ENTERTAINER DAN AYKROYD once observed: “You do not need a therapist if you own a motorcycle, any kind of motorcycle!” Perhaps unluckily for the therapy industry, there’s now a production bike to suit nearly every personality, many delivering levels of versatility and performance that were unthinkable a decade ago. We recently tested a run of new motorcycles, from naked performance bikes and off-road adventure machines to cruisers and tourers, finding very different but equally effective prescriptions for mind-clearing escape.
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2021 KTM 890 Adventure R
During a three-day trail foray, the KTM 890 Adventure R’s performance was, as expected, exemplary. The 899cc twin-cylinder motor has grown from the 799cc edition released in 2019, and with it comes