When it comes to luggage the BMW offers more robust bags. While the BMW boasts durable bags, the KTM struggles on dirt roads. The BMW has an unloaded seat height of 890/910 mm. Similarly the KTM has a seat height of 890 mm. The KTM’s total permitted weight is 440 kg while the BMW is slightly higher at 480 kg. KTM 1190 Adventure R. Adventure Rider. Home Forums Home > Bikes > Orange Crush (KTM) > Hard. Core. (1090/1190/1290) > BMW R1200GS vs KTM 1190 Adv R Comparison Test. Suzuki V-Strom 1000 ABS vs. KTM 1190 Adventure vs. BMW R1200GS- Comparison Test . Save Share. Reply Quote. Sort by Oldest first Oldest first Newest first Most reactions. The F800GS is more than 125# lighter than my R12GS was. Seat height is about the same, though the underseat gas tank carries weight low. The Difference between the two is night and day. Sure, my R12GS made more HP, not that it mattered, the weight offset any gains there. 2014 BMW R 1200 GS Adventure Review. BMW invented the travel enduro segment with its R80G/S in 1980, and the boxer-powered, shaft-driven machine has been steadily refined and improved ever since Considering that you could be riding a KTM 1190 Adventure or BMW R1200GS for about $700-$1,500 more, it seems like a hard sell. On paper the KTM and BMW have superior performance, more advanced electronics and the price difference between them and the new Super Ténéré ES is not large. xlBP. Move over BMW R1200GS Adventure - there’s a new, true, global enduro traveller on the block. And even at £15,999 it's a lot of bike for the money - MCN reviews the KTM 1290 SUPER ADVENTURE The Honda bridges engine displacements, ranging from Triumph’s 800cc Tiger XCx to Yamaha’s 1199cc Super Ténéré ES, and we also included ADV icons like KTM’s 1190 R Adventure and BMW’s what-will-they-think-of-next R1200GS Adventure, plus Ducati’s radical A-T entrant, the new Multistrada Enduro. BMW Adventure Motorcycles. R1250GS Adventure; R1200GS (Water Cooled) KTM 1190 / 1090 Adventure / R & 1290 Super Adventure (-2020) $119.95. BMW R1200GS vs KTM 1190 Adv R Comparison Test. Discussion in 'Hard. Core. (1090/1190/1290)' started by RobZorba, May 15, 2014. Adventure Touring Windscreen, KTM 1190 & 1090 Adventure / R / 1290 SA. Adventure Touring Windscreen, BMW R1250GS / ADV & R1200GS / Adventure, 2013-on (Water Cooled) Considering these advantages and all the other upgrades, BMW says the 2014 Adventure offers $1,325 of value for only a $1,055 price increase, $21,550 vs $20,495. Regardless of where your adventures lead, the R1200GSA includes both electronic and non-electronic niceties to make your trip more comfortable. The first is for those long hauls on

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