KTM 990 Duke 2024 vs. KTM 1290 Super Duke R 2015

KTM 990 Duke 2024

KTM 1290 Super Duke R 2015
Overview - KTM 990 Duke 2024 vs KTM 1290 Super Duke R 2015

KTM 990 Duke 2024

KTM 1290 Super Duke R 2015
Technical Specifications KTM 990 Duke 2024 compared to KTM 1290 Super Duke R 2015
Pros and Cons in comparison
Pros and Cons in comparison
KTM 990 Duke 2024

The new KTM 990 Duke offers terrific power, both in relaxed everyday riding and on winding country roads. Sachs with the disappointing braking performance is therefore particularly painful here. In my opinion, the KTM remains virtually unrivalled in the upper mid-range when it comes to road fun. Even the excessively high price, when compared with the competition, is not an exclusion criterion for me. According to me, there is no other bike in this segment that is so lively, that combines stability and nimble handling so superbly and also offers such a height of everyday usability. A modern KTM Duke with two cylinders is quite simply a unique bike.
KTM 1290 Super Duke R 2015

The KTM 1290 Super Duke R is undoubtedly a beast in terms of its data - 173 hp, 144 Newton metres of torque, 189 kilos dry weight are values with which you can make an impression on the quarter mile. It's almost a miracle that the Austrian is so easy to handle and agile despite its 1301 cubic capacity. On the country road it is therefore enormous fun, but on the race track you have to have a very precise riding style in order not to have to work a lot on the Super Duke R - but admittedly a very nice form of work! In addition, the expensive Special Edition can fully score visually with its many power parts and the beautiful paintwork