VOL. 50 ISSUE 35 SEPTEMBER 4, 2013
P57
This is the 2013 Euro version that
we rode, but KTM says the 2014
U.S. version will be nearly identical and fully loaded.
from: Street, Sport, Rain and
Off-Road. In Rain and Off-Road
modes, max power output is reduced to 100 hp and power delivery is softened for the slipperier
surfaces. Our day on the 1190,
however, was spent entirely on
dry pavement and in the quickerrevving Sport mode.
Traction control adds a piece
of mind, too. The KTM's MTC
system also has four modes:
Sport, Street, Off-Road and Off,
which offer different degrees of
slippage in each. Sport mode will
allow the front wheel to come off
the ground but not much, you'll
have to turn TC completely off
for big wheelies. But you have to
plan for that; KTM made it so you
can't turn TC off without having to
come to a complete stop first, so
when you loop out, or highside
later on, you can't blame KTM
for not knowing that TC wasn't
turned on.
ABS is adjustable as well. It
gives you three options: Street,
Off-Road and Off. Off-Road
mode allows a higher degree
of front wheel slippage than in
Street mode, while giving you
complete stoppage option of the
rear wheel for controlled slide
and turning. And since we're on
the subject of control, you can
also easily adjust the suspension
via KTM's Electronic Damping
System (EDS). In the back, you
have four preload options: Solo,
Solo With Luggage, Two-Up and
Two-Up With Luggage. There are
also three damping settings, front
and rear, that you can select from:
Comfort, Street and Sport. When
you purchase the bike, your dealer can dial in your bike's suspension to your particular weight so
it will have a base setting to work
from. This is something only your
dealer can perform.
Amazingly, all of these categories – C-ABS, MTC, EDS, engine
management - and a lot more
can be easily accomplished by
