2021 KTM 1290 Super Adventure S Review | Can You Commute In London On This Weapon? Adaptive Cruise
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 15 ก.ค. 2024
- Join me on my first (kind of) ride on the 2021 KTM Super Adventure S.
In this video I see what the bike is like to ride in the city, on the motorway and in slow moving traffic. Is something this powerful actually usable daily?
Enjoy!
Timecodes
00:00 - Intro
00:44 - Price and Spec
02:05 - Motorway
03:00 - Bad Points
05:06 - Adaptive Cruise In-Depth
08:36 - Seat Height/Adjustable Ride Height
10:15 - Fuelling, Quickshifter and More
14:46 - London Filtering Test
18:08 - Synopsis
20:45 - Outro - ยานยนต์และพาหนะ
I love how excited you are with this review, looks like an awesome bike and great in depth review!
Thanks guys!
Had me grinning in synch...good review. Thanks 👍
Haha no problem! I ended up buying one because of it!
Fantastic review mate well done lotts of info stay happy
Thank you! Safe riding!
This Is what I was looking for !! No bullshit just a really no bs review ! 💯 Thank you ! Really
No problem! Glad you enjoyed. A 1500 mile owners review is up on my channel too! Loved it too much I bought one haha!
Absolutely brilliant bike. Had the pleasure to ride on one a few weeks ago and it's a blast. Like you said, it's got loads of power and torque but isn't necessarily uncomfortable on lower speeds.
Guess I'll stick with the ol' faithful tracer for now but it is definitely a contender for the future. Lovely video as always!
It's brilliant isn't it! Ktm finally reaching the point where their bikes are usable as well as crazy haha!
Thanks mate!
It was nice finding a in town review. Leaning more towards the 2022 super adventure even more now
No problem! Always good to test it where most people would actually use it! I'm 10k miles in on mine, and I love it!
G’day from Australia. When you laugh in your helmet like this it’s a good sign ! I’m torn between the SDR and this now 🤔 thanks for the review 👍
Hello! Haha sometimes I can't help it! I was the same on the SDR. Did a review on that earlier on the channel if you're interested. You can use the new SDR for most things, but it just doesn't have the long haul ability. So if you don't need that, SDR all day! Thanks for watching
Honestly really good and different review
Love your reviews, not the typical “clinical” reviews, very practical! Had the SD1, now considering this, dealer in Manila says it’s coming late this year. Maybe you can review the new speed triple next.
Thank you! Much prefer showing how the bike feels rather than the numbers on a spec sheet!
New speed triple is definitely on the list!
Thanks for watching
Mate! You look like your having so much fun with it. I'm hoping to get mine in February next year. I am 54 but i cant wait, like a little kid waiting for Xmas. Enjoy.
Honestly have such a good laugh with this! Every time I get off it, I'm smiling, and love it more and more every time I ride it! The thing gets better and better!
I was half expecting that video ending with you putting a deposit down on the bike!! 😂
To be continued.... 😉
Hi Sam, greetings from New Zealand ;) I just put down a deposit on this bike. Your review came across as genuine and unbiased. Sometimes I wonder how much the journos get paid for recommendations. I found the indicator switch awful too but having a Street Triple RS in the garage with self cancelling, I'm used to the tech now. The KTM will make an excellent long distance tourer and a hooligan machine when it's not touring. Best of both worlds...
Hello! Great minds think alike!
I got used to the indicator switch after an hour or so, just resetting that muscle memory.
Thank you! I agree, it almost seems like a lot of them are worried about saying things aren't perfect in case they ruin the relationship with the dealer/manufacturer.
This bike literally does everything which is what really made me enjoy it. Tour, commute, off road, and be the weekend hooligan, all while putting a massive smile on your face!
Thanks for watching!
Good review 😇👍🏻👍🏾
Thank you!
Extremely enjoyable review of an apex bike.
Thank you! It's an awesome piece of kit 👌🏼
Your so funny to listen as your bike just brings out the devil and watching the bike stop itself was epic , I’m now convinced I have to change next year .
Come to the orange side 🍊
@@SamVBikes within the next 12 months I’m sure I will go orange 🍊, just going to watch part two
Thinking of moving to this bike next year. All my mates have upgraded to the new XR. But dont fancy the seat or the narrow handle bars. Great review👍
Thank you bud! You won't be disappointed! They will pull away on the fast bends but you'll be having a way better time!
