Six months after the project’s inception and after considerable research in adventure motorcycles I decided to buy and convert the KTM 690 Enduro R into an adventurer. This bike appealed to me as a core off-road machine. The KTM 690 is light, highly reliable, handles beautifully, and is an adventure endurance bike with strong off-road pedigree. Peer review forums like Advrider rated the KTM 690 higher (for my purposes) than the KTM 990, KTM 1190 and the BMW varieties based on practicality, performance and reliability.
