KTM 690 Enduro R 2025
The most dirt-capable bike you can ride to the trailhead.
61.7/ 100
Scored within enduro, methodology here
€12,199
list price
- power
- 74 hp
- wet weight
- 157 kg
- tank range
- 314 km
The short version
The 690 Enduro R is the last big-bore dual sport standing: 74 hp, 250 mm of fully adjustable XPLOR travel and genuine enduro geometry with a numberplate. Nothing else combines this much offroad ability with a motorway-capable engine.
Where it wins
- 250 mm of fully adjustable WP XPLOR travel front and rear
- 74 hp LC4 single with cornering ABS and an offroad mode
- 157 kg wet undercuts every twin-cylinder adventure bike by 40 kg
Where it loses
- 935 mm seat height demands long legs
- Minimal wind protection and a plank of a seat for road miles
Score breakdown
Engine and performance
20.0 / 25Handling and chassis
14.7 / 20Value
6.1 / 20Practicality
7.6 / 15Technology
6.3 / 10Reliability and ownership
7.0 / 10The full review
The last real dual sport
Ask the people who actually ride these where a 690 Enduro R fits and the answer is consistent: between the hardcore dual sports and the enormous adventure bikes, in a category of one. Long-term reviewers put it plainly, saying it takes you where no other road-legal motorcycle will, and one 15,000 km test ended without a single drop, which the tester credited entirely to the weight.
That is the whole thesis. Forty kilograms lighter than any twin-cylinder adventure bike, which off road is the difference between a quick recovery and a long afternoon of regret.
Engine and suspension, per the people who broke them in
Reviewers call the motor the star of the show, and specifically its roll-on pull: unreal torque from one big cylinder, now smoothed by twin balancers into something you can live with. The competition-derived XPLOR suspension is why the bike survives terrain that retires adventure bikes, and nobody in a decade of tests has found it wanting off road.
The two-piston front brake sounds modest and is deliberate: off road you want feel at the lever, not a switch for the front wheel. On road it simply asks for a firmer hand.
The road bill
The honest ownership notes: the 935 mm seat filters buyers at the first car park, wind protection is a headlight mask, the seat is a trail tool, and the LC4 has a maintenance-demanding reputation that owners say is partly earned and mostly manageable. Long-distance travellers modify them heavily, then refuse to sell them.
None of that is criticism so much as the price of the brief. If your riding is mostly dirt with road sections in between, nothing else with a number plate does this job, and the press stopped arguing about it years ago.
Full specs
| Engine | |
|---|---|
| Engine | LC4 single cylinder, liquid cooled, SOHC |
| Displacement | 692.7 cc |
| Power | 74 hp at 8,000 rpm |
| Torque | 73.5 Nm at 6,500 rpm |
| Power to weight | 0.47 hp/kg |
| Chassis | |
| Wet weight | 157 kg |
| Front suspension | WP XPLOR 48 mm, 250 mm |
| Front adjustability | Fully adjustable |
| Rear suspension | WP XPLOR PDS monoshock, 250 mm |
| Rear adjustability | Fully adjustable |
| Front brake | 300 mm, axial 2-piston |
| ABS | Cornering ABS |
| Dimensions | |
| Seat height | 935 mm |
| Wheelbase | 1502 mm |
| Fuel capacity | 13.5 L |
| Claimed consumption | 4.3 L/100 km |
| Fuel range | 314 km |
| Ownership | |
| Price | €12,199 |
| Service interval | 10,000 km |
| Valve check | 20,000 km |
| Warranty | 2 years |
| Equipment | |
| Dash | LCD |
| Ride modes | Yes |
| Traction control | Yes |
| Quickshifter | Optional |
| Cruise control | Not available |
| Connectivity | No |
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Frequently asked
- Is the KTM 690 Enduro R A2 licence legal?
- Not as delivered: 74 hp is 54.4 kW against the 35 kW A2 limit. Because it stays under 70 kW, dealers can supply it restricted to 35 kW for A2 licence holders, and the full power returns with a dealer derestriction once you upgrade.
- How fast is the KTM 690 Enduro R?
- Our power-to-weight model estimates 0 to 100 km/h in about 3.2 seconds, from 74 hp moving 157 kg wet. That is an estimate for comparison, not a measured time, and it is labelled that way everywhere on this site.
- What is the fuel range of the KTM 690 Enduro R?
- About 314 km on paper: a 13.5 litre tank against a claimed 4.3 L/100 km. Ride it with enthusiasm and the maths gets worse, never better.
- How tall is the seat on the KTM 690 Enduro R?
- The KTM 690 Enduro R seat sits at 935 mm, which is properly tall, and it filters buyers at the first car park stop. At 157 kg wet, weight does the rest of the talking at a standstill.
- How much does the KTM 690 Enduro R cost?
- €12,199 list price in the EU market this site scores. It earns 6.1 of 20 value points on our formula, which weighs price against equipment and running costs.
The workshop
Build your 690 Enduro R
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