Reader's Choice Best On-Off-Road/Adventure Motorcycle of 2015: KTM 1190 Adventure R
Your choice of the 1190 Adventure R solidifies KTM’s ascension to one of the top motorcycle marques on the planet. BMW essentially created the big-bore adventure-bike market with its twin-cylinder GS, but KTM’s Adventure series has shaken up the status quo. The regular 1190 Adventure delivers a power punch even the liquid-cooled Boxer BMW can’t match, giving it a sporting edge evidenced during our Battle of the Adventures shootout.
2013 KTM 1190 Adventure R Review
The 1190 R takes the things we like about the non-R KTM and adds some serious off-road chops. It includes extra suspension travel and larger spoked wheels (a 21/18-inch combo rather than a 19/17 pairing) that are better suited for aggressive off-road riding. It is able to tackle gnarly off-road obstacles like an overgrown dirtbike. Robust engine guards protect vital equipment.
After we rode the KTM at its launch, we wrote, the “1190 Adventure R is perhaps the best multi-purpose motorcycle on the planet.” It appears you readers think so, too, even though voting was tight. The Adventure’s 24.7% just edged the 23.9% earned by the R1200GS.
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I love this bike.
I have the money and the skill, but I don't have the height to ride one.
Damn, how I'd love a "real" adventure bike that my aging 50 year-old 5'5" body could ride!
I'm no shorter now than I was back in high school or the Marine Corps when I had no problem riding race ready Enduro or MX bikes, but damn, bikes are way up there nowadays in the seat height department.