The KTM 390 Adventure Updated for 2022

[Hugh Janus]

For 2022, KTM’s 390 Adventure receives a revised suite of electronic rider aids and other minor updates. (KTM Motorcycles/)

While the current adventure-bike trend still appears to skew toward large and powerful machines, if you’re genuinely planning to venture away from asphalt, there’s no doubt that smaller, lighter models have some real advantages. Cue KTM’s 390 Adventure.

Although the 390 Adventure was launched just two years ago, making its debut at the 2019 EICMA show in Milan, the firm has just given it a set of upgrades that promise to make a genuine step forward over the original generation.

Related: 2020 KTM 390 Adventure First Ride

Traction control now gets an off-road mode in addition to the standard “street” setting to allow for more wheelspin. (KTM Motorcycles/)

The bike is still essentially the same machine, with an unaltered steel trellis frame wrapped around a 373cc single-cylinder DOHC water-cooled engine that makes an impressive 43 hp and 27 pound-feet of torque. Recently updated to meet Euro 5 emissions limits on KTM’s home continent, that mill gets a whole new suite of electronic rider aids for 2022. The traction control system now has an off-road mode alongside the standard “street” setting, allowing more wheelspin before stepping in to cut the torque.

While the 390 Adventure still uses cast alloy wheels, 19 inches at the front and 17 inches at the rear, the bike’s off-road credentials have improved. Despite looking similar to the previous 12-spoke wheels, the 2022 bike gets a new design with 10 spokes that KTM says are stronger than the old ones. They’re fitted with Continental TKC 70 tires as standard.

The Bosch two-channel ABS also now includes cornering ABS and an off-road mode. The 390 also gets new 10-spoke wheels said to be stronger than the previous hoops. (KTM Motorcycles/)

Elsewhere, the bike’s spec is largely unchanged, retaining the same WP Apex suspension as its predecessor, with a 43mm upside-down fork and matching WP Apex shock, adjustable for preload and rebound and offering 6.9 inches of travel. Brakes are from Brembo’s budget ByBre brand, with a single 320mm front disc and four-pot caliper matched to a 230mm rotor and two-piston caliper at the back, plus a switchable off-road ABS function that deactivates the antilock at the back and reduces its intervention on the front. The updated ABS now also includes a cornering system that works when the bike is banked.

While the 373cc DOHC single-cylinder engine is now Euro 5 compliant, it’s otherwise unaltered for the new year. (KTM Motorcycles/)

As before, the functions are controlled via a 5-inch TFT screen, which also offers Bluetooth connectivity for calls and audio control. Other key facts and figures include a 348-pound dry weight, while the fuel tank’s 3.8-gallon capacity makes for around 250 miles between fill-ups.

For 2022 the unchanged bodywork gets a new blue and orange color combo inspired by KTM’s Dakar bikes.

The frame, suspension, and brakes are unchanged for 2022, but there is a new Dakar-inspired blue and orange color option this year. (KTM Motorcycles/)

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[Pedro]

In real life these look and feel like a chinese bike, from the pictures it looks like the riders took their kid's bikes out for a ride.

These are KTM's take on making money on "cheap" bikes, next level to that shit twin +/-800cc they're selling.