Honda, Yamaha, KTM, and Piaggio have all signed a letter of intent to stage a swappable electric battery consortium for... Read More
KTM
Austrian motorcycle manufacturer KTM as been highly successful in off-road racing around the world but is now producing a lot of road-going motorcycles and competing successfully in road racing. MotorbikeWriter as attended world launches for their bikes, toured the Austrian production facilities and has a keen insight into their development and future. We also road test their bikes for performance, suitability of purpose, handling, comfort, styling, value and economy.
The Austrian motorcycle manufacturer, KTM, has filed patents that indicate they are going to incorporate radar technology into their bikes.... Read More
E-Pilen Updates And More With EV motorcycles coming in hot to dominate the industry in a post-COVID utopia, KTM’s CEO has come forth with some more details regarding Husqvarna’s upcoming EV options. Stefan Pierier, CEO of parent company Pierer Mobility AG, gave us some new information regarding these EV bikes... Read More
Michael Carusi has created this KTM 500 SX-F derived flat-track monstrosity. As you can see from the photos taken by... Read More
Limited Quantities KTM will bring the 2021 450 SX-F Factory Edition dirt bike to Australia in March of this year,... Read More
Earlier this year I broke the news of Ducati’s museum re-opening with the ability to take a virtual tour in exchange for a few dollars; why not explore the KTM museum for free? ‘The Bike Show’ on Youtube takes us on a big in-depth tour of KTM’s Austrian Motohall. The... Read More
I Apologize in Advance for Talking About Christmas Related Thigs in November If you were to stab a loved one... Read More
Wheelies Are Easy With 690cc Aaaaaaaah! There’s literally nothing I get more excited for than supermoto news! I don’t own... Read More
Not too long ago, I showcased the KTM 890 Adventure R and R Rally at our sister site Web Bike World. These bikes are the true hardcore adventure bikes, but what if you don’t need something quite that extreme? KTM now has an answer for you, the 2021 890 Adventure.... Read More
Full Adjustability On The Go You might have read about the MyDucati app I did an overview of a few... Read More
The partnership between KTM and CFMoto has now created a large-displacement touring motorcycle. The bike is called the 1250TR-G. It... Read More
KTM had to abandon its world media launch of the new 890 R, dubbed the Super Scalpel, in the Canary Islands off Africa because of the pandemic. However, the bike has been virtually launched on the KTM YouTube official channel and will arrive in Australia in May from $17,195 (plus... Read More
Leaked documents show KTM plans to introduce 10 new models with engines ranging from 125cc to 890cc and an extra... Read More
Kawasaki will beat Ducati and KTM to the punch by introducing Bosch’s full suite of Advanced Rider Assistance Systems in... Read More
KTM has released a video of the 1290 Super Duke R it will reveal tomorrow night (5 November 2019) at the EICMA motorcycle show in Milan, possibly with blind spot alert and adaptive cruise control. It will be one of a host of other new models form the Austrian manufacturer.... Read More
Whatever KTM is doing, it seems to be working because the company, together with its acquisition Husqvarna, is defying the... Read More
KTM has been in no hurry to get into electric motorbikes with only the Freeride E (pictured above) in production since 2015.... Read More
KTM Australia has announced the pricing for all their 2019 adventure models, including the new 790 Adventure and Adventure R, arriving in June 2019. The 790 models start at $21,195 ride away and an extra $1500 for the R model at $22,695. That compares with the BMW F 850 GS... Read More
KTM Australia says the new 790 Adventure and R models will arrive here in June 2019, several months before its major... Read More
KTM has unveiled some updates to their 1290 Super Duke GT with a slight power boost and more technology, while... Read More
KTM has demonstrated adaptive cruise control and blind spot alert systems which will be introduced to their range in 2021. The Austrian company and Italian manufacturer Ducati have been working with Bosch on these rider intervention aids that have been standard in many cars for some years. Bosch has also... Read More
Despite the KTM 1290 Super Duke R getting a significant update in 2017, these spy shots from motorcycle.com seem to... Read More
KTM has unveiled a race-spec version of its RC390 to enhance the company’s road-racing credentials. Only 500 will be made... Read More
The new KTM 1290 Super Duke GT touring sports bike has semi-active suspension that matches suspension settings to rider and luggage weight. The clever tourer arrives in Australia at $26,995 plus on-road costs, making the it their most expensive bike along with the 1290 Super Adventure. For the launch, KTM Australia... Read More
The 2017 KTM 390 Duke has arrived in Australia with a host of technical features and stunning styling like its biggest... Read More
KTM Australia has announced pricing and arrival schedules for the new KTM Adventure 1090R, and Super Adventure 1290S and 1290R (pictured... Read More
KTM launched the 790 Duke Prototype at the EICMA motorcycle show in Milan and has now produced a great video of the bike in action. Meanwhile, an adventure model with the same twin-cylinder engine looks like it will also be coming. UK magazine MCN has released a spy shot of... Read More
KTM is offering a $3500 cashback deal on left-over 2015 Super Duke R (pictured above) stock which reduces the price... Read More
