KTM 660 Rallye - just for racing?

[Raine]

Hello everyone!

I´m fairly new to motorcycling, and I´m really interested in backroads/trails/wilderness riding (not as "hardcore" that I would need a lighter weight enduro bike ). The bike I´ve been thinking is KTM 640 Adventure. It seems to be quite robust and decent for travelling longer distances on road as well.

As I´ve been visiting motorcycle dealers near here where I live, I came across used KTM 660 Rallye edition. They say (on their webpage)that it´s -00 model or atleast registered in that year. Still, it appears to be 1997 model, atleast all the plastics seem to be from -97 rallye bike.

What I would like to hear opinions about is that would the rallye bike be suitable for amateur/novice travel enduro/ touring use?

I´m guessing that Rallye engines would be so tuned up that they need more frequent maintenance than normal 640 Adventures.

The said 660 Rallye bike can be seen at:

http://www.motopalsta.com/showused.phtml?id=27403

They don´t say how much it has been ridden, but I´ve heard that it´s been used in touring safaris and not for racing.

Thanks for your help!!