Test rode this the other day, Im a current SDR 2020 owner and want something for longer distance. I was very impressed with the bike, although my demo didnt have any extras including no QS, but I know they're great from the SDR, I will most likely be purchasing one in the near future!
Nice! The SDR is awesome! When I test rode this, it didn't have half the extras like the anti-dive etc which I was really surprised about! I may or may not have already done so.. so If you do buy one, you won't be disappointed!
Best review
loving the review. What height are you mate?
Thank you! I'm 5ft9 and around 32inch leg!
Excellent review. I’ve got the 2019 SA and absolutely love it and not sure if there’s enough on the new model to make me want to change just yet! I love all the electrics but can we have too many🤔
Thank you! I loved the previous bike, it was just as bonkers! The new one is more refined but I wouldn't rush in to trade yours in. Like you said, a lot of electronics isn't necessarily the best thing! Maybe wait until they do the deals in a years time!
I have this piece of dynamite. I use it as a scooter to go in Milan for working. So pleasure even driving in town. But next 10 days I will go three day offroad in tuscany.
Piece of dynamite is the best description of it I've heard yet! Haha! Road trip to Tuscany would be incredible! Hope you enjoy it
I need that jacket!!
It's lovely isn't it! Richa Daytona 60s jacket I think it is! They do it in black too!
Excellent video! I would have to test ride one for the windscreen. Would trade in my 890 Duke R and try the adventure life!
Thanks Erik! It's an awesome bike! The screen can just be replaced but if you're used to a naked bike you might be alright!
@@SamVBikes not necessarily. I want to get better wind protection to reduce fatigue and ride longer. So I went and test rode the new Tracer 9 thinking it would be great because it has a windscreen. Turns out it was awful for me, the screen caused a bunch of buffeting on my helmet which was much worse than my naked bike. I'm 5'8". The dealer even put an add on spoiler on the demo bike for me to try but it didn't help much. Now I know that I definitely have to test ride to know for sure, some "touring bikes" are actually less comfortable than nakeds
Ahh I understand you! The tracers are great but the wind protection isn't good at all. The best bike I've ridden for screen protection was the tiger 800 and tiger 900, but they don't have the grin factor that the ktms do! I could easily ride with my visor up on the motorway and barely have any wind in my face!
Great review again Sam, what a great bike this is too. The only thing that would make me nervous is the KTM dealer network (they seem to behave like they are doing you a favour) and possible reliability rumours of other models. Time will tell but the bike looks fantastic, in my opinion
Agreed! My local dealer has great reviews so hopefully it won't be too bad but I get your point! I love it too! Cheers for watching
@@SamVBikes you're welcome. Perhaps I will give them a try if I decide to go KTM. The sales manager at Birmingham didn't even get off his proverbial to assist me until the helpful young woman behind the kit counter came over and dragged a 790 Duke out for me to try. I hope she has his job in the near future.
I hate that! Treat every customer like they could potentially be a future customer! Shame but hopefully they will get better soon!
@@SamVBikes exactly! Even if you have young teenagers come into the shop, give them a few minutes, a brochure or two as they may well be customers in a few years if you treat them right.
Precisely! Maybe we can run them instead! Haha
Did you notice any excessive vibrations through the bars at all? Great video by the way.
Thank you! Vibrations are very noticeable when youre giving it some happy trigger, but not enough to cause discomfort. When you're on the motorway in 6th, it's no different to any other twin bike I've ridden! Got a 1 month ownership review thats just gone live on the channel for more info if you're interested too (shameless plug haha). Thanks for watching!
Nice review Sam, I am getting my new 22 plate 1290 SAS on January 6th. Coming from a 1250GS 😎👍
Welcome to the orange side! I'm 20k miles in on mine and adore the thing! Congratulations on the new bike bud!
@@SamVBikes it was you and Ricardo who tipped the balance in me changing. Love how much fun it gives you 😎
Haha! Yeah this new model just ticks every box for me.. does everything I want.. its an upright superduke which can jump off road and get 280 miles from a tank
@@SamVBikes just hope that the wife likes it on the back as much 🤔 well I have got her the heated ergo seat 🤣
Haha! Hopefully she will although I got slapped very hard when I let the Adaptive cruise slow the bike down coming up to traffic without telling her 😂😂
Some quality filtering there as well by the way!
