text: Turn off traction control and the Super Adventure will easily leave black marks on the pavement coming out of turns.
  The slipper clutch aided by MSR is blessing to have when riding at a fast pace. If you accidentally decelerate or downshift too aggressively, the system allows engine braking to occur without any rear wheel skid or even a chatter. The system is almost idiot proof. It’s almost impossible to initiate a rear wheel skid on downshift, even if you are trying. You can definitely feel the heft of the bike in the tighter turns, but overall the Super Adventure is a fun an fairly-flickable bike you can enjoy riding like a sportbike all day long.
  With much of the marketing material coming from KTM being about improvements in luxury and comfort, it got a lot of people thinking the new 1290 Super Adventure was primarily a street bike. But it rides on essentially the same chassis as the 1190 Adventure. Just a bigger tank and some extra amenities added. Could it really have lost its mojo in the dirt? We were eager to find out.
  Once we arrived at the KTM Rally in Crested Butte, it was time to lower the windscreen, turn off that heated seat, remove the rubber peg covers, roll the bars forward slightly and drop our luggage at camp, so we could explore the surrounding trails.
  It took some getting used to the extra bulk and the bike could use bar risers for taller riders, but before long we were taking the Rally’s hard routes. The bike transitions from Street Bike to Enduro with ease, and feels much like an 1190 until you get into the steeper terrain where Super Adventure’s extra heft can be a handful.