The new KTM 1190 Adventure R is already out on the roads

Don’t call me a liar or a fibber if I say that the KTM 1190 Adventure is attracting absolutely every eye in the specialist press and is causing rivers of ink to flow whenever it comes up. Of course, enthusiasts of anything with an engine and two wheels, like us at Plusmoto, couldn’t let the chance to talk about it pass. We already brought you the first leaked photo and, just a few hours later, the official images.

Today we come with the first image of the new Adventure in motion, I mean, the first image that isn’t “static”. This time it’s the Adventure R model, tackling a beautiful stony track on a mountain, God knows where. We can see it with a pair of panniers on the sides and, for the first time too, with the LED light on.

What is the engine like?

Our German colleague Jochen Vorfelder photographed the engine of the new KTM 1190 Adventure. As you can see, it is already enclosed, so we can’t see beyond what we would see on the Adventure with the naked eye.

Developed directly from the engine fitted to the RC8, this water-cooled twin-cylinder heart is capable of delivering 150 CV of power with up to 125 Nm of torque. As we already said in the first post, KTM assures that consumption will be low and that maintenance will also be minimal.

The engine and a photo of it riding along tracks… what will be the next image or news we get of the Adventure before it hits the market?

Via | Hell for leather magazine