are you dead set on a twin ? drive an xr if not , I've driven the 1050 not just a spin I had 1 for a few days over in spain on and off road its fairly grunty low down a lot more so than the strom ( but a well sorted strom thou with a few mods with a handy pilot wouldn't be left behind from any 1ltr sports bike), definatly better off road most KTM's usually are- if that's your thing, but for just touring and fast blast sunday spins it would be the strom, they're both reliable both have their probs and issues but if its out of warranty bikes you're looking at I'd stray to the strom, that engine's been around since 1997 ,the 1050 is just a 990/950, now the ktm1190 is a different animal completely