The 2024 KTM EXC enduro range has now been joined by the Six Days edition bikes, featuring Argentina-inspired graphics, and special edition components. The 2024 KTM EXC enduro range has been given another addition, in the form of the 2024 KTM 300 EXC Hardenduro, which is an all-new variant of the EXC for the new model year. 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. BMW S1000XR vs. Ducati Multistrada 1200S vs. Kawasaki Versys 1000LT vs. KTM 1290 Super Adventure. By Brian Catterson. October 26, 2015. More Reviews. Reviews. Riding The Completely New 2020 Indian Aug 30, 2018 - Well into my thirties, I’m looking for more of a balance between pure comfort and outright performance—and the KTM 1290 Super Adventure S checks every box in the book. Adventure bikes are ultra capable machines, and KTM is king of the hill for a multitude of reasons. Beyond being blisteringly fast, it retains a comfortable upright riding position and an adjustable suspension 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. - 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, 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 Perhaps even as far as far as Suzuki's V-Strom 650XT, or BMW's F 800 GS, too. They could even be looking at KTM's 1290 Super Adventure S. Honestly, the list is endless. Oh, maybe a Triumph Tiger 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 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 XCtkus.