Has anyone read up on the 790. If so, your thoughts ?
How is the weight compared to a 1090R or the bigger bikes?
I think they said 417 dry with a 5.2 gas tank, so guessing 450-455 wet. (Just read on another forum 460 wet)
That makes it about 40-45 pounds lighter than the Africa Twin with the same horsepower numbers and a bigger gas tank.
Looks like a great bike. If it were DCT, I would be thinking hard about it.
I think my issue is that I dream a lot. Always looking at bikes. Considering the Strom does what I need and the DRZ is a fun bike in the dirt, would the Adv 790 be a suitable replacement for both bikes ? A compromise. Don't think I will ever be serious about hard dirt riding anyways and I enjoy dirt and gravel roads along with pavement. My thinking may be off some, but I thought the 790 could be a replacement. Less tags, insurance and tires to buy and big improvement on performance. Seems everything I read seems to point toward the 790 being a very interesting machine.
DCT, hopefully KTM doesn't give in! lol
Maybe, Ready to Repair (more frequently)?
Personally, I think DCT would be a really bad fit for the KTM 790 Adventure.
Doesn't a DCT freewheel going downhill if no throttleNah...they'd have to change their tag line to "Ready to Lose"
You can put it in manual mode and leave it in a lower gear and it will engine brake. It truly is just 2 clutches instead of one so it's either in gear or in neutral just like a regular tranny.Doesn't a DCT freewheel going downhill if no throttle
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You can put it in manual mode and leave it in a lower gear and it will engine brake. It truly is just 2 clutches instead of one so it's either in gear or in neutral just like a regular tranny.
But....if you leave in auto...it will upshift and not give as much engine braking as I like.
So...it doesn't freewheel, but if you were wanting 2nd gear to keep you slow, it might be in 4th and you'd feel like it was freewheeling without any engine braking if you left it in auto.
A girl can dream