TIME TO GO PRO

KTM’s 790 Adventure R is a beast. It’s arguably the most exciting, all-round capable adventure bike in this galaxy. Its low weight, cleverly balanced by the unusual Dakar-inspired tank design, coupled with high ground clearance, a firecracker of an engine and a suite of electronics, all help to put it somewhere no other manufacturer competes in the mid-capacity segment. On top of all that there’s the handling, which is so very dirtbikelike and one of the outstanding features of an already impressive bike.

But what if I told you it could get even better. And I mean so, so much better. The standard package has very few shortcomings for most riders and I’ve seen Adam Riemann and Chris Birch do crazy shit on stock bikes that didn’t bend or break (not that I saw, anyway), so you know it’s up for anything that