FEATURED IN THE JANUARY 2019 ISSUE OF ROADRACING WORLD…
2019 KTM 790 Duke Bike Intro, on the street…
“I could already tell it was going to be a good day when I clicked into second gear and pulled out of the parking lot at the start of the official intro for the KTM 790 Duke. The engine spun up through the rpm and ripped through the gears effortlessly, and the day had just begun. We ventured out on a route that took us from the Southern California beach town of Encinitas and down the coast, then headed east towards Mount Palomar before heading back toward the ocean. But it didn’t take a 150-mile loop on some of the best roads Southern California has to offer for me to figure out that this KTM is a ripping middleweight that will make anybody with a pulse want to get out and ride!”
…and at the racetrack:
“The power delivery is so smooth that I was able to turn off the traction control for racetrack use – even with the standard tires – without any drama. Accelerating out of the last corner and down the front straight at Auto Club Speedway, the 790 gains rpm so quickly that I hit the rev limiter before I knew it, and had to start anticipating my shift points. This is not a typical middleweight!”
-Chris Ulrich, in the January 2019 issue of Roadracing World
Racing Editor Chris Ulrich rides the bike that KTM calls “The Scalpel” and delivers his impressions on how the company’s new middleweight twin performs on the street and track in the January issue of Roadracing World & Motorcycle Technology. Pick up a copy and get all the details on the sophisticated, svelte Parallel Twin that KTM hopes will revolutionize the middleweight sportbike category.
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