Honda, Yamaha, KTM and Piaggio team up in swappable battery consortium

Four major manufacturers have committed to developing a standardized swappable battery system for electric motorcycles, opening up the possibility of quick-swap battery banks at service stations, servicing a range of brands and models.Continue ReadingC… Continue reading Honda, Yamaha, KTM and Piaggio team up in swappable battery consortium

Third-gen KTM 1290 Super Adventure S is a radar-cruise super-hooligan

The enormous 1290 Super Adventure has only been with us since 2015, but it’s already into its third generation with today’s rather late announcement of a 2021 S model. The S here denotes this bike as the more street-focused version; there’s an R with 2… Continue reading Third-gen KTM 1290 Super Adventure S is a radar-cruise super-hooligan

KTM beefs up its mid-range off-road tourers with 890 Adventure series

Hang on, wasn’t this whole thing about making adventure bikes smaller? KTM and other manufacturers heard everyone grumbling about how huge and heavy the 1200-class adventure tourers were, making them excellent long-distance road tourers but a bit much … Continue reading KTM beefs up its mid-range off-road tourers with 890 Adventure series

KTM to sell two factory MotoGP bikes to the public at $340,000 each

KTM Motorsports is selling two race-prepared 2019 KTM RC16 factory MotoGP bikes in a move that seems certain to attract global attention. The bikes will be race-prepared and will be sold with a wide range of additional benefits including official KTM t… Continue reading KTM to sell two factory MotoGP bikes to the public at $340,000 each

2021 KTM 450 Rally Replica: The closest you can buy to a Dakar bike

There wouldn’t be many motorcycling reprobates who haven’t dreamed of testing their mettle against a two-week overland desert rally, wondering just how far they’d make it if they only had the gear those Dakar boys get.Continue ReadingCategory: Motorcyc… Continue reading 2021 KTM 450 Rally Replica: The closest you can buy to a Dakar bike

Video: Chris Birch puts your boring life in context aboard KTM 790 Adventure R Rally

Adventure motorcycles appeal to the spark of the swashbuckling cross-continental wanderer in all of us, and nothing stokes that fantasy quite like watching an enduro god like Chris Birch spank the daylights out of one in heart-rendingly gorge… Continue reading Video: Chris Birch puts your boring life in context aboard KTM 790 Adventure R Rally

KTM's 790 Adventure R gets hardcore Rally edition

The hills are alive with the sound of KTM and Akrapovic

KTM’s 790 Adventure bikes already appeared to have the wood over Yamaha’s Ténéré 700 in the suspension department, with longer-travel boingers at both ends, but a new limited edition Rally version ups the ante even further when the going gets really tough.

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