The power of orange compels you!

[Monsterlover]

The R comes with a lot of goodies already. What more would you stick on?

Full akro system.

Great story about that:

guy in pittsburgh as the same bike as me, 2007 950 Supermoto R.  He added the full akro system and the tech said they jetted it where ktm said to.  ended up going like 3 sizes more to make it right.

Me: gas light at 110-120 miles.

Him: 80.

Me power wheelie in first and second.

Him, power wheelie in first, second, third, fourth, and slightly in fifth.

While spinning the rear at the same time.

[Barney]

all kinds of little bling.  bar ends, graphics, those damn wheels... basically everything orange in the damn catalog

i love it

edit: i mean c'mon - it's not gonna come from the factory like this: http://www.ducatimonsterforum.org/index.php?topic=60729.0

this too: KTM 1290 Super Duke R Prototype

[Slide Panda]

That's the super duke prototype. I was talking Duke R- the single

Full akro system.

That I can see. Hopefully they would make an under system like the current gen Duke. The Duke R looks to have an Akro can, but still has some sort of udder which probably houses a cat con. The under of the current model gives a nice clean look.

On a personal note all my fork goodies arrived.  Stripped one down, polished the slider, new bushings, set some slick seals from Slavins got the preload adjuster caps ready and installed some clean speeding rebound knobs.

[Barney]

gotcha...thats the one this guy wants to see come here    a lot of the bling applies to both.  even those pics of the baby duke with all the orange bolt ons looks just as good as that thing...that's the best thing about ktms - the smaller displacement bikes get just as much attention to details as the top of the line.

[Slide Panda]

Oh no doubt I'd put some bad touches on that new Super Duke - though it's just a wreckless by speed ticket waiting to happen!

Gotta say I'm quite enjoying the 'single life' of the light 690 - though a little more grunt would be nice and the new Duke R seems to fit that bill. Though really not 'practical' to keep running a single at the track. Finished off the season running mid-ish intermediate pace in our local tight ass track (Summit Point Shenandoah course), but I'd get brutalized in the horsepower game on a more open track

[Barney]

There's always the 990r.  Somewhere around 130hp isn't it? Maybe they'll bring that stateside...

[Slide Panda]

The 990 series of SD is on the way out. That 1290 beast is on the way in.

[Barney]

thats quite an upgrade...

[Slide Panda]

Like a CB 450 engine strapped on.

Yeah, quite a jump but they had the bigger plant in their back pocket. The RC8 was already near 1200 cc. Not that that a purchase would happen, but I don't even want to know was the insurance company would have to say about a near 1300cc super duke...

[Barney]

my 1100 isn't really that bad - could 200 cc's make a huge different?  I'm not sure how it works, but I guess it's gonna depend on whether or not it's categorized as a superbike or a standard or whatever...plus i'm sure the added insurance expense is well worth it for the amount of fun it looks like that dude is having in the video 

Any idea how a duke compares to a similar monster as far as handling, comfort, etc. goes?  I saw a dude ripping a 690 in a pair of moto boots and a full face helmet with goggles the other day and it just looks like it'd be too much fun to be legal - like a good cross between a dirt bike and a street bike but without the temptation to do the really stupid stuff that'd get you carted off to jail

[Slide Panda]

I don't have a Duke, but do have a bike with the same engine- 690 Enduro, fit with 17". The mappings are a little different, but far from night and day and ride is a bit higher, but not crazy different.

It's a fun ride - light and flickable. Upright seating position and big bars let you push the bike around without much effort. You are down on horsepower, but with a fist full of torque. I take mine to the track (days), there's a pretty tight one that's near by and if I get a good drive it forces the bigger bikes to work for their money - then there's the braking zone. At this point my bike is a bit under 300 pounds, sans gas and my ass, so the heavier bikes let up sooner so if one has slipped by me near the end of a stright I can usually have them on the brakes.

I run mid pack intermediate, but there is a fellow running a proper Duke who's mixing it up in Advanced pretty well.

it is a somewhat different ride style than my monster - the rear brake does a lot more and the lighter weight of the bike means body position has a more notable impact on the chassis. Bad in some ways as it exposes your faults a little more (might be good in the long run) but good in others like I was able to rock some weight back off the front wheel and pull it out of the start of a low-side.

[Barney]

I have a 200xc sitting in the garage too. i'm sure your suspension set up is different for the street and the extra weight of the big engine, but I can't imagine it's too much different of a ride - which is the whole reason I could never own a sumo. too much temptation for sliding every corner, jumping curbs, wheelies, etc. etc.  all that stuff thats perfectly acceptable in the woods would be way worse for my insurance than the big boy duke I imagine

[Barney]

here's a pic of the thing...



that's the cleanest the thing's been since i've owned it...makes me wanna ride.  need to move to cali or somewhere where it's warm enough to use these toys year round

[Slide Panda]

I have a 200xc sitting in the garage too. i'm sure your suspension set up is different for the street and the extra weight of the big engine, but I can't imagine it's too much different of a ride - which is the whole reason I could never own a sumo. too much temptation for sliding every corner, jumping curbs, wheelies, etc. etc.  all that stuff thats perfectly acceptable in the woods would be way worse for my insurance than the big boy duke I imagine

it's a bit of a different ride. Remember the LC4s are 4 are 4 stroke, EFI bikes vs that two smoker. And the 690 has a bigger chassis - things actually longer than my Monster!  But yes, it does inspire some villainy - I've behaved well - better that some *cough* Kev *cough* but still gone over plenty of curbs, a few side walks one or two medians and parking lot boundaries. Lot more of the 'Ah make the beast with two backs it, I'll just go over it' with that bike.

[Barney]

oh i'm sure the thumper's quite a different animal than the 200...i've had my fair share of the 4 strokes too. I don't know if it's just cause i'm ham fisted or what, but I find i'm much faster (read: i'm not always last) on the 2 stroke - my last 4 stroke was a crf250r with ALL of the go fast bits, pro suspension setup, etc. - tough to compare to the monster, but it was way faster in a straight line than anything else i've ever ridden on dirt, but I'm quicker on all of the normal loops on the 200.

i'm actually not surprised that it's longer than the monster- i think my 200 is as well. it's that upright position, the fact that you can actually stand up on the thing and still have control, and 11''+ of suspension that I think encourage less than civil behavior

you ever take that thing into the woods?