Photos: Cyril Despres on a KTM 1190 Adventure
Dakar champ Cyril Despres threw a leg over the KTM 1190 Adventure at its recent press launch on Tenerife. The result is these stunning photos of, well, bright orange hoonage.
Onboard the KTM 1190 Adventure
The new, 150bhp KTM 1190 Adventure is being launched to journalists in Teneriffe right now. The first on-board action video comes courtesy of 1000ps.at and the bike looks, ummm…reasonably fast.
Of men, motorcycles and mountains
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KTM talks new 390s
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Aprilia Caponord 1200: ugly, but awesome
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Around the world in 440 days
Here’s a neat short film revisiting the exploits of Austin Vince and co. He, his brother and some friends sort of pioneered the whole ADV thing, riding through five continents to circumnavigate the world back in the mid ’90s. There … Continued