HARLEY-DAVIDSON PAN AMERICA VS. BMW R 1250 GS ADVENTURE VS.
KTM 1290 SUPER ADVENTURE R VS. DUCATI MULTISTRADA V4 S
COMPARISON TESTI
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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.
