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Big Promise, Or Big Let Down?
Performance Bikes
|October 2017
Speed, laughs and touring ability? We’ll see. KTM Super Duke GT joins the PB fleet.
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2017 KTM 1290 SUPER DUKE GT AUSTIN SMITH
SPORTS TOURER used to mean bikes like the Honda VFR750F-V in my garage. Capable, worthy, flexible... But let’s face it, a bit bland and not that exciting. KTM’s take on the sports tourer concept is to add a fairing and big tank to the mental Super Duke: suddenly the idea of having a sports tourer in the shed sounds a lot more appealing.
When I first got my grubby mitts on the bike, the adjustable footpegs were at their furthest extension, so riding home I realised the brake lever wasn’t under the ball of my foot, as I usually like – it was closer to the toes (same with the gearlever; I twice hit a false neutral on the first ride home).
This story is from the October 2017 edition of Performance Bikes.
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