ON BOARD THE 2019 KTM 690 SMC R WITH GARMIN VIRB 360

Very quick edit here of a lap of the kart track at Portimao (Portugal) on KTM's 2019 690 SMC R. Just listen to the sound - has a road legal single ever sounded like this before - okay yes, in the 690 Duke etc - but still, some kind of a motor!

[@julyreshebehl5502]

Sounds grand!

[@stevenwass3313]

In the world of camera work, remember just because you can doesn't mean you should..... Don't turn the camera around unless there is a point to it.

[@RustMotoCollective]

Hmm, fair comment. But there was a point to it - to show how the bike and rider interact, to show how the bike and the track interact and to show how three guys on identical bikes were having a lot of fun playing racers on a kart track of an afternoon. And, to give the best idea of what riding an SMC R might feel like. All this captured in the shortest possible video because in the world of the 20-second attention span it has to be quick and dirty. I might have broken some golden rules, might have been a touch clumsy, but there's the intent, the reasoning. And this is RUclips, home of amateur hour, I think we can cut some slack here, no? But for sure - there's room for improvement, i don't deny that. Best JB