As expected, it produced numbers almost identical to that of the Super Adventure R —134.08 hp at 9,060 rpm and 87.51 pound-feet of torque at 6,820 rpm. Torque is readily available, as seen by
We’ve got the latest 2019 variant of BMW’s boxer-powered GS – the R1250 GS – going head-to-head with KTM’s V-twin Super Adventure 1290 S. A pair of 1200cc+ water-cooled V-twins with stacks of tech and stacks of horsepower, in stacked, touring-friendly dirtbike-styled chassis, they’re the peak of the current crop of high-performance
66dyU. KTM 1290 Super Adventure S is a premium sports tourer that gets power from a familiar 1301cc, twin cylinder engine producing 158 HP and 140 Nm of torque. This huge power value is available in accessible range.
KTM's marketing team scared us a bit with its buildup for the 1290 Super Duke R, nicknaming it "The Beast" and pointing at a truly frightening spec sheet: 1,301 cc, 180 raging horsepower, 144
As expected, it produced numbers almost identical to that of the Super Adventure R —134.08 hp at 9,060 rpm and 87.51 pound-feet of torque at 6,820 rpm. Torque is readily available, as seen by
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