KTM 1190 and 1190R owners show us your bikes

hi,





my new 1190 at Hannibal's Grave Monument, near Istanbul

papphammar, that's a nice picture!

A fond farewell to my vfr:



and I picked up my KTM 1190 Adv this morning:





I've only done 40km on the way home but I love it. It's fast, torquey, and handles beautifully. This is going to be a keeper

Ktm is only 300 meters from my house, so I walked, and this I took it as I entered. it was there ready waiting for me



This is me after 20 km when I meet my friend who Friday took away my ex Supertenerè 1200 white: P


This is him happy


Shortly after lunch and take a ride for the first mountain that is 40 minutes from my city, Mt. Maiella



I could not resist...

Great pictures Dab and congrats! It looks amazing and hope to hear what you think of the bike so far. The more I see the R model, the more I like it!
Enjoy your new love!

Week end around the Alps












too many picks???
this bike it's fantastic!!!!!

The pics are absolutely great guys! Keep them coming

I cant wait to see one here in the states, have to get down to the dealer and find out when he thinks we will get them, I'm guessing the first one in the door will be his though

You Europeans are killin' me - for Dog's sake keep your pictures to yourself until the bikes are available in North America.

Great pics, Igor. Can you tell us something about the fuel consumption so far?

on this trip, up and down montain passes for 550 km the average consuption was 17,6 km x lt, 330 km before reserve with 4 lt left in the tank. it's good.

By using the bike faster and with a lot of stops in traffic it goes down to 15 km x lt.
I'd say 20% lower then the 990 as staded by ktm

The important question,,, any chance the 1190 tank and nose would fit a 950? that tanks looks way sleeker..

Dave

Not a lot of miles on mine yet - but first tank was about 45 mpg (UK) - pretty much all urban.commuting/lots of stop start riding. Second tank is currently showing an average of 53mpg since I last filled up. At the moment it has done 175 miles of 'open road' riding (not a lot of traffic, but fairly slow - 40mph speed limit here - but taking advantage of the odd spot where the throttle and handling could be used a bit more enthusiastically !).

Off to France next week so will be interesting see what it can do in 'touring' mode !

Off to France on mine next weekend - I won't post many really nice photos .................

Thanks for the fuel values. In which rpm-range are you travelling most and at which rpm are you shifting up?

And, were these values calculated by ourself or is it what the computer on the bike calculates?

Changing up between 4,000 and 6,000 (occasionally a bit higher). Figures are from the on board computed but (for the first tank full at least) it seems pretty accurate based on the amount of fuel it took to refill.

Thank you Pebble35 and I wish you all the best for France.

I´m curious what Igor will report.

Thanks - photos will follow .........

just as a comparison - riding my old (2008) 990 Adventure in much the same style would see 120 miles to about 17 litres of fuel, the 1190 did about 160 miles to 16 litres ................

the values are based on the on board computer. it is accurate, I checked it at the begining, since it's so easy to check the accurancy the data is correct.

to get 17,5/18 km x lt I shift at about 6000 rev, but this would be fast driving anyway.... much above legal speed, 150 km/h on a highway.

if you go higher then 6000 rev or/and there's traffic the consuption goes up high
(it's a superbike motor...) the worst figures I sow where 13 km x lt

Looks like it is really a big improvement over the 990. Thank you and have a good time with your wonderful bike, too.