
Tenerife, Canary Islands—KTM has a problem: It's called the 1190 Adventure. As the Austrian company forges ahead to become a complete player with a comprehensive model range, it continues diving into the streetbike pool with Adventures, Dukes, SM-Ts and RC8s. And now, with its brand-new 2014 (in...
Triumph have been producing a bike called a Tiger since 1937 or so, and while it has morphed a lot over that time, it has always had an adventurous travel quality. Ted Simon wrote Jupiter's Travels about his ride around the world on his Tiger, so one could understand if Triumph didn't want to...
The old Adventure, however, was outpaced, technologically bereft and suffered from displacement envy. With the introduction of the 2014 1190 Adventure, KTM addressed the bike's shortcomings but in the process has streetified its once dominant dirtbike. Powered by a new 1195cc engine sourced from...
KTM CEO Stefan Pierer has confirmed that the new "800cc" platform is going to happen with two bikes based on the platform stated to be unveiled this year. KTM will most likely name these bikes the "790" series, in line with their traditional naming pattern. The fact that a new KTM parallel twin...
Try Before You Buy BMW R1200GSVs KTM 1190 AdventureVs Triumph Explorer Only at Procycles Hornsby and St Peters Phone St Peters on [02] 9564 8000 Phone Hornsby on [02] 9910 9500 BMW R1200GS The basic BMW R1200GS 2014 -model is designed mainly for urban touring on relative good tarmac roads,...
Adventure Tourer...or Adventure Poseur? by Rick K. for webBikeWorld.com Introduction Welcome to the next webBikeWorld.com project bike! The 2014 Suzuki V-Strom 1000 ABS was introduced in the U.S.A. at the inaugural AIMExpo show in Orlando, Florida in October of 2013. I ordered an Adventure model...
By Tom Roderick Last year, it was BMW's fabulous R1200GS sharing the MOBO in this category with KTM's brilliant 1190 Adventure, as each excelled in their own particular ways. This year the tie was broken by the stunning new 1290 Super Adventure, an amalgamation of the 1190 and the audacious...