2021 KTM 1290 Super Adventure R Review | Green lane machine!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 11 ก.ย. 2024
- Alex had muddy gloves for a couple of weeks for this one. With some serious updates for 2021, the KTM 1290 Super Adventure R was pointed towards some local green lanes and byways ready to explore. Or rather, ‘Ready to Race’.
The adventure motorcycle with its LC8 V-twin could be one of Alex’s favourite to ride recently, but let’s not ruin the video!
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Best bike i have ever owned in 30years.Had a 990 and 950 before. Offroad this is so much better. At least give it a test ride. You will be amazed. 😁👌
do you feel its the smoother throttle that makes the bike better offroad? im considering one of these after owning 2 990s
do you know if you can add a taller windshield like the touring edition from the SAS?
Yes
If you are an older rider, get the 1290 SAS or SAR, they will make you 30 years younger..😍
Until you drop it & can't pick it up XD
@@houjous5131 . That's the case for every big ADV bikes..they are all heavy af*
@@abymathew295 you haven't tried the 890 then
@@houjous5131 . Different Genre
@Aby Mathew in the genre of "feeling young again" the 890 fits better as is - still fast &way more manageable in weight. Unless by "older" you mean like 35-40 then nvm 😆
23 litres... 200 miles... 39.5 mpgUK. Its the power and size of this bike that I'd love on the road, off road though - it's still heavy to move about and way above my skill level. This guy seems to handle it pretty well though. Good review, thanks mate
The faster off road footage , orange trimmed jacket, is Chris birch…😂
That’s how I feel after riding many smaller bikes off road. Can you ride it off road? Yes! Will it be a lot of hard work and hard to pick up? Yes
I chose a SAS and have chosen to do more touring and occasional dirt roads.
I’m loving it’s so much bike.
I have the adventure s model and absolutely love it 👌👌👌
Amazing bike. I would love a colour combination of black or mate black as base with some orange touches. It would look so much better 🔥🔥🔥
2022 SAR 12,500 miles. Chris Birch can do amazing things on this bike, as shown in the video. I use this bike for two up camping. Needs stiffer rear spring. Still not available. This undersprung rear makes for sketchy off road riding when heavy. Road handling is fair. Brakes are sub par. Turn indicator switch and auto program are beyond horrible. I hope to continue to work bugs out of it. If you plan to ride heavy, get the GS. I love my 790 Rally and 500 exc. I don't love this bike. I will keep it, because I bleed orange.
If you absolutely have to cross the Andes, the Himalayas, the Russian Steppes or the Rocky Mountains in a hurry and in luxury, then this is the bike for you.
I like the terms hurry + luxury mode...
Great review. The KTM 1290 R is a superb bike but I think the 1290 SAS is the right one for me.
Great video. Thanks. I am thinking of getting a used 1290 Super Adventure. This was helpful.
Wrong way round, Slip 1 is much less intrusive then slip 8 in rally mode.
I leave mine on -10
@@im_al9274 I set my wiring loom to full chaffage an leave it in the garage on +10 the thing scares me so much.
Excellent review 👏
Aside from the horrendous lower crash bar design (I learned this one the hard way) I have enjoyed mine. Those lower crash bars need to be replaced immediately for anyone doing any significant off-road riding. The factory lower crash bars on the previous R models were well designed and did their job.
What happened?
@@The3osforos A sub 10 MPH drop on a trail led to the left crash bar slipping down along the frame (a known issue). This caused the crash bar to no longer be braced (the previous design attached to the frame at two points instead of one and does not have this issue). Since the crash bar was no longer braced properly it buckled. This caused the front portion of the crash bar near the skid plate to press into the skid plate and the upper lip of the skid plate caught both the left tank and the left radiator. In total about 4K in damage including labor for a trail crash at 1/3 the speed my 1090 had experienced numerous times with no more damage than a broken lever or mirror. To add insult to injury the parts are simply not available so the bike has been waiting on parts for nearly 3 months at this point.
William, appreciate the insight. Can you share what parts you replaced to fix the problem or did put new factory parts on??! Thanks mate!
@@freidrichnietzsche6643 The best replacement crashbar solution currently available for the new 1290 is the one provided by Outback Motortek. They did a pretty good job of explaining the problem (one of the previous mount points is now behind the tank so it cannot be used like on the older 1090/1190/1290 models). I still do not understand how this could have possibly made it out of KTM QA. I talked to another owner who had the factory crash bar bend on a stationary drop in the mud which is simply mind boggling for something that is meant to protect the bike in the event of your typical low speed crashes many adventure bikes see. I also see that after saying the 790/890 tank was strong enough to survive the typical crashes an adventure rider may see that KTM has suddenly come up with a Power Parts skid plate to protect it and folks like Chris Birch are running that. It seems these newer models might be readyish to race, but they certainly are not ready to crash out of the box anymore.
fully fuelled wet weight is 254KG - still lighter than a GS though
And much more capable
Haha. Everything is lighter than a GS 😊
Swap the muffler and battery and you shave about 7kgs.
I know it isn’t much but helps.
Long term reviews online and a Google search on reliability state they not reliable ? Between this and the African twin I'd go for the ktm but for reliability it's hands down the honda African twin
I have the previous model 1290 SAR and in 3 years and 28000km have not had a single issue. These are not the KTMs of old. Me mate on his 1200GS have had way more issues than me.
@@henryvaneyk3769 28000km in 3 years, you clearly don't ride it much and going to a Biker cafe talking rubbish don't count 😆😆😆😆😆
@@Rust_valley_adventures I do have a family, the weekends are only so long and I do other things on weekends besides biking like mountain biking and paddling.
Awesome video!!!
This bike has an engine vibration issue. 5k RPM and above it will vibrate crazily and even distort the mirror.
A Mercedes S class has vibrations to.
@@expatbiker6598 at least it doesn't blur the rear view mirror 😅
I feel like this is a dumb thought but....I thought arai wasn't euro legal. It can't pass an ece22.05 or 22.06
Huh? I have an Arai Qantic that is 22.06
22.06 didnt come out when I wrote this. Arai only had DOT/Snell at the time (in the states)
@@houjous5131 Ahh yeah, they had 22.06 over here in australia as i bought that helmet a year or two ago. Has the sticker on it.
What exactly is a green lane?
Typically, it is an ancient path, called a byway, that is unmetalled, but you can still drive or ride down on a powered vehicle.
If the GSA didn’t exist, I’d be riding this.
Stupid amount of power for adventure bike
You don't have to use it.The engine is fantastic and can purr along in the dirt.Use it as you need it.I own one.
@@brucekendall52 They built them with all this power and then provide all these aids to control the power ,they purr along what’s the point .
I have never been in a spot where I need huge amounts of power on adventure bike, I’ve pushed plenty of them ,wished they had a reverse gear but well over 100 bhp never
I know a fair few guys who buy bikes on HP, just the way it is I guess.
A video to talk/read the spec sheet of the bike....
Good for FOOLS.