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trend across all regulated motor-
cycles. You will see more.
What's a bit odd here with all
this addition to displacement
math is we're nearly exiting the
"Middleweight" class and back
into liter-bike territory. Didn't the
internet want a 700cc KTM twin
to start with? Maybe something
to pounce through the forest
with the growly Tenere 700?
Maybe, but what we have now is
890cc of awesome.
More torque is on tap with
the 890 and that's a welcome
addition to a bike that feels like it
should be used to move mas-
sive amounts of earth. The 890
engine is great. Nearly perfect
for adventure use with road
manners to push you to the next
exploration zone/continent with
ease. It behaves so well off-
road and shines on the tarmac
that you might wonder why you
thought smaller could be better.
More than just bigger and
longer holes in cylinders, the en-
gine also has increased flywheel
effect thanks to heavier rotating
