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The KTM 1090 Adventure spent six enjoyable months as part of the CAR magazine long-term fleet. In the video above, features writer Wilhelm Lutjeharms has a closer look at how this dual-purpose bike fared. Be sure to read his full wrap-up test in the January 2018 issue of CAR magazine…

Long-term test (Introduction): KTM 1090 AdventureThis year, Sam Sunderland won the gruelling Dakar Rally on a KTM motorcycle and, having recently experienced the company’s off-road motorcycles, it doesn’t exactly come as a surprise. The KTMs have blown us away with their performance.Curious to see ...

Riding a powerful off-road bike with confidence takes some skill. Racing on off-road bike over the course of two weeks, over several different types of terrains covering thousands of kilometres, however, takes a special kind of human being. Enter Sam Sunderland, this year’s Dakar motorcycle winner.During ...

KLEINMOND, Western Cape – Gravel, rocks and tarmac. These were all surfaces I experienced during my short time with KTM's new 1290 Super Adventure R, one of four new and updated adventure and dual-purpose motorcycles the company has launched.Motorcycle enthusiasts will know that KTM’s range always ...

Moto3 world champion Brad Binder reportedly broke his arm during Moto2 testing in Valencia this week.The 21-year-old South African, who will make the step up to Moto2 with Red Bull KTM Ajo in 2017, was testing his new KTM bike at the circuit when he came off at turn 11.According to reports, Binder fractured ...

South African rider Brad Binder placed second at the Aragon Grand Prix this weekend to claim the Moto3 world title with four races to spare.The 21-year-old Red Bull KTM Ajo rider has won five races so far this season and now has an unassailable 106-point lead."Right now it doesn't feel real yet," Binder ...

Austrian bike manufacturer KTM put some smiles on a lot of faces when it revealed the X-Bow track car several years ago. This GT Black Edition is a limited production special which includes visual and mechanical enhancements which builds up from the standard GT revealed three years ago.On the visual ...

Mpumalanga is a beautiful province: rolling hills, dense plantations and spectacular views over the escarpment. Unfortunately my concentration was rather on the ribbon of tar snaking through the hills while the KTM Adventure was showing very naughty numbers on the speedo. Not even the odd pothole, logging ...

Austrian motorcycle expert KTM wowed the automotive industry with the track-ready but street-legal X-Bow, the company’s first car, in 2008. Now it’s ready to introduce a version called the GT4.To be unveiled sometime next year, the X-Bow GT4 will, according to the company and technical partner and ...