The 2021 KTM 1290 Super Duke R was designed and built with exactly one objective in mind: utter domination of the naked sport bike field. Why else would you nickname your top model bike as “The Beast?

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The KTM 1290 Super Duke GT is one of the most capable sport touring motorcycles that money can buy right now. For 2022, the Austrian manufacturer has given it several minor yet notable updates, making ...

Just last week, KTM once again shocked the world when it officially unveiled the 1290 Super Duke RR. Designed for folks who find the standard 1290 Super Duke R just a tad too boring, the new ...

The heart of the GT is the same throaty 1,301cc LC8 V-twin engine that powers the naked variation, which recently produced a ripping 161 hp and 93 lb.-ft. of torque on the Cycle World dyno. It’s tamed ...

KTM fans, if you’ve been eagerly awaiting news of a 1290 Super Duke RR, we have excellent news for you. It appears from these spy shots that the long-rumored KTM 1290 Super Duke RR is indeed a reality ...

No more than a couple of weeks ago, Austrian bike maker KTM pulled the wraps off the new 1290 Super Duke R, a machine that, according to one of our editors,must feel like Ken Block on two wheels. And ...

Drag races are becoming more and more uneven by the looks of it, but in all honesty who really cares about fairness when at the end of the day it's all about the spectacle. Our contestants are as ...

The very definition of a sport-touring bike is hard to nail down these days. Over the years the formula has fragmented into a ton of different subsets. There is no question that the 1290 Super Duke GT ...

KTM's parts department has dumped all its top-shelf upgrades onto one of the most extreme hyper-naked bikes on the market to create an even sharper, limited-edition 1290 Super Duke RR. As if "The ...