2014 KTM 1290 Super Duke R, Super Naked Bike!

2014 KTM 1290 Super Duke R, Super Naked Bike! - The new Duke Street fighting is long overdue , with KTM already has a prototype concept teased and confirmed its production status during the EICMA in Milan last year. Now the official specifications of production, and robust eye bulgingly - the new Katoom offers 180 hp and A 189 kg ( 416.6 pounds ) Weight dry.

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Not all the news is so great that the production style of the Duke some changes in the prototype shows stripped . Above all, it is an abomination of a carrier license plate hang back and exhaust megaphone virtually wrapping arm . But, alas , it is a street legal bike after all - even if it promised 180 horses make scofflaw 's dream of a traffic accident.

1290 Duke of the 75 -degree liquid-cooled V- Twin Power built the RC8 superbike . Bosses travel to 1301cc - a boost that 106cc Bore and Stroke 108mm 71mm rise of 3 mm or ' and 2mm from the Superbike system. The 180 peak horsepower at 8870 rpm Rings claim for the 1.3-liter mill, with a maximum torque of £ 106.19 ft. KTM promises a lot to pull low with 73 lb -ft from 2,500 rpm lower .

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Accelerator ride-by -wire controls 180 gross horsepower , and press the jargon of the KTM Duke microsite ( www.1290superduker.com ) to poetically describes the RBE terms not to quote directly : " The KTM 1290 Super Duke R intelligently translates the commands the driver's throttle to the electronic throttle opening. and always in the way that makes the best sense. this means, for example , the engine is more accelerated smoothly. way that the rear wheel does not turn as much as it is almost always healthy. in addition, the driver does not notice helps . Except that everything always works best in the front. "

The ECU has different riding modes , traction control and ABS. Details TC system Duke still missing, but there is no direct mention of the motorcycle Electronic Stability (MSC ), which developed the Austrian brand with Bosch and has recently announced its 1190 Adventure . ABS 1290 Duke , also from Bosch offer variable parameter - with KTM Supermoto specify a mode , ABS Front restricted so that the rear wheel slides .

A space frame of chrome -molybdenum steel and one-sided swing arm frame anchor . WP suspension components show clickers easy fit on the fork 48mm hard shock with remote reservoir on the back. Brake components are top-shelf radially mounted Brembo Monobloc calipers pinching M50 320 mm discs at the front. Other pieces lifts the sheet and PR materials include slip clutch for the six-speed transmission , the maintenance intervals of 15,000 km and 1 kph 7.2 seconds 0-200 claim . For us, the Yankees This is 0-124 mph in 7.2 seconds. This is 2014 KTM 1290 Super Duke R, Super Naked Bike!