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HARLEY-DAVIDSON PAN AMERICA VS. BMW R 1250 GS ADVENTURE VS. KTM 1290 SUPER ADVENTURE R VS. DUCATI MULTISTRADA V4 S COMPARISON TESTI P122 The KTM is the newest of the four bikes in the test and has gone through a complete redesign for 2022. Ride system that allows Bluetooth for calls, music, and lets you use your maps. The dash lets you choose four "favorites" for the home screen, so you can see your presets at a glance. KTM had already un- locked a few electronic gizmos on our test bike by the time we picked it up, so the bike wasn't en- tirely stock. I say unlocked because that's how KTM operates—everything has already been fitted at the factory, it's just a matter of unlocking the various electronic guards to ac- cess the functions. The Super Adventure gets two optional elec- tronics upgrades, includ- ing the Rally Pack and the Tech Pack. Rally gets you the Rally riding mode to go with the four base modes, and you get nine- level adjustable traction control. If you go for the Tech Pack, you get all the Rally Pack's features plus Hill Hold Assist, Motor Slip Regulation, and the Quickshifter+ system for clutchless up-and-down gearshifts, which puts it on pretty much every level of the BMW. All told, the extras on our bike made for a $629.99 upgrade to the $19,499 MSRP base price. are almost as many parameters as the Ducati that can be changed, they are much easier to do so, and the massive seven-inch dash gives a classy feel to the electronic suite. Another factor that helped the KTM was even if you bought the base Super Adventure R, unlocking all the really cool electronic features only added about $600 to the price. The KTM is also the second-cheap- est base price, and cheapest bike at $20,128.99 as tested, and given its performance advantage, especially off- road and given that it doesn't lose that much on-road, that makes it difficult to deny as our winner.