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Watch: Rally-Inspired KTM 690 Adventure R Prototype Spied

Jamie Elvidge — Mon, 07 Apr 2025 19:51:16 +0000

As the dust continues to settle around KTM’s protracted financial troubles, a comeback is taking shape—not in balance sheets, but in the form of new motorcycles like this nearly production-ready prototype, currently being referred to as a “690 Rally,” which was spotted in Austria undergoing testing. The bike, photographed by powersports paparazzo Bernhard Höhne, blends […]

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Triumph Tiger 1200 Spied With New Cutting-Edge Radar Tech

Jamie Elvidge — Wed, 22 Jan 2025 20:30:08 +0000

Despite a raft of upgrades in 2024, Triumph’s Tiger 1200, the British marque’s flagship adventure touring model, has been spotted undergoing testing at the brand’s engineering facility in Spain. New refinements include front-facing radar and potential mechanical upgrades, as well as a few cosmetic tweaks. Since its debut in 2012, the Tiger 1200 has seen […]

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Royal Enfield Himalayan 650cc Twin Spied In Near Production Form

Justin Hughes — Thu, 02 Jan 2025 17:00:03 +0000

Rumors have been swirling around for years about a super-sized Royal Enfield Himalayan 650, an adventure bike that would put their popular parallel-twin engine to good use. As we reported in 2021, Royal Enfield had two large dirt-oriented models in mind, one of which turned out to be the Bear 650 scrambler. The other has […]

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Resurrected? KTM 990 Adventure Prototype Spied Out Testing

Jamie Elvidge — Fri, 14 Jun 2024 19:48:23 +0000

Just days after we reported on a prototype 1390 Adventure R model seen at Erzbergrodeo and teased as having a semi-automatic transmission, a test mule has been spotted that appears to be an all-new KTM 990 Adventure. That’s right, it feels like back to the future for one of the most popular KTM bikes of […]

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Details Emerge On Upcoming BMW R 1300 GS Adventure

ADV Pulse Staff — Thu, 06 Jun 2024 13:37:14 +0000

It’s been almost a year since BMW announced their next-gen R 1300 GS, leaving fans of the flagship model anxiously awaiting news of the longer-range Adventure variant. Now, new details from Swedish homologation documents have been unearthed by Motorcycle.com confirming the much-awaited R 1300 GS Adventure will be coming as a 2025 model. Among the […]

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Spied: Next-Gen KTM 690 Enduro R Spotted Out Testing

Jamie Elvidge — Thu, 31 Aug 2023 17:02:58 +0000

No one can accuse KTM and its parent company Pierer Mobility Group of resting on its laurels. When not acquiring new brands it’s near-constantly refreshing its fleet. The most recent example? KTM 690 Enduro R and 690 SMC R prototypes spotted out testing near home base. It was spy shot legend Bernhard Höhne who caught […]

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2024 BMW R1300GS Leaked Specs and New Details Revealed

Jamie Elvidge — Wed, 31 May 2023 18:28:34 +0000

Had your ear to the ground lately waiting to hear news of BMW’s pending 2024 1300cc GS model? You’re not alone. Munich has done a very good job of keeping the project under wraps, literally. During the last two years we’ve only seen rough spy photos and one video of the machine, first expected as […]

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New BMW R1300GS Caught On Video Out Testing

Jamie Elvidge — Wed, 26 Oct 2022 17:56:45 +0000

With BMW Motorrad’s 100th anniversary coming in 2023 we’re anticipating some cool bikes to mark the occasion, among them the long awaited, yet still quite mysterious, R1300GS, which has been freshly caught on a stealthily taped video during testing in the Italian Alps. Its rider and a chase rider on another bike are pulled over […]

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Spied: Next-Gen Suzuki Middleweight V-Strom Caught Out Testing

Jamie Elvidge — Fri, 02 Sep 2022 17:11:24 +0000

It’s been a minute since Suzuki introduced a completely fresh motorcycle of any stripe, and judging by these fresh spy shots captured on Italy’s famous Stelvio Pass, that dry spell may be about to end. Along with it, would be the end of a nearly 20-year run for the V-Strom 650. While the 650 ‘Strom, […]

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New Dirt-Focused KTM 390 Adventure Model Spied Out Testing

Jamie Elvidge — Tue, 22 Feb 2022 17:58:47 +0000

At first glance the motorcycle in these spy shots could be someone’s jerry-rigged rat bike, but nope, we’re looking at what appears to be a rough prototype of a new, more dirt-oriented KTM 390 Adventure…and who wouldn’t be onboard for that? How do we know this work in progress is headed for the trails? The […]

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