@tremens: It's all to do with trade-offs. The 690 R is very much in the style and riding manner of an enduro bike, and KTM being very much 'Ready to Race' build the 690 with hard suspension to deal with how they perceive it will be used.
Which is nothing like how I use it. LOL
I borrowed a 701 in Ouarzazate recently and found the engine smoother with better fueling. I believe the 2019 Enduro R has many of the 701 improvements, so should be quite an improvement. But it's still an enduro with road-legal bits added, whilst the 790 is a road bike at heart, along with the Africa Twin, BMW 850GS and so on.
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