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Cycle News 2025 Issue 29 July 2

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P102 RIDE REVIEW I 2025 KTM 390 ADVENTURE R Is this best-looking ADV bike in KTM's lineup? Some of us think so. This bike is much better. And much newer. And even much more premium. It's so new, in some ways, it's not even finished. Just like its brother, the 390 Enduro R, the 390 Adventure R is getting the new KTM LC4c 399cc engine courtesy of a stroked version of the old design. This increases the displacement by almost 25cc, maintaining the peak horse - power at around 44 claimed while boosting peak torque to 28.8 lb-ft, claimed. A 46mm throttle body feeds Bosch EFI- pumped fuel inside. A ride-by- wire throttle tells the EFI how much gas to shovel in. KTM's PASC slipper clutch is backing up a six-speed transmission clutched via cable actuation. being related to but make sure everyone is clearly aware you're not brothers. I quite enjoyed the previous 390 Adventure. In 2020 and 2021, I rode it quite a lot, and the bike proved itself to be argu - ably the best in the entry-level adventure class, with higher per- formance and better handling than everything we stacked it up against. These bikes were/are quite a few steps above bikes in the entry-level dual sport class for long-distance use as well. The 390s proved themselves to be plenty, and while they were hobbled by their wheel size and frame/suspension potential for more diverse off-road travers - ing, they were still the premium option. Until now. Unlike the 390 Enduro R, which covers a wide range of dual sport and dirt bike uses, there's nothing unclear about what this bike truly is or where you should ride it. It's an ad- venture machine, ready to go full throttle, built for any roads and off-road trails along your journey, with wind protection and high-mileage capability to assist. It claims to be able to take you anywhere you want to go. Can you believe it? A VERY NEW RIDE The previous 2020-2024 KTM 390 Adventure and, in later years, the 390 Adventure spoked-wheel version are very distant cousins to this machine. These are the sort of cousins you still admit to

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