KTM 1290 Super Duke GT Review Test – Page Five
The Super Duke GT really is the burger with the lot. Predictably, the price point is also right up there as a result, $26,995 plus on road costs the price of admission. That sticker price may be the deciding factor in just how exclusive a club Super Duke GT ownership will be. The colour and key matched factory integrated panniers are a $1300 option.
For that money, however, you get a supremely fast machine with excellent sporting ability, great comfort, the best electronic aids that mainstream motorcycle technology allows for, a genuine 300km+ tank range and perhaps the most completely mental engine ever to grace a production motorcycle. It’s like motorcycle touring with an escaped patient from a mental asylum…
KTM 1290 Super Duke GT Technical Specifications
- Engine – 75-degree v-twin, 1301cc
- Bore x Stroke – 108x71mm
- Power – 173hp at 9500rpm
- Torque – 144Nm at 6750rpm
- Compression Ratio – 13.2:1
- Transmission – Six speed, slipper clutch, quick-shifter
- Induction – Keihin EFI, 56 mm throttle bodies. Keihin EMS
- Frame – ChroMoly steel trellis, powder coated
- Front Suspension – WP semi-active 48 mm inverted forks, 120 mm travel
- Rear Suspension – WP semi-active monoshock, 156 mm travel
- Front Brakes – 320 mm disc rotors, four-piston radial monobloc Brembo callipers, Bosch 9ME C-ABS
- Rear Brake – 240 mm disc, Brembo two-piston fixed calliper, Bosch 9ME C-ABS
- Tyres – 190/55ZR17 (R); 120/70ZR17 (F)
- Steering Head Angle – 65.1-degrees
- Trail – 107 mm
- Wheelbase – 1482 +/-15mm
- Ground Clearance – 140 mm
- Seat Height – 835 mm
- Fuel Capacity – 23 litres, 3.5 litre reserve
- Dry Weight – Approx. 205 kg (claimed)
- RRP – $26,995 plus on road costs
- Available – Expected in Australian showrooms from May, 2016
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