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Old December 24th, 2017, 10:34 AM   #264
"A"
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Name: A
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Originally Posted by Zaph42 View Post
While it looks cool, a 690 based KTM will never make a good adventure tourer. The motors are too high strung, and on average need a full top end rebuild after about 25K miles. Less if ridden hard. That won't go over well with the ADV crowd..
You're assuming that I want an ADV tourer.. or that I want to be one like the crowd...

BTW, the new 790 is a twin, not a thumper like 690... the one pictured is a Rallye bike.. no where near a ADV Tourer.
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