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The young ladies lead the way, the princesses take care of their toilets …. While outside, the party is in full swing with a slew of break-dancers. It rises, it creaks, it smokes …. It deposits while the tidy ones fall into compote. The round of troubadours could thus put the KTM 690 SMC-R at the head of the procession. Revitalized this year with an abundance of technological updates, this supermoto maintains the fiber of the disconnade.
Belonging to the single-cylinder culture is essential. Eager for adrenaline, the machine upgrades its own by recovering the mechanics of the 690 Duke and the 701 Husqvarna. A bonus on all floors, making it possible to forgive his short absence from the catalog. She had hidden herself with the memory of 67 horses; it returns under the impetus of 74 nags. Exceptional performance for a large series mono. This dose of watts + the impulse of its 7.5 mkg + the punch inherent in this mechanical architecture will make you impatient and sassy with each rotation of the right handle..
To calm the returns of torque, there is an anti-dribble clutch between the crankcases. But as the SMC is making its comeback in full swing in piloting aids, it has picked up a few in the process..
Placed between sport, toys and insolence, the Katoche must pass the reports in a kick of the boot. Endless objective which will be boosted by a two-way shifter. Manual throttle management is always credited with a ride-by-wire – this gives the grinder a bit more flexibility and a finer response.A few more sensors, an injection of data, brain juice, and that causes in the silicon. So you can:
/ either captivate the moments with the SMC-R in a rough way of stripping and mastery by deactivating everything on board
/ either you fall for a dose of assistance. Namely the traction control, influenced by the angle of inclination and the driving mode chosen, ABS, and two driving modes (one less than the old one). The ‘Street’ gives a fairly direct but safety oriented rendering; The ‘Sport’ responds more energetically, gives slack to the traction-control and allows skidding.
ABS deserves a fuller explanation. Now cornering, it is sensitive to the angle taken by the motorcycle. We especially remember that in its ‘Supermoto’ mode, it cuts off at the rear and limits its action on the front wheel, just to favor all kinds of figures. If we ‘trade’ it for that, of course.
74 horsepower on a mono, it strikes. All the more so when you are a weight more like her. Although it took 7 kilos in its evolution, the SMC-R remains surprisingly light with 147 kilos on the scale. Almost the same as a Kawasaki Z 125…
The R is customarily combined with orange for the frame. The visual effect is immediate. Too bad we lost this color on the rims. At the end of the spokes enclosed in these 17 inch circles, the rubber is from Bridgestone, with the S21 which likes to hang on the road as much as the circuit..
Once on the handlebars, the minimalist instrumentation, at the level of an enduro motorcycle, will not distract you from the essential: driving in a hurry, mudguard in the air. With multiple opportunities to twist the turns, the throttle and the neighbor’s smile, but not the chassis. The tubular chrome-molybdenum trellis frame promises to be tough. Then effectively backed up by an inverted 48 mm WP Apex fork, fully adjustable, and a shock absorber of the same invoice. The suspension travel is generous with its 215 at the front and 240 mm at the rear. Generous … and yet decreasing since the previous generation, where each suspension benefited from 240 mm of sliding. The saddle height remains mountainous, perched 890 mm from the plain.
Tucked away in the rear structure, the tank gains 1.5 liters of capacity. Discreet change for him, just like the trim which is modernized a little, without upheaval but enough incisiveness to recall the off-road machines of the mark. Braking is entrusted to Brembo, sure of its strength with a single 320 mm disc at the front clamped by a 4-piston caliper; considering the weight to stop, no need for GP gear. The rear wheel receives a 240 mm disc and a single-piston caliper.
The KTM 690 SMC R retains the very essence of the civilian supermotard on extreme approaches, with an infusion of the latest techniques. A toy that does not care about the practical aspects, the versatility or other prerogatives allocated to all machines. A virile, expressive machine that costs money. But offering an incomparable dose of fun.
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Max speed:
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Consumption
medium: 3.87 l
The technical aspect
KTM 690 SMC R 2020
- Frame
- Frame: truss of chrome molybdenum steel tubing
- Tank: 13.5 liters
- Seat height: 890 mm
- Wheelbase: 1,470 mm
- Dry weight: 147 kg
- Train before
- WP inverted telehydraulic fork Ø 48 mm, deb: 215 mm
- 1 disc Ø 320 mm, 4 piston radial caliper
- Front wheel:
120/70
– 17
- Transmission
- 6-speed gearbox
- Secondary chain transmission
- Rear axle
- WP mono-shock, deb: 240 mm
- 1 disc Ø 240mm, 1 piston caliper
- Rear wheel:
160/60
– 17
- Motor
- Single cylinder
in line
, 4 stroke - Cooling: Liquid cooling
- Injection Ø 50 mm
- 1 ACT
- 4 valves
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690 cc
(102 x 84.5 mm) -
74
ch -
7.50 mkg
at 6500 rpm - Weight ratio /
power
: 1.99
kg / hp - Compression: 12.7: 1
- Crit’air:
- Motorcycle accessible to A2 license or bridle at 47.5hp / 35 Kw
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