cc that it would<br />
feel different to all the other KTM adventure bikes. It doesn’t. Like so many<br />
parallel twins these days it adopts an offset crank position to create a veetwin<br />
feel. So jumping from a 1290 onto the 790, while you notice the power<br />
difference (that’s something like from 160hp down to 90hp), the engine<br />
characteristic, the feel, is very similar. We could go further, to say that it<br />
seems with electronic aids and computer engine management a lot of<br />
engines are getting to feel quite similar these days. You can jump from bike<br />
to bike, crack the throttle on a gravel corner and all will give you that same<br />
digitally-manipulated serving of wheelspin (and slide). Which is both useful<br />
(less crashing) if getting to feel slightly homogenised!<br />
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KTM 790 ADVENTURE R<br />
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