KTM has launched the next generation of KTM naked bikes – 390 Duke, 790 Duke Prototype (pictured above) and 1290... Read More
KTM has unveiled its expanded adventure range with two new 1290 Super Adventure models and two new entry level 1090 Adventure models at the INTERMOT show in Cologne. The Super Adventure S is road-biased, while the Super Adventure R is off-road biased and similarly the 1090 Adventure is road oriented... Read More
Austrian motorcycle manufacturer KTM is getting more and and more serious about building a full range of road bikes which... Read More
Husqvarna last year revealed two 401 concept road bikes and has updated the concept with the bigger 701 Vitpilen at... Read More
KTM as officially unveiled the new Super Duke GT sports tourer and R Special Edition plus the fifth-generation KTM 690 Duke and R at the EICMA motorcycle show in Milan. The Austrian company confirmed the 1290 Super Duke GT last month and introduced the aggressive-looking new model in Milan with a... Read More
KTM has unveiled its 1290 Super Duke GT touring sports bike and it’s coming to Australia early next year to... Read More
Despite talk of an 800cc parallel twin naked bike to replace the single-cylinder model, KTM has given its 690 Duke... Read More
German and Indian internet media have published spy photos of a new naked KTM motorcycle powered by a parallel twin engine. It is no secret that the Austrian manufacturer is working on a parallel twin platform, breaking from its tradition of singles and V-twins. CEO Stefan Pierer confirmed the engine... Read More
Imagine how much fun it would be to commute to work on the new electric KTM Freeride E SM super... Read More
Austrian manufacturer KTM has added a slipper clutch to its learner-legal 390 Duke motorcycle … but forgot to tell us... Read More
Austrian manufacturer KTM has added a 250 Duke and RC 250 to its line-up, but they are unlikely to come to Australia. KTM showed the two new models this week at the 42nd Tokyo Motorcycle Show as well as announcing it would add a slipper clutch to its 390 models... Read More
KTM has added a slipper clutch to its learner-approved 390 Duke and RC390 models in India. There is no word... Read More
If KTM has an electric future, they are certainly in no hurry. As global product marketing manager Diego Arioli points... Read More
The KTM 1050 Adventure seems to be as small as the orange brand is planning to go in its adventure line-up. It’s not good news for Aussies itching for a 690 Adventure to replace the beloved 640, or for the Indian market which had hoped to get the rumoured adventure... Read More
KTM has expanded its adventure line-up with a flagship 1290 Super Adventure and an entry-level 1050 joining the 1190 Adventure... Read More
As the KTM 1290 Super Adventure pierces the Canary Islands mountain fog on treacherously narrow roads with precipitous unguarded cliff... Read More
It’s not exactly an extreme makeover, but the KTM Duke range is apparently getting some plastic surgery for 2016. Spy photos of a couple of 390 Dukes published online by Motorcycle News show a bike that looks almost identical to the current model except for a smaller rear guard and... Read More
Austrian motorcycle manufacturer KTM plans to develop a motorsport version of its X-Bow four-wheeler. Up until 2008, KTM was just making... Read More
(UPDATED NOVEMBER 29 WITH PRICE) The KTM 1050 Adventure now gives the Austrian manufacturer four models in its adventure range. KTM... Read More
Austrian brand KTM has broadened its horizons beyond off-road motorcycles in recent year to release more road bike models and even electric bikes, but have changed their minds about an electric scooter. They showed the E-Speed electric scooter at the 2013 Tokyo Motor Show, but have now said it doesn’t... Read More
(UPDATED NOVEMBER 29 WITH PRICE) KTM is not only throwing the Super Duke R 1301cc V-twin engine at its Adventure... Read More
Austrian motorcycle manufacturer KTM is a brand to watch over the next few years. After dominating the Moto2 world championship... Read More
Roland Sands has done it again. The brilliant LA motorcycle custom designer has been hard at work the last year. BMW last year chose Roland Sands designs to dig it out of a hole when their designers ran out of inspiration for their 90th anniversary bike based on the 40-year-old... Read More
KTM will unveil its “super” version of the 1190 Adventure at the Intermot motorcycle show in Cologne in Germany on September 30.... Read More
While we would love to see a KTM 690 Adventure to replace the void left by the 640 Adventure several... Read More
Kawasaki and Honda are about to have their domination of the small-capacity market challenged by the race-inspired KTM RC 390 sportsbike. With the success of the Kawasaki Ninja 300 and Honda ‘s just-released CBR300R, the KTM is bound to be a success given its leading power-to-weight ratio and high level... Read More
KTM is celebrating its 13th Dakar Rally victory with a 450 Rally Replica with long-range tanks, navigation chart reader, Akropovic... Read More
The new KTM 1190 Adventure follows its biggest competitor, BMW’s R 1200 GS, into a more road-focused market. Both are... Read More
In the final days before the official launch of the KTM 1290 Super Duke R on October 18, the company is drip-feeding information on its website. The latest includes photos and the output figures of 132kW of power and 144Nm of torque with 100Nm at 2500 revs and a dry... Read More
The KTM 390 Duke street bike adds to their range of learner-approved motorcycles (LAMS). It was to arrive about now,... Read More