Motorcycle Sport & Leisure

High-performance ADVENTURES

I have always had a bit of a love/ hate relationship with KTM. The machines that I have ridden have enthralled and frightened me in almost equal measure. They are edgy, performance-oriented, and capable of the kind of riding that I’m not – all that makes me want to get on them because you are in for a memorable ride, but secretly I’m more than a bit nervous.

This is very much how I approached the launch ride of the 2021 KTM 1290 Super Adventure S. I was one part excited, one part wary, and at least three parts of me wanted to run away in different directions.

As I pulled myself together, and threw a leg over the big orange beast, all my doubts

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