Taking The KTM 390 Adventure Off Road | Long Term Review 

I love this bike! Biught it as second boke for town commuting, that has some off road capability. Its such a fun bike to ride! Even took it on a 9 hour road trip to a cabin in Colorado and i took off the side bag and used it to follow some ATVs off road. So much fun! Do get a more cushy seat for long drives (worth every penny!)

I just bought this bike as my first :)

11:11 Just a quick little tip for finding neutral: just push your foot slightly to the right while changing gear, that'll do the trick. It's quite easy to get to neutral that way

What an enjoyable video and lovely area. Thanks to you (and mum) 👍

Mom in the back of a truck with a camera. Friggin awesome.

Nice vid & an appropriate review of an off road bike at last! What a great little bike! Makes a bit of a mockery of the gigantic £20k ones.

Thanks for vid! Random question, what boots are those?

I have zero issues hitting neutral on my 390 Adventure. You have to push down hard into first then finding neutral is easy - it's common among many bikes. And the high beam switch is reaching to find something to complain about, otherwise appreciate the review

Great video...Well done! Will get myself a Katie soon :)

Nice video and review, and sing not bad. Wich boots do you use in that video?

Great video....that looked like fun!!!!

I had a slight panic attack when the footage cut to being on the road (around the 6:45 mark). I have to make sure I remember what country the reviewer is in lol

Ive got a Husky Vitpilen 401 and yeah that neutrals pretty hard to find, its only new so I hope it loosens up over time people say it does.

Awesome video! What is your height may i ask? I’m 6.1 worried i might be too tall for this bike. Would love to potentially get this as my first bike.

Very enjoyable video, well done

Nice review brother. I did acquired this bike. Like you said looking forward for new adventures 👍

Thanks for a very nice video 😊😊

K-T ... Katy ... genious name choice mate! Smart and pretty, just like bike itself. SWEET! Excellent review and contents, as always! Stay safe, have fun, keep on riding... and sharing, please. Best regards from PORTUGAL

Thx for the vid! Regarding bikes that have neutral issues: pushing them forward just a tiny bit, while acting on the lever may help a lot. Cheers!

Very nice review, really enjoyed it.

Great Review.. I just get past the bug headlights. So was the dogs name MotoBob? Or was it just Bob?

Just waiting for mine to get all the extras like the better bash plate and better hand guards, rad guard and head light protector all by KTM, also putting side and back racks to take my GIVI hard bags, on, and heated grips all so going with the Dunlop TrailMax Mission Tires. From what I have seen they are better in the sand and hear there are gravel roads with sections of sand. I did try out shifting and did not have any trouble finding neutral, so may be you should have that checked out. I am upgrading from my Versys 300 X, also have a DR650 with a 20 liter gas tank, for the rough off road. The KTM 390 Adventure is in a class of its own, nothing out there of that size comes close. You made the wright choice. The only change I would like to make is a bigger gas tank, as where I am planning to take it gas stations are far and few between so will have to carry extra gas, if only the had a 18 liter or a 20 liter gas tank it would be the perfect bike for me. Come on KTM let see if you can put a bigger one on to get at least 450 km no mater how you drive it and 500 km if you take it easy. Newfoundland Labrador hear I come when this mess is over. It would also be nice to have a center stand for easer chain maintenance, when on the road.

Great review. Humble and honest

Is that rattling / zingy noise coming from the windscreen? I just test rode one and it had the exact same problem. Is it a common thing?

Only had a problem with the neutral for the couple of days. Now used to it, can find it most of the time, I think it's when you get annoyed it you end up tapping it too hard.

Hay I got one in Aug. This year love it...

Is it reliable , How often does it break down ?

After putting some miles on it, N becomes easy and smooth to find. But until then moving the bike an inch or so forward or back makes all the difference.

I recon this is the motorcycle that the guys would use in a moder day "mondo Enduro" remake. The original motorcycle of choice was a Suzuki DR350 dual sport. For a single adventure riding this light motorcycle would be perfect!! That is why the Royal Enfield Himalayan is so popular with globetrotters. Ps I'm loving the family top gear set up!! Land Rover camera car with Mum as camera operator!! That effort deserves a double like!! Coming back to the topick of small ADV motorcycles. I would love if the new "Long way up" was made on a pair of BMW 310GS kitted out to an Adventure speck!! Not on electric bikes that are so expensive thet they would take 90% of an average Jo budget for an epick round the world adventure!! Plus the environmental offset of a small cc bike compered with having trucks with generators plus building a network of charging points!! Epick stuff as usual Tim looking forward to reviews of every mens motorcycle. I would love to see you testing the Benelli range from Benelli TRK 502 as well as 502C(baby Diavel) and the new 752S. All of this motorcycles are epick value for money now and they seem to have a very good reputation for example back home in Poland they are selling like hot cakes and alot of them have proven to be very reliable and put together motorcycle

Nice review, good work 😉

How tall are you? you look fairly tall but good fit

Another great bike review. You certainly looked to be having fun on it. I agree it's butt ugly but having said that it is still well proportioned. KTM are coming on in leaps and bounds with the development of and quality of their bikes, certainly giving the Japanese a run for their money both and of the track. Thanks for the video.

