News – KTM motorcycle video: the proto 790 Duke on the right path? – Used KTM

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KTM motorcycle video: the proto 790 Duke on the right path ?

News - KTM motorcycle video: the proto 790 Duke on the right path? - Used KTM

Following in the footsteps of the 1290 Super Duke R, the 790 Duke was unveiled as a highly advanced and promising prototype. A favorite novelty of Site readers in 2017, this prototype made its first turns in a video called "The Scalpel". KTM highlights the precision of its future roadster … Discovery.

"The 800 cc market is the largest and most important in the world," said Hubert Trunkenpolz, KTM chief sales manager, "and we want to invest it in the best possible way". However, the method used by the Austrians has proven itself with a certain 1290 Super Duke R…

Presented to the public more than a year before its release under the guise of a successful and frightening concept, the maxisportif maxiroadster has become a flagship product in the Katoche range. In France, the Super Duke R is even the second best seller of the brand this year with, behind the 125 Duke (1078 immats) and ahead of the 350 EXC-F (448).

After the beast 1290, the scalpel 790 !

Building on this commercial success, the Mattighofen firm has chosen to reproduce the experience with its future (top) model: the 790 Duke, particularly successful and tantalizing, in the company of Moto 3 champion Brad Binder. The fact of presenting in 2016 a novelty 2018 is however double-edged…

“When you look at the bike, it’s clear that it won’t be able to go into production as it is,” admits Adriaan Sinke, KTM product marketing director. Contrary to what the press kit suggested, "3D printed parts cannot be mass produced" … Could it be that the new Austrian roadster, elected "", is ultimately not as original and succeeded that his proto ?

News - KTM motorcycle video: the proto 790 Duke on the right path? - Used KTM

"As far as homologation is concerned, there will be no chance of getting it with a motorcycle like this," Herr Sinke admits. On the other hand, "what it shows is the overall shape, the packaging. It is a very compact machine and the equipment which composes it is close to those which will be found on the production model", he promises.

While waiting for the Eicma 2017 fair and the presentation of the "real" 790 Duke – as a reminder, there is no Intermot fair in Cologne in odd years -, the Oranges – in a hurry – posted a film on their official YouTube channel promotional where we can see the proto at work (video below).

As responsible for the "Street" projects, Lukas Frey, has already been able to test the stupid… sorry, the scalpel, since that is the official nickname of the machine! "When you ride this bike, you realize how close we are to the initial briefing: to create a light, extremely agile, manoeuvrable and very precise bike," the KTM manager congratulates himself. Business to follow and motorcycle to try: stay connected !

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