2018 KTM 790 Adventure Spied During Road Testing  KTM's super-secret 800cc twin adventure model gets caught out testing.

New photos emerged today of a pre-production 800cc KTM Adventure out road testing, and they are some of the clearest pictures to date of this highly-anticipated new model. KTM has long been a dominant force in the Adventure Touring segment, but a middleweight twin has been noticeably absent from their lineup. An 800cc KTM adventure model has been rumored for some time and was recently confirmed by KTM head Stephan Pierer. The bike has not yet been officially named, but assuming it follows KTM conventions, we can expect it to be called the KTM 790 Adventure.

The new KTM 790 adventure model will feature an 800cc parallel-twin engine, with a 270° crank, and is expected to produce somewhere around 100hp. The powerplant will be mounted in a completely new chassis, with an overall focus on weight savings and off-road performance. Riding on a 21″ front wheel and 18″ rear, with beefy 43mm WP forks and a healthy amount of suspension travel, the KTM 790 Adventure will likely set a new off-road performance bar in the big-twin ADV category. To keep it competitive on the sales floor, KTM will need to price it somewhere in the $13,000 range.

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In the spy photos, we see a small headlight assembly with missing windscreen and fairing panels. The bodywork will most likely look completely differently by production time and we’d expect it to incorporate the same vertically-split headlight design found on the 2017 KTM 1290 Super Adventure R — a new design style appearing on many of KTM’s street models. Look for the new KTM 790 Adventure to be announced in late 2017, released as a 2018 model.

Expect the styling of the new KTM 790 Adventure to incorporate the same vertically-split design found on the 1290 Super Adventure R.

For more information on the spy photos, visit morebikes.co.uk.