Haha thanks! You haven't seen the years of accidentally clonking mirrors haha
@@SamVBikes many years ago I used to ride about London on a Honda hornet...that brought back a few memories!
Nice! I bet you really don't miss it! Going back in made me realise I really like working from home!
Love that bike .. considering. Leather jacket quite cool! What brand?
It's a Richa Daytona 60s jacket! Love it
I was hoping for Honda to recast the Africa Twin as an “S” (street?) version, but that doesn’t look promising. So, after over fifty years of riding, I’m seriously considering this as my final new bike purchase. The only question that remains is: In thirty years, when I’m 100, will the KTM still be a thrill?
Kudos on the 50 years of riding! That's an achievement not many can say they've done! This bike is bonkers! I'm sure you'll get used to it's Jekyll and Hyde nature after a few months, but I don't think there will ever be a time where it won't make me giggle like a child haha!
For me Before buy I have try GS and Ducati. For me the K is a bike with a soul It broke my hearth. I got it.
Agreed! It's got so much more personality that the other bikes!
Im a gen 1 busa owner, zero bike aids, just bought a new golf with adaptive cruise control? That is a very strange feeling coming to a halt without touching the brakes! Seriously considering one of these 👍🏻
Its an amazing bit of tech which is definitely going to help with the motorway miles! The Golf's comes to a complete stop too, very creepy! Haha
@@SamVBikes the golf being an automatic, no issues, ktm i can only imagine, got to pull the clutch in quick, im in my fiftys so it is a very strange feeling, my wife was sat next to me at the time, when i said i never even pressed the brake down, there was silence 🤣🤣🤣
Very true! You can bang down the gears with blipper while cruise is still on which is a nice feature but I'm not sure I'll be testing it too often! Haha I'm imagining the telling off I'd get for not pre-warning the other half with something like that 😂
@@SamVBikes you've only just come up on my recommended u tube channels, iv obviously subscribed, cant be enough bloggers doing reviews especially as I'm looking at buying another bike, good luck, great review 👍🏻
Glad to have you along! Slowly getting a few more subs! Let me know if there are any bikes you'd like me to try get hold of and I'll do my best! Thanks Richard! And thanks for watching!
Hi, Sam, what kind of jacket are you wearing? Thanks!
Hey! It's a Richa Daytona 60s jacket. Absolutely love it!
Hi Sam, is there any reason you didn’t give the 1290 SD GT a try? I’m looking at either the XR or the GT as my next bike as I don’t plan to go off road really. Cheers
Hey! Ive ridden it in the past and love the SD GT but was waiting for them to update to the new engine/TFT config etc. When I bought mine, the GT still had the previous gen electronics on which I knew had quite a few more issues so wasnt massively confident in it. The one they have released now is more of a face-lift, but I reckon there's a bigger change coming! Would definitely consider one in the future once I've stopped messing around in the mud! Thanks for watching
Looks like an awesome bike you're going to need some self control.
Definitely! Not as bad as the XR was for temptation
On highway I set 130km/h and forget. I can chrunch kilometers forever.
For god's sake.. everybody mentions the indicator issue. Test rode a 1290 today and it took me less than 5 min to figure out that its push/flick down and not a push in to cancel. When you look at the shape of it it also makes more sense.
Its not necessarily just the cancelling which makes it a bad design, but it's a very weak and fiddly design. Didn't stop me buying the SAS though! Like you say, 5 mins in and you've worked it out
Can the suspension be set uo as soft and as comfortable as a GS?
It can definitely be as soft, but the GS is definitely a more comfortable bike (seat primarily). This is a bit more aggressive in every way
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Thank you!
@@SamVBikes Looking forward to your 1k review, seriously thinking of getting this bike just a bit reserved due to lack of proper dealerships.
I'm hoping It doesn't suffer with any of the electrical gremlins of KTM past models as well. It's sublime so far. Have a top negatives and positives video coming in a few weeks time
@@SamVBikes Cany wait, would have pulled the trigger on this except for the gremlins. I am so glad you have done it. Gratz on the new bike, really jealous.
Let's hope! Thank you! I'll definitely keep everyone updated with how it's going! Hoping it turns out to be the bike I've always wanted!
