Magic video, true to life, warts and all. I’ve “ helmet off and sat down “ many times, bikes get heavier as you get older…well done Nathan.

Your candid observations and comparisons are immensely valuable - FAR more useful than from typical 'reviewers' (who fear offending manufacturers who provide their video 'content'?). Your willingness to filter out the marketing bling is much appreciated, too. I thoroughly enjoy your (very experienced) riding guidance, as well. THANK you - VERY much.

My god mate, 14 years of YouTubing. You’ve got to be one of the first motovloggers 👍. Thanks for vids!

Nathan, great video, thank you. I think your vids are getting better and better as they include more instruction - certainly better for me. Les

Absolutely not a daft twat, grounded bloke with a sense of humour and a massive dose of common sense. I really enjoyed it, not for me me legs are too small for anything serious off road but respect to you for the demo, dragging it around on its side made me wince !

It's all about the VIEWS! And those are some amazing views. Thanks for sharing🤙

I love my 2021 model. These bikes are great all around and with just a few extra mods, they can hang with bigger and more expensive bikes on and off road.

Excellent, real-world video and, even though I don`t ride off-road, I thoroughly enjoyed it, as with all your videos. The A39 from Barnstaple, down to Bude is one of my favourite rides and I was along there a couple of weeks back.

Excellent engine and gearbox in this bike. I've been very impressed with my Duke's. There's an American has an off-road channel on here. He rides a 390 Adventure. It's been totally reliable and he hammers it. I agree with your summary. It isn't the best bike to bimble around backlanes. It likes to go faster.

Brilliant Saturday morning video Nathan had me chuckling😂 it's fantastic you leave your falls in as we all end up on our ass at some point. Totally agree its the most fun to ride on road in its class by far, plus I reckon some bigger bikes on a nice twisty road. 😊

Realism. Great stuff. Thanks.

Videos don't get any better than this! I wonder if my F650GS would make it up that hill? Maybe, if Nathan rode it !

Nice one Nathan,proper job!!

Beautiful rocky shore, nice place! Lucky guy!

Amazing tutorial video, mostly because the trails and the drops where not in chosen spots. I'd watched some video about how to recover a dropped bike lying on a climb with the front wheeel up but here, it showed how to do it the real way, when you've not planned the situation. it's also it's a great reality check about what weekend lane riding is like in England, and that's not what the mid and large displacement adv bikes I fancy are built for. About the bike, it feels you're properly doing it justice, and I should probably buy it. As a fairly new rider after a year on my current heavy and farly tall (for me) NC750X, the seath height its probably now manageable on my urban commute and I feel I have now enough bike control to be a decent off road riding beginner. Enlightning, many many thanks for that.

Awesome lanes bud cheers 👍🏻

Very good video Nathan

nothing beats a 4 hoof drive in that terrain, those sheep can gooooooooo

This is THE Definitive KTM 390 Adventure video. All the questions that many of us have had about the KTM vs the competion are answered. I've got an 890 S model, a KLR 650 (Gen 2), and a KLX 300. I'm going to sell the KLR and the KLX hasn't always been fun on the road, though excellent on the trails. I have to ride pretty good freeway miles to get to decent trail riding. So I've wondered, should I get a 390 Adventure in place of the KLX 300? I should trade it for the 390 under my situation. or just add a 390 to the stable. ;) With the 2023 models coming out some of the dealers have knocked off almost $1000 off the usual price. BTW, if I'd tried to take that hill, in those conditions on my 890 S model, it would have been far more difficult to get myself out of that situation. I have to muscle it around to get the 890 through a narrow space between cottages to my lady's back yard as I don't want to park it on the street. It is a tussle to manhandle it for that 30 feet on a brick walkway and through the gate. Would be far worse in the wild.

The steep lane where you fell is Cutliffe lane, as you say, used on the Lands End. As an added bonus in the dark for the first 100 bikes or so.....😳 The last lane, as you mentioned is also a Trial hill, known as Wargery, used in the opposite direction.

Hi Nathan, Just want you to know I bought a bike recently after watching your videos. I intend doing rides like LEJOG so I’m back on 2 wheels with a CBX 500. I have no intention of riding it on off road, but having watched your £1,000 challenge I’m seriously thinking of getting an old wreck to get dirty. I live in North Devon not far from you and loved green laning when I was a teenager. Back then we could also ride all over Codden Hill without getting in too much trouble. Love watching your videos. What a charmed life you lead. Keep it up!

Great video! I have a versys x300 and it’s the same thing. Rev it up and it rips. Thinking about looking at the Ktm to see if it’s really an upgrade. Looks like the brakes, forks and electronics are a bit more premium.

Best commuter bike ever!

Nice riding! Mud is tough!

