I decided to spend the summer of 2020 in Colorado for a few reasons, of which the primary was to rent new motorcycle candidates for my Round The World (RTW) adventure. I visited Jim Hyde's RawHyde Adventures and rode a 2020 BMW R12OOGS for a few days. It's a nice bike, but I had some minor issues with it - one of which is the pricetag. You know that BMW stands for Bring More Wallet, right?! Afterwards, I rented a KTM 1290 Super Adventure R and rode the last three sections of the Colorado BDR. Wow, that bike has wicked power, but even more so than the GS, it's too big. I also rented a KTM 790 Adventure R and immediately thought that it was a prime candidate. To get to the point, I bought a 2021 KTM 890 Adventure R. We'll see...