I would just like to say that the multistrada v4s with adaptive cruise starts at £18.500 ish , I know this as I’m putting a deposit down on Friday , don’t trust ktm reliability after my last one and hearing about many problems from owners .
My mistake, must be the Sport version I was thinking of. Still a few K more than the KTM so could swing it for some people. Hoping mine stays reliable. Thanks for watching!
The 1190 Adventure is the forgotten bike. Never gets mentioned whenever a new 1290 arrives. Must be good.
I unfortunately never rode the 1190, only the previous 1290 model! I agree though, I've not heard many people mention it in their reviews of this!
Did you find it vibey or buzzy at all?
Hey Brian,
Not particularly. It's a whacking great V-twin so you will get some engine vibe but it was SO much better than the last model. I never noticed it where I can pick it up on some bikes. Full disclosure though, I don't really find the S1000XR vibey, even though a lot of people do.
Hope that helps!
Putting down a deposit on the 2021 Super Adventure tomorrow, should be receiving her in 3 weeks. I am blaming you
Hahaha! The best comment I've received all year! You will NOT be disappointed.. its an awesome machine. I may or may not have picked mine up on Thursday. Already 150miles into the 600 mile run in! Smiling like a goon every minute
@@SamVBikes fuck it....going to watch your review again! Lol ride safe bud
Haha! Enjoy it mate. Those weeks waiting are the longest I've ever experienced! Safe riding too!
screen is a motorcycle screen so it will get some air, the more important thing is the turbulence. I don't understand this massive screens some people have this is not a car.
Of course, I mean more the turbulence when I talk about it. Riding bikes like the Triumph Tiger and S1000XR, you have a complete bubble of calm behind the screen when it's in the highest position. The better the screen from blocking headwind, the less fatigue on long journeys
the bike is good, but missing that GS premium feel! doesn't feel like an 18k bike, more like Yamaha Tenere which is twice as cheap
I agree, it definitely isn't as premium feeling as the GS, but a vast improvement over last years model - better plastics, nicer TFT, switchgear is backlit and much nicer feeling etc.
Mind you, saying that, if you configure a GS to the same level as the KTM, minus the adaptive cruise as that's not an option yet, you end up paying a good £1.3k+ more than you do for the KTM. KTM being around 16.5k, GS around 17.8k.
@@SamVBikes 18.500ktm 21000bmw... Who's got those kind of money really doesn't care about price difference... I would personally pay hapilly extra for that luxury feel... Spent 4 days on it and then switched to ktm its chalk and cheese... Much better wind protection, no heat from engine, suspension!!.... BUT quickshifter looks better on KTM... Ktm might be quicker for sure but at my age and type of riding not relevant... th-cam.com/video/H_ceFqB7xv8/w-d-xo.html
@@marekhlina74 I suppose it depends what you are looking for from a bike like these. Both bikes are aimed at different types of people within the adventure sector - I think the GS is a great all round bike which does everything very well, but for me, lacks any sort of character or thrill, whereas the KTM, has that grin factor but you make some small sacrifices for that. I've ridden the GS a number of times in a few different guises and its fantastic, but it's a bike to get a job done. If I can do the same journey with 95% of the comfort, but get off with a smile on my face, that's what makes a bike worth it in my opinion - again, something I look for in a bike that not everyone will be looking for.
The KTM for me falls into the same category as the Multistrada, S1000XR etc.
Tell me about that jacket.
I think its the Richa Daytona 60s jacket. Love it!!
I have a 1200GSA and pondering the 890 Adventure but keep coming back to this….. You haven’t helped!!
Haha! My 6 month ownership review will be going up in the coming weeks! Absolutely love the thing!
Has the zip bust on your jacket?
It hasn't no, but it was pretty warm and this jacket has no vents
Indicators switch off automatically on this bike
Yes, I mention that. Although sometimes that takes a long time so it's useful to be able to switch them off easily
@@SamVBikes sounds to be a great bike. Atm I have a 890 R and it is fun to drive. But the adventure 1290 could be my next one for longer trips and more GT capacity
@@Alexlegrand294 890R is an awesome bike! If you have a look at some of the more recent videos on my channel, I've got a 1500 mile review on this if you were tempted!
Push the indicator switch DOWN to cancel....
Tried that... didnt seem to work properly either. I've ridden enough motorcycles to know how to cancel an indicator but this button just seemed to be very poorly designed