A NEW REGIME

KTM takes the crown from Ducati for the most potent single

- WORDS RAVI CHANDNANI

Times of monarchy are long behind us; however, in the motorcycle world, kings still rule the roost. Because, recently, an Italian king was dethroned by its arch-rival to the northeast, Austria to be precise. In the battle of the singles, Italy's Ducati conquered the battlefield in late 2023, with its knight, the Superquadro Mono engine, which took the world by surprise with a lethal dose of power, 77.5PS to be exact, and th