Perhaps we will stick briefly with the model student of the German motorcycles, the GS. Even if this is a KTM test, the character is best worked out in comparison. Certainly, KTM would never install a cardan because of the more direct implementation of the gas orders. Even a boxer not, much too cultivated and not as craggy as the KTM drivers appreciate. This design also suggests that the KTM engine wants to be turned, which we will check afterwards.
And yet these two giants have more in common than you might think at first glance. For example, that both are actually cheating packages. Adventure yes, but please on asphalt. Light gravel goes clear, but if you want to drive it seriously, you should buy a Honda Afrika Twin. The KTM already had an on-board computer in 2013, only the rev counter is analog. The digital companion can set what you might like as an electronics freak: loading, ABS, heating handles and also a very sensible tyre pressure control are available.
The comfortable seating position or the good wind protection also connects the competitors - and both are not for beginners, the KTM even less than the BMW.
These are neither Dietmar nor I, so let's go now.
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