Ok nice motorcycle, can you please try the Honda X500 adventure? can you put it through the same trails as the K.TM.? To see which is better.

Have just over 5,500 on my KTM 390 Adventure getting easy 400 Km per tank of gas, averaging 3.3 liters per hundred Km ( 250 miles per tank.) You just need to learn how to get it in to neutral, I have very little problems with it going in to neutral, form first or second. Love the Dunlop TrailMax Mission tires, great on and off road, best 50/50 tires I have ever had. When going up steep gravel or grass hills try taking the traction control off, I find it works better with it of on that type of hill. Even fully loaded with the Trekker 33/46 liter hard bags I still get 3.3 liters per hundred, on average riding but if I am hard on the throttle I still get 3.6 to 3.8 so still not bad. The only thing I would like it if they put a 18 liter gas tank on it, that would get you over 500 Km per tank ( 310 miles per tank ) which is needed in parts of Canada. Would also be nice to just have to fill up when you head out and not have to worry about finding gas stations. That is why some days when hitting the back roads I take my DR650 with the 20 liter gas tank, can do over 450 km before having to worry, were the next gas station is, and even with that I always have plenty still in the tank. Have fun on your KTM and should think about coming to Canada for some touring. Just stay away form the cities. best places are northern Ont and the east coast NB. PEI, and Newfoundland and Labrador There are others as well but those are the places I have been,

Fabulous bit of Real Estate, nice greeting from the Goats. Is it reliable is the only question mark over KTM's?

I'm facing the same issue finding the neutral in my new Husqvarna Svartpilen 401. Same thing. From 1st to 2nd, unless you're lucky.

Wondering why seat height is higher than the 790 S, while they have smaller tires and way less ground clearance?

Has anyone who owns this bike upgraded/changed the breaks or break pads? I wonder if that would make a difference. I don't think they're bad (they're OK, but they could be better...)

I'm off to the dealer (Jim Aim, Braintree) at the next opportunity I have... It would be the perfect second bike for the winter.

Hello do you think that this bike is suitable for 6'2" rider?

Does anyone know what kind of boots he's wearing in the thumbnail?

Looks bloody gorgeous. But does the slanted footpegs bother while treading offroad ?

Pity you didn’t do this with better knobby tyres on her. But thanks for sharing, very interesting.

I'm in Colorado and at 7000ft off road on tight trails I get 75mpg, highway 85mpg so that's anywhere between 280 to 330 miles per tank and I'm not riding this is like some grandmother's first time on a motorbike.

Would you still rate the bike that high if there was no adjustable suspension on the front wheel?

I made the mistake of buying a 390 Duke, and I ended up taking it to more extreme offroad places than you took that 390 Adv in the video! I need to sell it now and buy the Adv, but in the meantime it's gonna be hard to avoid taking the Duke offroad still!

I have a Z1000, Do you recommend this motorcycle for my ?

Great vid but taking into account the sadistic side of myself, I have to admit I was hoping for a whiskey throttle moment at 2:36

That’s true as hell about NO neural!! I have had 4 KTm’s and yep can never find neutral.

I’m 6’’3 is this bike tall enough for me? It’ll be my first bike, apart from a 125

Felt like it need a 47 tooth rear sprocket.

having a small capacity bike that will handle a bit of off-road does change the mindset... pure road bikes start to feel a little, erm... limited.

Hey I get the neutral. One needs to be in the zone

you look similar Toby Kebbell with different hair no?

Sounded like a good idea anyway. No neutral? Lol

Someone said they resolved the neutral issue by using a different boot. That means a lighter boot I would imagine. Remember, a single cylinder requires an aggressive approach to hills and rev it to the top, otherwise you just won't get the desired results. It's not how we think in terms of being hard on the bike and wanting it to be a monster in 3-5k revs, but its just not the reality.

I really love smaller, lighter bikes. They are just so easy to ride that you can purely enjoy riding and not worry about dropping them or corner speed or loosing your license. Your right though, I couldn't spend over 5k on something looking like that! 😝

Love it deposit down an off we go

'Adventures with Ryan'(KTM390) on here...what you're aiming at...3500miles all off-road!

Definitely makes more sense off road than the big GS or Super Adventure. Nice review but didn't watch to the end because of the mid roll ads, sorry.

You have to put them in natural as you pull up on the move it’s a Kim thing 😀😀😀

Aloha

If you are not going to do much off road and want a starter adventure bike the Honda Cb500x is probably the smarter choice. It's way better on the road. The KTM is for if you plan on doing off road.

I really feel the 490 adventure with the parallel twin engine will a perfect adventure motorcycle

All I can think when I see a vid about the 390 Adventure is Fortnine's review, it was brutal

that's a very capable... car...

Indian Reviewers be like: “Its just a tourer, it can’t off road”