Them sheep were way faster up that hill, than that KTM, 😂😂

Great video Nathan, bet you'd prefer to be on that CCM450 but you were definetly at the limit of it's capabilities. I would take my CRF on those byways but no way my 790! A plug for anyone thinking about Sweetlamb I did a weekend with Nathan a couple of years ago on my Himalayan and it was the best experience ever with Molly and team so book early!

Wow 😮

I think the himi would have faired better! Thanks for keeping the footage of the recovery in warts and all Great vids keep it up 👍

I've probably spent a little too much on upgrades on mine, but now got Big Block tires, akro exhaust, motourenn footpegs, motard crash cage, new handguards... But decided I wasn't going to trade it in for something bigger and stick with it at long as it goes, as I never find it lacking really. Even the wheels...the alloys are super practical. Don't even find that it stalls all that often for me. Good value, even with a bit of upgrade tweaking.

A Yamaha TY250 would have been fun up that section, I guess the learning curve is use the right tool for the job ? Great video Best regards Shaun

I've just put some TKC 80s on mine. I changed them myself inspired by your tyre changing vid... It was bloody hard work trying to break the bead TBH! Only been out on them once but feel a lot more 'sure footed' on light mud & gravel (I've not tried the Essex clay yet!)... Same great grip on the road too (which surprised me). SW motech pegs coming next week, I may try rolling the bars forward. I need to lift the gear leaver a bit though, since buying some Leatt MX boots. I also need to increase the preload on the rear shock.

My 2019 KTM 790 keeps the settings unchanged when I turn it off. On other bikes, it's a pain in the neck to have to reset your settings each time it's turned off.

Brill video mate how you getting on with the 390 at the mo now its got some more miles on? Me an dad have been thinking bout going back to ktm later in the year even after the issues we had with ours with the tfts an fly by wires, hes wained of the idea off the idea of the bigger Hondas after looking at them for a bit. Gotta love the lighter stuff. Nothing seems to have caught his eye bar them still so thinking of getting him a newun' post house move n servicing it myself for him. I think the dealers have really let them down from our experience across a few brands tbh.

cooo, hartland eh? i could almost hear the banjoes! :D

I'd like to see how your Voge handles the mud hill this winter. Hope you take it to do a comparison under similar conditions.

Great video Nathan Firstly I'd like to apologize for my brother bending the bars, £100 sorry.😮 Secondly great to see a great experienced rider like yourself having a few offs. We've got TKC80 on the Himalayans, Mike and my brother are getting good in the mud but I still think there's no front end grip, I'm all over the place. You are right though, the mud varies so much, some there is good grip others non at all. Himi though is amazing at going up steep muddy hills, just chugs up them. Thanks Nathan, great to watch.

Hi Nathan, if possible it would be great to have your views on the upcoming 2024/25 KTM 390.

Nathan, thanks for posting that. What seat cover are you using? Looks like a Sit&Fly cover, but I didn't see one that looked to be the right size on their website.

For those that like a little sport in overland. A lot of orange balloons on the map now.

I'M looking into a 390 kTM !!! I have 2 Harleys for street and I may sell one but I would be using the 390 for F,M, roads and mainly to get around the small towns in my area!! So probably no trail riding at all!!!! One thing the KTM has to many electronics to go wrong especially after years of use!!! This bike is 7200 dollors plus taxes and preparing fees!!!!

Would you say the extra poke of the KTM worth it over say the Scram or Himi if you were doing more road miles? I dont like the front beak myself but the KTM does have a preppy engine think the range is similar to the Himalayan. Test ride I guess. Thereotically can ride the Honda, Ktm, Himi, Scram and the xcape! P.s Def a few good options. Hard to say I do like flying around twisties but am going to be doing a lot of miles + tent so am guessing thats more a relaxed ride. Extra note, think you kinda answered my question so my choice got harder.

Do you think the knobbed Benly would have made it up that track? Tyres would have made the difference i reckon, does sound like a bag o bolts through my headphones(the KTM).

I can't see a proper "R" version of the 390 being viable, like you say, it is already a tall bike, so to increase it's ground clearance by longer travel suspension and also a larger front wheel, it'd make it unreasonably tall. It is a shame the 490 has been shelved too. What would be nice is if they could detune an EXC500 and lower it considerably along with fitting a long range tank and proper dash with screen... it won't happen though as to do so would be too expensive, and I don't think KTM would really want to detune the engine to add reliability and increase service intervals as it goes against the "Ready to Race" ethos... be nice though, be it KTM, Beta, Honda, or whoever, but a lightweight adv with a strong but not highly strung engine would be aces.

Reading on the KTM forums it appears that you can update the software to the bike which will change the rider modes and the traction control setting to the same as the newer 2022 model. Not sure what the dealers will charge for that tho?

It might feel lively on the road but it won’t cover the miles like the CB500X does.

2nd gear is your friend .