Honda CB 1000 R 2018 vs. KTM 890 Duke 2021

Honda CB 1000 R 2018

KTM 890 Duke 2021
Overview - Honda CB 1000 R 2018 vs KTM 890 Duke 2021

Honda CB 1000 R 2018

KTM 890 Duke 2021
Technical Specifications Honda CB 1000 R 2018 compared to KTM 890 Duke 2021
Pros and Cons in comparison
Pros and Cons in comparison
Honda CB 1000 R 2018

Honda calls the model series "Neo Sports Cafe", and the CB 1000 R lives up to the fresh name. The style is new, different and not only visually but also haptically very successful. The "sport" is not neglected in the new model either. The engine has a wonderful torque curve and accelerates the machine with fine control and vehemence at the same time. All this comes in the "+" version with good equipment and technical precision made in Japan in the form of a great riding machine in the showrooms. A great motorbike!
KTM 890 Duke 2021

The predecessor 790 Duke already proved that KTM knows how to build a mid-range naked bike for the road. The new 890 carries the torch with a puffy chest and once again lives up to its scalpel nickname. Lively, it pulls the radii and gives off a certain nervousness that can be interpreted as a wild character. The equipment is almost complete - but only almost. Why do you have to pay extra for the quickshifter when it was standard on the predecessor? It is all the more annoying that the clutchless upshifting and downshifting functions as smoothly as butter and that one would not want to do without it.