![]() By comparison, my little Datsun 1200 GX cost R12 rand to fill back in 1973. Filling my Suzuki Vitara’s 66-litre tank sets me back a staggering R1200 rand odd. A weak rand has caused our fuel price to soar to over R18 a litre. We are also suffering the dire economic effects of a global pandemic. Bikes with the ability to traverse varied terrain, therefore, make huge sense. We in South Africa are blessed with amazing weather and endless countryside to explore. Is this bike up for serious adventure riding and user friendly enough for day to day riding, or is it a window-dressing exercise by the Austrian manufacturer to lure wannabe adventure riders? I convinced KTM to give me two weeks with their little Adventure to find some answers. Enter KTM’s smallest adventure bike, their 390. A forgotten fun factor is also re-emerging. Current thinking is aiming at an increasing number of ‘middleweight’ bikes that are more user friendly, less complex and lighter, making them easier to use. The penalty is cost, complexity and the nemesis of adventure bikes, weight. Electronics can tame the crazy performance and make them safer for the less experienced riders out there to use. Large capacity bikes have become extremely complex and technical innovations with companies trying to make them usable for a wide audience. ![]() KTM has, for a long while, built what are widely considered to be the most off-road capable adventure bikes around. Apart from the aforementioned Asian and African countries where they are still incredibly popular. The World has been conned into thinking that bigger is invariably better and small capacity bikes tend to be scoffed at. Over time, as technology has progressed, motorcycles have evolved into a unique form of lifestyle vehicle. They are affordable to buy and cheap as chips to run and maintain. Factor in a high percentage of the population that has to make do on a moderate income and small motorcycles start to offer a viable and practical solution for urban mobility. This is true for many Asian and a few African countries too. With a crazy number of people, urban congestion is a fact of life. To a certain degree, it is still so in some countries. There was a time where motorcycles were simply an economical, versatile form of transport. Look at the products and choose the ones that are best for you, making your KTM 390 Adventure more beautiful, more aggressive, or more racing.It is interesting to see how the world of motorcycling has developed over time. Then we wanted to emphasize the dual character of the motorcycle, so we designed and manufactured some accessories for those who mainly use it on the road but also for those who want to take the game on an off-road trail. Keeping the patterns chosen by its designers, we continued them out of respect for the original design, making the front part as dynamic as the rest of the motorcycle. So, we designed a series of stickers to highlight the shape of the motorcycle and to attract attention from any angle you see it. Observing the KTM 390 Adventure you immediately understand that the front of the motorcycle is weaker (aesthetically) than the rest. The period when you start riding a motorcycle is the best to know it and to understand what changes are need on its appearance but also what it takes to improve its practicality. The KTM 390 Adventure was our first choice, and we immediately went to the purchase of a motorcycle so that we can have the immediacy needed to do everything in the most correct way. So, looking for a way to start, we concluded that it would be good to start with a motorcycle that is small in displacement and immensely popular. We have the experience, since in the past we had worked with products in this category. So, this fact could not fail to draw our attention and stimulate our interest to get involved in this area as well. Proof of their practicality and versatility, is the fact that they also began to produce low displacement motorcycle. The category of On-Off motorcycles is a category that has grown a lot in recent years and all companies have produced models with the competition reaching the highest levels. Parts for Harley-Davidson Sportster ‘01-‘03.Parts for Royal Enfield Interceptor 650.Parts for Royal Enfield Continental GT650.
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