2023 KTM 1290 Super Duke GT First Look [8 Fast Facts]

Simply after we thought journey bikes had rendered sport-tourers out of date, they’re again. Additional proof of the resurgence of pure-street sport-touring bikes is the return of the KTM 1290 Tremendous Duke GT to the American lineup. Refreshed final yr in Europe, the 2023 KTM 1290 Tremendous Duke GT brings excessive efficiency to a category with a rising variety of individuals. Let’s have a look at what the GT has for the US market.

KTM’s LC8 1301cc V-twin discovered within the 1290 Tremendous Duke R and the 2 1290 Journey fashions powers the GT. It is a muscular powerplant, with 104 ft-lbs of torque on faucet at 7000 rpm, making it straightforward to hold a passenger with loads of oomph to spare. If you happen to’re working gentle and prefer to rev, the height output is 175 horsepower at 9750 rpm from the short-stroke powerplant.

Three commonplace and two optionally available modes let the rider dial within the efficiency required for the job. Sport, Avenue, and Rain are commonplace, with Observe and Efficiency (a streetable model of Observe) as choices. Observe and Efficiency modes deliver with them launch management, 9 ranges of traction management, high-performance throttle response, and the flexibility to defeat wheelie management.

The optionally available Tech Pack brings collectively fascinating options for simultaneous buy. Tech Pack bundles Observe mode, a quickshifter digital engine braking management, and hill maintain. These options work with the usual six-speed transmission and slip-and-assist perform clutch.

A seven-inch TFT sprint on the 2023 KTM 1290 Tremendous Duke GT presents the rider with the data wanted to greatest exploit the digital rider aids. Additional help for the rider comes through a six-axis IMU-informed Bosch Corning ABS that comes with a Supermoto setting, plus cornering traction management. Flip-by-turn navigation is a part of the system if you pair the sprint to your smartphone through Bluetooth and use the KTMconnect app. The swap gear is up to date to ease show navigation. A fob is required to energy the Tremendous Duke GT on.

The WP suspension can be electronically enhanced. It is a semi-active setup, with three damping modes—Sport, Avenue, and Consolation—and 4 place shock spring-preload settings (Rider; Rider & Baggage; Rider & Pillion; Rider, Pillion & Baggage).

Light-weight forged aluminum wheels are shod with Continental ContiSportAttack 4 rubber.

Commonplace touring-friendly options on the 2023 KTM 1290 Tremendous Duke GT embody an adjustable windscreen, cruise management, a 6.1-gallon gas tank, handguards, and heated grips. Shade-matched aspect instances are optionally available, so the GT may be described as an upright, faired sportbike in purely commonplace trim.

Whereas we do not have a value for the 2023 KTM 1290 Tremendous Duke GT, you may be seeing the sport-touring motorbike at your supplier as quickly as December.

Detail photography by Sebas Romero2023 KTM 1290 Tremendous Duke GT SpecsENGINE

Kind: LC8 75 diploma V-twin
Displacement: 1301cc
Bore x stroke: 108 x 71mm
Most energy: 175 horsepower @ 9750 rpm
Most torque: 104 ft-lbs @ 7000 rpm
Valvetrain: DOHC, 4vpc
Fueling: Keihin EFI w/ 56mm throttle our bodies
Transmission: Pankl 6-speed w/ optionally available fast shifter
Clutch: Hydraulically actuated moist multiplate w/ help and slip features
Remaining drive: 525 X ring chain

CHASSIS

Body: Chromoly metal trellis w/ cast-aluminum/composite subframe
Handlebar: Tapered aluminum
entrance suspension; journey: Totally adjustable semi-active WP inverted 48mm fork; 4.9 inches
rear suspension; journey: Linkage-assisted, absolutely adjustable semi-active WP shock; 6.1 inches
Wheels: Forged aluminum
Entrance wheel: 17 x 3.50
Rear wheel: 17 x 6.00
Tires: Continental ContiSportAttack 4
Entrance tire: 120/70 x 17
Rear tire: 190/55 x 17
Entrance brakes: 320mm discs w/ radially mounted Brembo monobloc 4-piston calipers
Rear brake: 240mm disc w/ Brembo two-piston caliper
ABS: Bosch 9ME Mixed-ABS w/ Supermoto mode