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Have to agree with what Mollydog says. For touring around Europe on paved roads and even beyond - both bikes will probably be very good. Choose the one you like best. I have owned a Tiger 955 and it was a blast to ride. And smoothe as silk.
To be able to handle mud, serious ruts, stony tracks, eg serious offroading - forget about both of these models and look at something much much lighter.....
A bike of 230-240 kgs plus luggage offroad? Yeah you can run a marathon in army boots or biker boots, but it aint much fun.
It looks like many overlanders compromises and choose to ride on 650 singles. Not very heavy and still more than enough power and capability to be taken to where you want.
Just my 2 cents though....
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Thanks alot for you input guys, and gals  .
I'm not honestly thinking of doing an RTW trip through Mongolia, Siberia and such on either the 1190 or the 800XC and have been thinking along the very same type of bikes that you bring up, thumper, 650ish and don't mind if it has a scratch or bump on it.
Keks, tell me about it. At the time I was very much more interested in the weekend run on some twisties and not really thinking I'd ever get to go on longer trips.
As it happens I've just started looking at the R version as a third alternative.
I'm just going to have to go try the 800XC out to see how it feels in comparison with the 1190. It'll be hard to kick the habit of that monster twin from Mattighofen, it is sooo good!
But insurance and the cost of my daily commute would like the Tiger better
Really appreciate your 2 cents folks, thnx a bunch
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RTW on so heavy bikes alone? you must be strong and brave 
If I had to choose between those two I'd go with better reliability rating.
good luck.
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2 weeks ago I bought the KTM for some road based travels (round Scotland), covered a quick 1,000 miles in 3 days on my first ride. Must say I was very impressed and although bought on a whim it was a good one. very comfortable, lots of power when needed and this one seems to have gone through the accessories factory with glue all over it. It is the start of a long list of mainly road based trips.
I also have a DR650SE for the solo off road trips, my off road skills not yet up to taking the KTM off on much more than fire tracks and trails. I find once the head has decided on the type of bike and a few options, then let emotion make the final choice, you gotta live with it in the end.
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