02-12-2014, 02:56 AM
(02-12-2014, 02:40 AM)thumper_imp Wrote: I read that same review that Ferret referenced on the 1190. KTM's bikes have always had too much of a slab-sided, 'some kid carved my fairing with a pocket knife and a soap bar'-look for me. I'm sure KTM's new Super Duke is a wonderful backroad scalpel, but the thing to me looks like Star Wars' General Grievous (read: not a good thing).
But yeah, the looks of that new Adventure aren't as off-putting as their previous bikes, and I could actually see myself owning one. The electronics package is very, very impressive.
Carved from a soap bar is very descriptive of KTM's and spot on I think LOL. The new 1190 looked pretty good in the pics I'd seen but it looks even better when you see one in the showroom. The typical KTM orange has a metallic look on this new model and the fit and finish is really fine as it should be on a bike this expensive. But it's still too tall for me.