Yamaha MT-09 SP 2024 vs. KTM 990 Duke 2024

Yamaha MT-09 SP 2024

KTM 990 Duke 2024
Technical Specifications Yamaha MT-09 SP 2024 compared to KTM 990 Duke 2024
Pros and Cons in comparison
Pros and Cons in comparison
Yamaha MT-09 SP 2024

The Yamaha MT-09 SP is a bike for connoisseurs - for riders who understand that perfection does not always lie in flawless smoothness, but sometimes in deliberate imperfection. It offers a unique blend of Japanese reliability, Swedish suspension expertise and Italian brakes passion, wrapped up in a naked bike that cuts a fine figure both on country roads and in city traffic. If you are prepared to embrace the character of this three-cylinder and invest the extra price for the SP features, you will get a bike that is more than the sum of its parts - a vehicle with soul.
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.