KTM990 Adventure, standard or R?

[TiminYorkshire]

Hi, I'm looking to get a 990 Adventure, for a mix of road riding and the odd gentle trail here in North Yorkshire. Is the standard bike good enough for off-road, or should I hold out for an R?

Previous bikes have been mainly road sports bikes (sv650s, GSXR750, Yamaha R1) which sucked me in to track days, the Nurburgring (3 years of annual passes), interspersed with the odd Alpine tour.

The Adventure would start tour centric slowly building towards a bit more off-road. I'm trying to stay away from the heroin known as the race track, so any thoughts/tips appreciated on where to start with a 990 and what to look out for.

Thanks.

[patchb]

I’ve just bought a 990 a couple of weeks ago, I went for an S as I’m tall so wanted the taller bike but I also think they look way better, the lower ones look a bit fat. I’m sure for a non professional, off road they are both more than capable though!

[TiminYorkshire]

That looks great. How do you find it? And what tyres are you running?

Edited by TiminYorkshire on Monday 9th September 14:49

[KTMsm]

The standard Adventure is still capable of holding it's own with modern bikes and going around the world - a few green lanes won't trouble it

I took mine around an MX track the other week - admittedly it bottomed out in a few places - the lads on 'Crossers couldn't believe how well it went around

Loads of footage on Youtube of them doing everything