COMPARISON TEST I DUCATI DESERTX VS. KTM 890 ADVENTURE R
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since 2019. That was the year
we saw our first glimpses of the
bike Ducatisti have longed for, a
machine we finally got this year
in the brilliant DesertX.
Far from being a trumped-up
scrambler like the prototype
that we saw in 2019 at EICMA,
the DesertX was a ground-up
job designed for serious
sports adventure riding.
And Ducati had one bike
in mind it wanted to topple
upon release, its Austrian
neighbors to the north, KTM
and the 890 Adventure R.
We've tested the 890 R
against pretty much every other
midsize ADV machine over
the last few years and guess
what? It's won every time,
so you think you'd be safe
to say the KTM is going to
win against the Ducati and
