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
P42
Imagine being in your current shape and going up against UFC Heavyweight
Champion Daniel Cormier. That's kind of the feeling you get when you
first climb on board the Rottweiler racer. It's super tall, with a seat height
that feels like you're sitting about six feet off the ground. In reality, the seat
height is only 2.4 inches taller than a stock 790 R at 37 inches, but it feels
much more than that. The view is commanding, with your vision encapsulat-
ed by the scrolling rally notes and the standard
dash partially hidden by the Dynojet reader.
The flatter handlebar angle, sitting on 20mm
risers, forces you to get out of the seat and get
your weight over the front—this is a brute of a
bike, and you need to be the one in charge,
lest it take charge of you.
Firing the 790 up, you switch off the traction
control system the same way you would a stock
790 via the dash (it defaults to "on" when the
motor/ignition is killed even with the race bike)
and you're greeting with that booming exhaust
T H E R I D E
(Above) That Arrow
pipe has one of the best
sounding barks you'll ever
get from an aftermarket
exhaust system. (Below)
The Transaver, developed
by Parker at Rottweiler,
stops transmission
damage when the rider
bashes on the lever when
the bike's in first gear.
