KTM's marketing team scared us a bit with its buildup for the 1290 Super Duke R, nicknaming it "The Beast" and pointing at a truly frightening spec sheet: 1,301 cc, 180 raging horsepower, 144 ...

Harry has been writing and talking about motorcycles for 15 years, although he's been riding them for 45 years! After a long career in music, he turned his hand to writing and television work, ...

On March 13, 2023, KTM pulled the covers off its newest, meanest, nakedest track bike beast: The 2023 1290 Super Duke RR. Much like the OG version that was first released in spring of 2021, just 500 ...

Just last week, KTM once again shocked the world when it officially unveiled the 1290 Super Duke RR. Designed for folks who find the standard 1290 Super Duke R just a tad too boring, the new ...

Of all the motorcycle types on the road — sportbikes, cruisers and every oddball in between — the naked literbike might be the most outrageous. Endowed with massive, superbike-derived 1,000cc+ engines ...

KTM's 1290 Super Duke R was the biggest, baddest super-naked bruiser on the planet up until a few minutes ago, when the Austrians pulled the covers off a new version. And by god, I know it's an early ...

We knew these bikes were coming. For the last several months we’ve reported on the fact that there were several new models in the works from KTM and now at EICMA 2019 the bikes break cover. There’s ...

No more than a couple of weeks ago, Austrian bike maker KTM pulled the wraps off the new 1290 Super Duke R, a machine that, according to one of our editors,must feel like Ken Block on two wheels. And ...

With experience of handling leading global sites like ZigWheels, Punya is an avid motorcyclist who has been in the industry for over half a decade. He is always up for a ride to the canyons or the ...

Tech aficionado Kevin Cameron dissected the 2020 KTM 1290 Super Duke R’s revised LC8 engine and its history stating, “KTM’s LC8 V-twin has evolved through its 20-year history with increased ...

The KTM 890 Duke R and KTM 1290 Super Duke R both offer some of the best suspension out there. With that said, WP Suspension still wanted to put out an updated suspension package for the Beast 3.0 and ...

Look at these cool Rizoma products for your KTM Duke 1290.Photo Courtesy of Rizoma Sguardo (top left), remote adjuster (top right), brake/clutch levers "3D" (bottom left), and "Wave" fluid tank ...