It seems we’ve put the KTM 890 Adventure R up against everything possible over the past couple of years. We’ve done so because almost every time it seems to come out on top. The 890 Adventure R is the man’s man of middleweight ADV steeds, the base product steadily evolving from the ground-breaking 790 ADV R of 2018.
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BMW has been missing from this increasingly focused game. The last time the 850 GS got an update was way back in 2019, and the middle-weight ADV class is now barely recognizable from then. BMW has been seriously on the front foot of late, producing a slew of new bikes, including the highly acclaimed R 1300 GS, so it was only a matter of time before the 850 got the boot and replaced by a far more worthy competitor to the KTM. Enter the F 900 GS.
