Depends on what kind of riding you do.

Buy the 790 if it's more off-road, or get the 1290 if you're sucking to gravel roads and want enough horsepower to melt your eyeballs

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I agree with Stinky. Off-roading a 525-lb beast is ridiculous, even though I'm an admitted horsepower junkie.

 

Yup. I'm comfortable on about up to rough single track on my 1090 as long as I don't have to pick it up. That's really the rub with them.

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Thank you guys - based on what I expect to be doing most of the time, I have gone with the 1290 Adventure R. If wifey objects, I will sell and swap out for something more geared toward single track adventure trails

 

I have a 2018 KTM 1290 SAR for sale 3109 easy miles w/ Mosko Moto bags, Arrow Titanium slip on.

 

Hi there mate I’m interested in your 1290 .let me know if still have this available and what area your in

 

thanks H2oKTM! Interestingly enough, since purchasing the 1290SAR my wife and I have done several decent 4 and 10 day adventure rides, logging more than 4500 miles in less than 6 months two up, and it is a truly very special 2-up bike for sure. However the size and weight of the 1290SAR makes it really impossible for single track, or for blasting around an MX track so, during the Covid madness, while I was unable to race my cars, and my competitive nature got the better of me, I added a 2020 500 EXC-F and a 2020 300 XC TPI to the stable. So now I have most of the bases covered. By the way, the 2020 500 EXC-F is ANEMIC in stock trim, hence the immediate purchase of the 300 2-stroke, but I have since added the GET ECU, and it has completely transformed the 500 EXC-F. Taking them both to the track tomorrow to see which yields a faster time. Suspect the 300 with triumph but you never know

 

thanks H2oKTM! Interestingly enough, since purchasing the 1290SAR my wife and I have done several decent 4 and 10 day adventure rides, logging more than 4500 miles in less than 6 months two up, and it is a truly very special 2-up bike for sure. However the size and weight of the 1290SAR makes it really impossible for single track, or for blasting around an MX track so, during the Covid madness, while I was unable to race my cars, and my competitive nature got the better of me, I added a 2020 500 EXC-F and a 2020 300 XC TPI to the stable. So now I have most of the bases covered. By the way, the 2020 500 EXC-F is ANEMIC in stock trim, hence the immediate purchase of the 300 2-stroke, but I have since added the GET ECU, and it has completely transformed the 500 EXC-F. Taking them both to the track tomorrow to see which yields a faster time. Suspect the 300 with triumph but you never know
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Looks great but how many bikes do you need move to get the correct tool?

 

It’s always good to have more than one bike in the stable. My 790R is as easy to pick up as my DRZ 400, but I would rather crash the DRZ on single track or motocross than the 790.