18 months ago KTM deleivered two KTM 390 Adventures to my house for test rides and Dave6253 and I took them out and tested them in lots of different aspects of riding on all the unique kinds of terrain we have here in the Phoenix area. That article is here.

The short version is, even though we are two big guys we had lots of fun with them and found them very capable machines, far exceeding our expectations.

Around a year later Zac wrote an article and again sung the praises of this little adventure machine, his article is here 

So where are they and who is taking them on adventures? A quick search in ride reports showing KTM 390 only shows three results with 390 in the title

So the question now is, is the 390 Adventure the bike of choice for adventures, any adventures?

Contemplating this, is the 390 platform even worthy, I ask a friend in India this question because he owns a 390 Adventure, he tells me the bike is very popular there as a premium motorcycle, but so is the KTM 390 Duke. He jokes most Indians don’t really get the ‘adventure bike thing’ because you can have an adventure on any bike if you go and look for it!

Really, do you have any examples?

Of course I do, and he sends a link over to a YouTube video of a rider having one hell of an adventure on his 390 and it makes you wonder if this rider came to the US would he find the TAT (Trans America Trail) or BDR’s, any or all of them very tame and boring?

You are not going to understand 99.9% of what this rider is saying but you know exactly what he is saying by watching the situation, hearing his accelerated breathing and the very occasional English word dropped in.

Would you take this ride?