RUST Magazine: RUST #43
It's been a mad couple of months (and more) since the last issue as we've been working overtime on digital projects that should come to fruition very soon. But we've taken time out to get on the bikes as often as we can. And so this issue is still a 128-page cracker – not least because we've got seriously detailed ride reports on the two of the biggest stories in Adventure in 2019 – the amazing Yamaha Tenere 700 and KTM 790 Adventure R – enduro enthusiasts might like to skip the first 40 pages... Talking of enduro, one of KTM's biggest rivals – Beta – just released some of their meanest, bestest enduros yet!
It's been a mad couple of months (and more) since the last issue as we've been working overtime on digital projects that should come to fruition very soon. But we've taken time out to get on the bikes as often as we can. And so this issue is still a 128-page cracker – not least because we've got seriously detailed ride reports on the two of the biggest stories in Adventure in 2019 – the amazing Yamaha Tenere 700 and KTM 790 Adventure R – enduro enthusiasts might like to skip the first 40 pages... Talking of enduro, one of KTM's biggest rivals – Beta – just released some of their meanest, bestest enduros yet!
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ADVENTURE<br />
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SPECIFICATION<br />
KTM 790 ADVENTURE R<br />
ENGINE: liquid cooled DOHC fourvalve<br />
twin cylinder four-stroke<br />
DISPLACEMENT: 799cc<br />
BORE & STROKE: 88 x 65.7mm<br />
MAX POWER: 70kW (95bhp) @<br />
8000rpm<br />
MAX TORQUE: 88Nm @ 6600rpm<br />
FUELING: EFI, 46mm throttle body<br />
STARTER: Electric<br />
TRANSMISSION: Six-speed gearbox,<br />
wet multi-plate anti-hop slipper<br />
clutch<br />
FRAME: steel trellis frame<br />
FRONT SUSPENSION: 48mm USD WP<br />
forks, fully adjustable, 240mm travel<br />
REAR SUSPENSION: WP PDS<br />
monoshock, fully adjustable,<br />
240mm travel<br />
WHEELS / TYRES: 90/90-21”, 150/70-<br />
18” – wire spoke wheels<br />
BRAKES: Two front discs 320mm<br />
radially-mounted four-piston<br />
Brembo calipers, Rear disc 260mm<br />
twin piston Brembo caliper; ABS<br />
(cornering and off-road)<br />
SEAT HEIGHT: 880mm<br />
WHEELBASE: 1528mm<br />
GROUND CLEARANCE: 263mm<br />
WEIGHT: 189kg (dry)<br />
FUEL CAPACITY: 20 litres<br />
CONTACT: www.ktm.com<br />
PRICE: UK £11,999, US $13,499, EU €13,399<br />
*Just to clear up those categories: Daily ride, is the ride to work<br />
(with the 690 it’s an easy ride, but we’d be worried about it<br />
being stolen while we’re in the office –looks too much like a<br />
motocrosser!); Green lanes are a unique British phenomenon,<br />
being shared use tracks (walkers, cyclists, horse riders, cars) that<br />
date back to the Stone Age (not quite) that are typically rutted<br />
to hell, overgrown, slow going (in the south at least); TET Trans<br />
European Trails are a mixed bag of off-road routes all over Europe,<br />
they vary in terrain and technicality according to the route maker<br />
and local geography – typically best for mid-sized trail bikes;<br />
BDR/ACT, that’s US Backcountry Discovery Routes and European<br />
Adventure Country Tracks which are selected very much on being<br />
capable of being ridden comfortably by 1200cc adventure bikes;<br />
Rally, think Hellas Rally, Gibraltar Rally – the new breed of grand<br />
turismo, where it’s half race half tour; Grand tour, is either two-up<br />
two-week or extended cross continent adventuring.<br />
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