Ktm 1290 super adventure r

There’s no doubt that Chris Birch is one of the most impressive riders out there: from being an eight-time New Zealand enduro national champion, to winning the Roof of Africa hard enduro competition three times, there’s few things that Chris can’t do on two wheels. But we could describe how good he is at riding until we run out of breath, or we could just let a video do the talking… Check out this insane footage of Chris and his mate Charlie Brown tearing up the New Zealand countryside, following the mouth of a river out at sea all the way to its source in the mountains. Along the way, Chris rides his KTM 1290 Super Adventure R like it’s a pit bike, scorching up rocky ridges, plunging into rivers, and leaping over dry creek beds. Watch what Chris makes possible on the big KTM below… Watch Chris Birch in action at the ABR Festival 2023 And if you want to see Chris in action in real-life, you’ll have the chance to do so at the ABR Festival this summer (23-25 June, Ragley Hall, Warwickshire). Chris will be demonstrating his riding ability at the Kriega Display Arena, so you’ll be able to see his technical riding ability and gravity-defying stunts up close and personal. He’ll also be speaking about his career and his life-long obsession with motorcycles at the Bridgestone Campfire Stage on the Saturday afternoon, so come along and meet someone who can bend a big adventure bike to his will and learn his tricks of the trade. However, over 98% of ABR Festival tickets are sold, an...

You’ve seen it, in just about any review for a big adventure bike: “It’s fine for limited off-road use, it’s really a street bike, blah blah blah.” Well, as Chris Birch is happy to show us below, the 2021 KTM 1290 Super Adventure R is quite capable in the dirt, too, if it’s in the right hands. Birch, one of the world’s best-known adventure bike coaches, certainly qualifies in that category. He doesn’t go full hard enduro with the 1290, but shows it’s capable of much harder terrain than an unpaved cottage road. Birch is also a KTM ambassador, not just a riding coach, so naturally we get a short run-down of the 2021 bike’s changes. It seems the chassis got the most attention for the overhauled 2021 model. KTM shortened the main frame section, and lengthened the swingarm. This provides several advantages offroad and on the street, with better stability in tricky handling situations, while improving the bike’s cornering capability in the twisties. KTM also revised the suspension. You still get separate-function forks, with preload adjustment on one side and damping adjustment on the other. Birchy says it’s the suspension still has that soft initial compliance you want for street riding comfort, but says there’s more “reserve capacity” for bigger offroad bumps. The 1290 Super Adventure R engine was updated to meet Euro5 emissions standards, but we haven’t heard anything about power changes for 2021. If there is any difference, it’s most certainly minor. KTM also spent some time...