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P104 RIDE REVIEW I 2027 KTM 1390 SUPER ADVENTURE S EVO The Adventure S Evo belongs in the turns, with hefty torque making the ride easy to control, and with automatic clutching and shifting on board, you can simply enjoy the ride. roads, so I might as well pretend I'm an ace shot along the way. Interestingly, KTM found a couple of ways to make Manual mode both idiot-proof and argu- ably better than what humans can manage. Through an option (one of about 10,000 options on this bike), you can activate High-Rev limiter shifting. This will auto-shift at high rpm, very close to redline. This means you can be in manual mode, top-gunning your way around the roads of your dreams, but let the bike take over at the top-end for all-out ac- celeration shifting. The bike will rev farther than I dare go before my natural shift habit takes over. Up here, it bangs in a perfect up- shift so you can just keep ripping. Some of the more advanced riders on our trip loved this (as they passed me). It honestly frightened me to go that fast and then instantly go faster. But I ap- preciated it once I put my big boy pants on and gave it a whirl. On the opposite end of the spectrum, KTM's AMT system will downshift for you when you roll to a stop if you forget to drop the gears, even in Manual mode, eliminating the chance of a fried clutch pack from a sixth-gear start (no clutch lever). For my level of riding, AMT is awesome so far. I Modes, Modes and More Modes KTM's traction control and power modes are comprehensive and among the best in the business. In the latest ride-modes suite featured here, all ride modes are wholly integrated into the onboard systems and fully cus- tomizable. Each mode applies changes to all available settings shift control at your fingertips frees your feet to stay more con- nected to the bike. And shifting with a finger trigger and thumb invites a fighter-pilot persona to take over as you rifle through the gears. I'm already wearing a super cool helmet as I fly over the and faster than my skill level can muster in an analog state at this level of performance. The elec- tronics make you good at hitting gears. And while the foot lever works fine, it was sort of lost on me once I tapped the hand con- trols a few times. Having direct