R O T T W E I L E R P E R F O R M A N C E K T M 7 9 0 A D V E N T U R E R
R I D E R E V I E W
P46
thing on line and staying on course with the rally
notes must take some serious skill.
Once that straight is behind you and you're into
the technical, twisty stuff, the second character-
istic of the Rottweiler racer shines through. The
Konflict-tuned suspension does an exceptional job
of keeping you rubber side down as it soaks up the
rocks and washouts while you do your level best to
use the excessive weight to your advantage. The
790 is a big bike, and its weight is carried lower in
the chassis than even the 450 race bikes it was
competing against in the Sonora Rally. You need to
be absolutely deliberate with your movements on
this bike: you cannot simply change lines on a whim,
you have to pick your lines and stick with them,
using the weight to effectively bounce off obstacles
and keep the chassis driving forward. If you get lazy,
the Rottweiler racer will plow not through turns but
