KTM 390 Adventure versus Kawasaki Versys-X 300
KTM 390 Adventure
Kawasaki Versys-X 300
Year of construction / RRP / Test report
- Equipment
- Wieselflink
- Pillion comfort
- Low weight
- Price
Dimensions & Weight
Seat : 855 mm
Weight : 172 kg
Length : 2.170 mm Height : 1.390 mm
Seat : 845 mm
Weight : 175 kg
Engine
Displacement: 373 ccm
Hub: 60 mm
Hole: 89 mm
Cooling: flüssig
Drive: X-Ring, Kette
Aisles: 6
Displacement: 296 ccm
Hub: 49 mm
Hole: 62 mm
Cooling: flüssig
Drive: Kette
Aisles: 6
Performance
Performance: 44 HP at 9.000 U/Min
Torque: 37 NM bei 7.000 U/Min Tank contents: 15 Litre
Consumption: 3 l
Reach: 426 km
Performance: 39 HP at 11.000 U/Min
Torque: 27 NM bei 10.000 U/Min Tank contents: 17 Litre
Consumption: 4 l
Reach: 414 km
Chassis
Tubular space frame, powder-coated (steel) Front suspension:
43mm WP APEX fork, adjustable in rebound and compression (travel 170 mm) Rear suspension:
WP APEX Monoshock (travel 177 mm)
Rear suspension:
Two-arm swingarm Tyres at the front: 100/90-19
Rear tyres: 130/80-17
Central tube frame (high-strength steel) Front suspension:
41 mm telescopic fork (travel 130 mm) Rear suspension:
Bottom-Link Uni-Trak with gas pressure shock absorber (travel 148 mm)
Rear suspension:
Two-arm swingarm Tyres at the front: 100/90-19M/C 57S
Rear tyres: 130/80-17M/C 65S
Brakes
Single disc, 4-piston radial fixed caliper (∅ 320 mm) Rear brake
Single disc, 1-piston floating caliper (∅ 230 mm)
Single disc (∅ 290 mm) Rear brake
Disc (∅ 220 mm)
Good, but expensive
What about the third puzzle mentioned at the beginning? What kind of bike is this? Then we get the gaaaaanz big club out. The world would be better if we all ate less meat, practiced safer sex and not just drove as an A2 driver's license holder KTM 390 Adventure. The safety equipment is convincing. Alone, the world is not like that. The problem with the KTM is that it is so wonderfully equipped that it is as safe as possible, but therefore cannot be cheap at all. Is it not, at EUR 6,195, what makes the answer to the question of classification even more complicated.
For a good 6,000 you get a good bike with the KTM, which has no development possibilities. It will always have 44 hp, that's the end of the flagpole. This is either enough for you in the long run – or you put a few hundred euros on it and move in the area of the Kawasaki Z 650 or Yamaha MT-07, which are throttled A2 compliant and later after the penitenting period with 75 hp are extremely enjoyable fun bringers.
The KTM 390 Adventure is too expensive to be used as a pure beginner bike. On the other hand, 44 hp is not enough for most motorcyclists in the long run. So a great bike is finally found between all the chairs.
The test bike was provided to us by Motorrad Ruser in Haseldorf near Hamburg
