Tough to beat the OEM Yuasa for reliability. The 1190 has a parasitic draw which tends to shorten the life of batteries if you don't keep them on a tender when storing them. #3. SURFINASPHALT and windblown101 like this.
3 days ago · What a bike! Then the 1090 and 1190. Well, they’ve all been replaced with KTM’s biggest ever machine – the 1290 Super Adventure R. This is a behemoth of a bike and takes on BMW’s mighty GS Adventure. And KTM aren’t messing about… the 1290 is a serious machine capable of anything you throw at it.
I started buying KTM’s in 2014 when I bought a 1190 Adv R . and have owned over the years a 2016 Super Adventure T, 2019 790 Adventure R, a 2020 Super Adventure S , a 2011 1190 RC8R and a 2022 Super Duke EVO. I have never had an major issue’s with any of them totaling almost 100,000 miles between all of them. I love these bikes. . 142 235 459 176 372 39 286 56