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model for many years, but there was
not much appreciation or acceptance
of this on their part," says KTM's Senior
Product Manager Offroad & Adventure,
Joachim Sauer. "Finally, though, there
was so much demand for a smaller Ad-
venture, especially from our emerging
markets, that we developed a concept
bike here in Austria which we were pre-
pared to put into production ourselves
with engines sourced from India, even if
the price would inevitably be higher.
Front suspension
gets the 43mm WP
XPLOR fork.
"But in the end we managed to
convince Bajaj to make an affordable
all-rounder with a smaller engine based
on the 390 Duke. It offers all the major
attributes of its bigger sisters, including
electronic rider aids, while providing
easier rideability due to its lower weight
and less demanding engine character-
istics, all combined with lower purchas-
ing costs thanks to being built in India."
Sauer wouldn't disclose yet what the
new bike will be priced at, but he's also
responsible for overseeing the devel-
opment of an even smaller capacity
KTM 250 Adventure model set to reach
showrooms later next year, as an even
more affordable but still nevertheless full
size enduro all-rounder using the same
platform as the new 390 model, but
built to a lower spec with non-adjustable
suspension damping, etc.
Bybre's trusted
four-piston
caliper is
matched
to ABS that
contains the
KTM Offroad
setting that
disengages
the ABS on
the rear.
