The Ultimate Showdown: KTM's 390 Duke vs 390 Adventure with Spoked Wheels

We all know and love KTM’s entry level adventure offering and have ridden and reviewed it extensively. This bike is aimed squarely at the lighter, younger rider new to the adventure riding fraternity yet capable of keeping an experienced rider quite entertained as well, (at the launch in early 2020 we, (us old, chunky journalists), ended up racing each other around Sun City’s mountain bike park and had a right royal hoot). So, with that in mind we got our two young, hip and lightweight crew members to give the 390 Adventure good work out over a week or so. Stefan, is twenty something, doesn’t weigh very much and was a newbie to adventure riding and big bikes when he joined us a few years ago, however, he has acquired some good skills and is a very competent off road rider these days. René is of similar age and build and is quite new to bigger bikes. She has been on a scooter for a number of years from school days and recently got herself a KTM 390 Duke, she has however never ridden any form of motorcycle anywhere closely resembling off road. So, both are the ideal candidates to give unjaded and unbiased feedback on their experiences with the 390 Adventure.
Thank You KTM South Africa for the loan of the demo unit.
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