Arctic Challenge Part 1: KTM 990 Adventure vs. BMW R1200GS Adventure & F800GS (Onewheeldrive.net)
Model(s) covered: 2009 KTM 990 Adventure, 2009 BMW F 800 GS, 2009 BMW R1200 GS Adventure
Three top-notch adventure bikes, the KTM 990 Adventure BMW R1200GS Adventure and BMW F800GS, spanning the higher wavelengths of adventure’s spectrums, light to heavy and moderately affordable to astronomical. Still, it all comes down to this, the Dempster Highway. Seven hundred and thirty-six kilometers of dirt, clay, mud, shale and gravel, it’s the only all-season road in Canada to cross the Arctic Circle and go well beyond. Calling this North America’s last adventure highway seems an under sell.
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Arctic Challenge Part 2: KTM 990 Adventure vs. BMW R1200GS Adventure & F800GS (Onewheeldrive.net)
Model(s) covered: 2009 KTM 990 Adventure, 2009 BMW F 800 GS, 2009 BMW R1200 GS Adventure
In Part I of the Arctic Challenge we looked at how the BMW F800GS, R1200GS Adventure and KTM 990 Adventure fared on the road. This week the bikes take to the dirt as we try to find the king of the adventure hill, in our survey of the three most asked about adventure bikes for 2009.
On the road, things were bleak for the F800GS, but soon as we’re off the pavement the cards get reshuffled. Hitting our first section of dirt outside of Williams Lake I’m initially smitten by the F800GS. For those new to Adventure riding or with moderate dirt skills, the F800GS is the most manageable,
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