KTM 690 Duke 2018 vs. Kawasaki Z 500 2024
KTM 690 Duke 2018
Kawasaki Z 500 2024
Technical Specifications KTM 690 Duke 2018 compared to Kawasaki Z 500 2024
Pros and Cons in comparison
Pros and Cons in comparison
KTM 690 Duke 2018
Considering where the KTM Duke family once started, the 690 Duke is an incredible step forward. The engine is extremely refined and at the same time husky for a street-legal single-cylinder. Despite all the technology on board, it is still a very light motorbike and can almost be called a toy (in a good sense). Only its seating position divides opinions, because with the Duke 4 in 2012, the former supermotos became an almost tame naked bike with a front-wheel-oriented seating position. The advantage: everyday life and long tours should not be a problem on the current Duke.
Kawasaki Z 500 2024
Novi Z500 z 52 kubičnimi metri delovne prostornine ni videti kot prelomna novost v primerjavi s predhodnikom Z400, vendar je zaradi večjega navora dejansko videti veliko bolj samozavesten in zrel. Vodljivost ostaja izjemno igriva zaradi nizke teže in ožjih pnevmatik, ergonomija pa je takšna, kot bi jo pričakovali od lahkotnega golega motocikla A2. Vzmetenje preseneča z zares uspešnim kompromisom med športnostjo in udobjem za vse težnostne razrede. Neagresivne zavore, gladka sklopka in enostavno manevriranje jasno kažejo, da je novi Z500 namenjen vsem novincem. Vendar pa bolje in sodobneje opremljen Z500 SE ne stane veliko več kot standardni Z500.
